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Today in black history: Harold Washington won the mayoral primary in Chicago

February 22, 2013 By Special to People’s World

In 1983, Washington won the Democratic mayoral primary and later was elected the first African-American Mayor of Chicago, serving from 1983 until his death in 1987.

Chicago protestors: Cut the Pentagon, not our health

February 15, 2013 By John Bachtell

Don't break our hearts, stop in the name of love; we can't have cuts to programs we depend upon.

Today in labor history: Lucy Parsons leads march in Chicago

January 17, 2013 By Special to People’s World

Parsons was described by the Chicago Police Department as "more dangerous than a thousand rioters."

Today in labor history: Steam boiler operators unionize

December 7, 2012 By Special to People’s World

Canadian workers joined the union a year after it was formed, at which point it came to be called the International Union of Steam Engineers.

Lesson for the day – stop Fat Cats from robbing our schools

November 15, 2012 By John Bachtell

TIFs - or Tax Increment Financing - is a method powerful financial interests have devised to divert public monies to private coffers.