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Today in labor history: Martin Luther King, Jr. born

January 15, 2014 By Special to People’s World

In a 1965 speech, King stated, "The labor movement was the principal force that transformed misery and despair into hope and progress."

At Nissan and beyond, workers’ rights are civil rights

January 14, 2014 By Tyson Jackson

Thanks to the works of those who came before us, this new generation is equipped with the knowledge of how to make change, and it is become more and more apparent what we need to fight...

Today in labor history: SNCC founder Julian Bond was born

January 14, 2014 By Special to People’s World

Today people from around the country and globe are wishing the long time civil rights giant, Julian Bond, a very happy birthday.

An unhappy anniversary of Citizens United

January 8, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

Mid-January of 2014 marks the unhappy fourth anniversary of one of the defining moments in U.S. politics. No, not an election, but a court ruling.

Declare yourself #IdleNoMore

January 7, 2014 By Andrea Perkins

Idle No More has grown to become much more than just a slogan for a movement on environmental and Indigenous rights.