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Baltimore United for Change takes root

May 13, 2015 By Margaret Baldridge And Jim Baldridge

As Freddie Gray lay dying in Maryland Shock Trauma Center, a group of activists was planning to curb police brutality in Baltimore.

Today in history: Philadelphia police bomb MOVE 30 years ago

May 13, 2015 By Special to People’s World

In 1985, Philadelphia police dropped a bomb on a residential building, resulting in a massive fire that left 11 persons dead including five children.

Natural and man-made disasters collide in Nepal

May 7, 2015 By Teresa Albano

Deemed the worst earthquake to hit the nation in 80 years, the death toll has risen to more than 7,500.

Today in history: The Lusitania is torpedoed and sinks 100 years ago

May 7, 2015 By Special to People’s World

The British passenger liner Lusitania was torpedoed by a German U-boat 18 miles off the Irish coast.

Nepal calls for help after nation-devastating quake

April 27, 2015 By Katy Daigle And Binaj Gurabacharya

The death toll soared past 3,700, even without a full accounting from mountain villages that workers were still struggling to reach two days after the disaster.