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Oil spill on Ohio River

August 29, 2014 By Blake Skylar

Cleanup crews are working to gather and dispose of the oil, and the U.S. Coast Guard has closed a 15-mile stretch of the Ohio River.

Outrage over plea bargain in burning death of lab worker

August 28, 2014 By PAI

A plea-bargained small settlement in the case of a CWA worker who burned to death in an unsafe college chemical laboratory has outraged both her family and her union.

Coalition tells president racial injustice underlies Michael Brown killing

August 27, 2014 By Mike Hall

Michael Brown is only the latest in a long list of black men and boys who have died under eerily similar circumstances.

Today in Labor History: Wildfire kills 78 firefighters

August 20, 2014 By Special to People’s World

It is believed to be the largest fire in U.S. history and the deadliest until the September 11 attacks in 2001

Tulsa park commemorates 1921 race riot

August 13, 2014

Travelers should consider going to Tulsa's John Hope Franklin Reconcilliation Park. The park commemorates the biggest race riot and massacre of American history.