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New Deal art, Blackfeet language preservation among projects receiving NEH grants

December 15, 2017 By Special to People’s World

“These new NEH grants exemplify the agency’s commitment to serving American communities through investing in education initiatives, safeguarding cultural treasures, and illuminating the history and values that define our shared heritage.”

Wage cut rollout leads Univ. of Georgia workers to launch union drive

December 4, 2017 By PAI

“The rollout was worthy of Ebenezer Scrooge,” said the United Campus Workers.

Univ. Of Washington postdocs: Unionize to stop sexual harassment on the job

December 1, 2017 By PAI

When university employers fall short, unions give academic researchers a tool to address sexual misconduct and unequal treatment.

Columbia grad student workers: University stalling on bargaining

September 25, 2017 By PAI

Civil engineering PhD candidate Olga Brudastovax and her colleagues organized not only to get better pay, but to get paid, period.

This week in history: Little Rock Central High School integrated

September 25, 2017 By Special to People’s World

A group of nine African-American students, enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957. Their enrollment was initially prevented by Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus. Pres. Dwight D. Eisenhower intervened with federal troops to accompany the...