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Salt of the Earth Labor College celebrates 20th anniversary

September 13, 2013 By Joe Bernick

TUCSON, Ariz. - When activists here launched Salt of the Earth Labor College in 1993 they didn't know exactly what to expect.

AFL-CIO blasts big business prison profiteers

September 10, 2013 By Eric A. Gordon And Juan Lopez

The nation's prison population exploded from 500,000 to 2.2 million between 1980 and 2011, in the decades since the for-profit business of incarceration was born.

Today in labor history: Social reformer Jane Addams is born

September 6, 2013 By Special to People’s World

Addams was a co-founder of Chicago's Hull House, a social Christian, and a leader in the women's suffrage and peace movements. She was the first American woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.

President Obama rolls out higher education plan

August 26, 2013 By Michelle Kern

President Obama debuted his new proposal for curbing costs of higher education.

Philly coalition demands quality education for all

August 23, 2013 By Ben Sears

They came to deliver a message to the School Reform Commission (SRC), the mayor and governor: "Restore funding for Philadelphia schools!"