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Juneteenth: Recognizing neighborhood heroes and heroines

July 10, 2013 By Marilyn Bechtel

The community gathered to celebrate Juneteenth and to honor more than a dozen people from the neighborhood whose everyday activities make all the difference.

Today in labor history: Mary McLeod Bethune born

July 10, 2013 By Special to People’s World

Mary McLeod Bethune, one of our great civil rights leaders, was born July 10, 1875, in Mayesville, S.C. Her parents were former slaves.

Immigration reform threatened in the House

July 10, 2013 By Emile Schepers

This week, immigration reform advocates face some of their biggest hurdles ever.

Stop and Frisk: What Mayor Bloomberg really thinks

July 8, 2013 By Thomas Riggins

Mayor Bloomberg tried to defend his position supporting the NYPD's massive stop-and-frisk program directed against minority youth.

Supporters urge passage of “way overdue” immigration reform

July 3, 2013 By John Bachtell

"The sky didn't fall when I won my legal status during the last immigration reform of 1986 and the sky will not fall when we pass this immigration reform."