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Unionists back marriage equality, in and out of high court

March 28, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg

Inside and outside the U.S. Supreme Court, unionists backed the right of same-sex couples to marry as the justices held hearings on two separate cases on the issue.

Today in women’s history: Lida Gustava Heymann born

March 15, 2013 By Special to People’s World

A leading figure in the women's rights movement in Germany.,Lida Gustava Heymann was born in Hamburg, Germany on March 15, 1868.

Celebrating my fellow women postal workers

March 14, 2013 By John Dick

In honor of Woman's History Month, I would like to share the history of the women I rub elbows with every day on the workroom floor; the female letter carriers of the United States Postal Service.

Today in women’s history: Suffragist Susan B. Anthony died

March 13, 2013 By Special to People’s World

On March 13, 1906, Susan B. Anthony died in Rochester, N.Y., shortly after her eighty-sixth birthday.She was a pioneer leader of the cause of women's right to vote.,

Feds again targeting outspoken Latinos

March 4, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg

Josemaria Islas made a mistake last July - he went outside to eat his lunch.