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Thanks, MLBPA and Marvin Miller: 50 years since first pro sports union contract

June 13, 2018 By Al Neal

As Marvin Miller told players, "A union is not a social club. A union is a restraint on what an employer can otherwise do." Just as true today as in 1965.

Paul Robeson remembered in Canada with “Row R”

June 13, 2018 By Norman Richmond

Robeson said in the mid-50s, “The hand of brotherhood…yes, I found that hand in Canada."

This week in history: Hate crime laws are ruled constitutional

June 11, 2018 By Special to People’s World

In 1993, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled unanimously that hate crime laws are not “constitutionally and morally unsound.”

Edward E. Sadlowski, 79; a champion of labor

June 11, 2018 By Ed Sadlowski, Jr.

“Oilcan” passed away today June 10, after a hard struggle with Lewy body dementia.

D-Day anniversary: Remembering how World War II was actually won

June 6, 2018 By John Wojcik

Ultimately, humanity was saved in the 20th century because of the cooperation between countries with different social systems. It’s a lesson we should all remember.