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November 19, 2015 By Special to People’s World

On this day, one hundred years ago, the legendary working-class troubadour Joe Hill was executed by a firing squad.

November 18, 2015 By Larry Rubin

"If we don't tell our own story it will not be told."

November 18, 2015 By Special to People’s World

Truman said, "The health of American children, like their education, should be recognized as a definite public responsibility."

November 13, 2015 By Special to People’s World

The UAW organized 320,000 hourly workers in 96 plants to launch a nationwide strike against the GM corporation.

November 13, 2015 By Tim Wheeler

Mary Brown was the living embodiment of the "fighting Irish," a "never give up, never give in" spirit of independence and progressivism.