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July 22, 2013 By Special to People’s World

Emma Lazarus, the poet who wrote "The New Colossus," was born July 22, 1849.

July 19, 2013 By Special to People’s World

On this day in 1877 during the Great Railroad strike, workers in Pittsburgh forced soldiers sent to quell the job action to flee the city.

July 17, 2013 By Special to People’s World

Much of the coverage in the local newspapers blamed the IWW for the attack and accused it for being a destabilizing force in the city.

July 17, 2013 By Michelle Kern

Living New Deal will catalogue and preserve New Deal projects in the U.S.

July 16, 2013 By Special to People’s World

The International Longshoremen's Association led the battle for better pay and better hours.