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NY Times: Turning truth on its head — The Scottsboro case

February 7, 2013 By Tim Wheeler

This week a bipartisan group of Alabama state lawmakers introduced a bill to exonerate the victims of a racist frame-up.

Today in Labor History: 12,000 on strike in Texas

January 31, 2013 By Special to People’s World

On this day in 1938, 12,000 pecan shellers in San Antonio, Texas, went on strike in 400 locations.

Today in labor history: Gravediggers’ strike ends

January 30, 2013 By Special to People’s World

Nearly 1,100 burials were delayed after negotiations between the two groups broke down and workers were locked out of the association's 26 cemeteries.

Berlusconi heaps praise on Mussolini

January 29, 2013 By Special to People’s World

Berlusconi, a billionaire media titan, whose conservatives are polling second in voter surveys ahead of next month's election, spoke to reporters a during ceremony commemorating the Holocaust.

Today in labor history: Jackson uses troops vs. workers

January 28, 2013 By Special to People’s World

The workers were protesting not just their low pay but also the intolerable working conditions on an important canal construction project.