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Lincoln: principles and politics

February 8, 2013 By Tim Wheeler

In this 150th anniversary year of the Emancipation Proclamation, we are fortunate to have Doris Kearns Goodwin's Team of Rivals to help us understand Abraham Lincoln.

I remember the Scottsboro defense

February 7, 2013 By Mary Licht

The decision to fight for the Scottsboro Nine was preceded by years of activity led by the Communist Party and its predecessor organizations.

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.