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Protesters denounce Cleveland jail conditions

January 14, 2019 By Special to People’s World

Since last June eight people have died and 55 attempted suicide while in custody.

EPI: Corporate tax avoidance close to $700 billion

October 17, 2016 By Mark Gruenberg

Taking advantage of big loopholes in the U.S. tax code, evade almost $700 billion in U.S. taxes.

Low prices or livable wages? Let’s discuss

October 10, 2014 By Tim Libretti

My brother read my recent article on income inequality and asked me a question that I think is more generally at play in the debate: "Won't the costs of increasing the minimum wage simply be passed...

AFT exposes for-profit charter school industry

March 6, 2014 By PAI

AFT is launching a campaign to expose the for-profit charter school industry as more interested in profits for its CEOs and stockholders than it is in teaching kids.

Today in labor history: The Pemberton Mill disaster

January 10, 2014 By Special to People’s World

In the worst industrial disaster in Mass. state history, the Pemberton Mill in Lawrence collapsed on January 10, 1860, trapping 900 workers, most of them recent immigrants, many women and children.