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Obama urges Congress to act on job-creating infrastructure bill

May 14, 2014 By World Combined Sources

President Obama says more federal spending will help avert a looming crisis that could stifle economic growth and torment commuters.

Communists to convene in Chicago

May 14, 2014 By Joe Sims

The party's 30th national convention will be held June 12-15 on the campus of the University of Illinois at Chicago. "Politically, we are ready. It's going to be a great affair."

$Beverly Hills becomes a frack-free zone$

Beverly Hills becomes a frack-free zone

May 9, 2014 By Blake Skylar

Starting June 6, a ban on fracking will go into effect in Beverly Hills, making it the first municipality in California to say "no" to the harmful gas extraction process.

Fight to stop vote suppression back in North Carolina courts

May 8, 2014 By Special to People’s World

"The North Carolina legislature passed the most sweeping, discriminatory voter suppression bill in the country, then sought to hide their hands and skirt the scrutiny of the law."

Great grandfather who helped end slavery and save a nation remembered

May 7, 2014 By Tim Wheeler

An unpublished manuscript "The Diary of Francis Marion Wheeler 1842-1899" has been gathering dust on a bookshelf in our house for many years. Once I picked it up, I could not put it down.