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That sinking feeling: Ongoing disaster in Louisiana

August 23, 2013 By Blake Skylar

There's a big, gaping hole in this story: specifically, a sinkhole. In Bayou Corne, Louisiana, it's an ongoing environmental disaster that first emerged in August 2012.

Today in labor history: First African-American pilot recognized posthumously

August 23, 2013 By Special to People’s World

Bullard was rejected by the U.S. Army Air Service because only white pilots were allowed to serve.

Feminist and Marxist: Dorothy Smith receives lifetime sociology award

August 22, 2013 By Anita Waters

At a national meeting this summer here, social theorist Dorothy E. Smith was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award.

Santa Clara council backs Hyatt workers

August 22, 2013 By Henry Millstein

Dozens of Hyatt workers and community supporters packed the City Council chambers on Monday to speak in favor of a resolution.

Manning gets 35 years, will seek White House pardon

August 21, 2013 By Susan Webb

A military judge sentenced Army Pfc. Bradley Manning to 35 years in prison for leaking hundreds of thousands of classified documents to WikiLeaks.