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Maine’s governor assaults the dignity of working people

March 25, 2011 By Sam Webb

Having been raised in Maine, son of a lineman and a mother and stepmother who were state workers, I am infuriated that the Republican governor there has ordered the removal of mural that depicts the role...

Rally marks first birthday for Obama health care law

March 24, 2011 By Teresa Albano

Chicago-area residents celebrated the one year anniversary of the signing of the Affordable Care Act by President Obama, March 23, with stories of how the law helped them obtain affordable and quality health care.

Triangle fire: then and now

March 24, 2011 By Gabe Falsetta

While walking through the Evergreen Cemetery recently, located in Ridgewood Brooklyn, I came across a section dedicated to eight unidentified young women who died in the Triangle Shirtwaist fire on March 25, 1911.

Have women come a long way? Yes and no

March 24, 2011 By Susan Webb

Young women talk about how they have benefited from the struggles of their mothers' and grandmothers' generation, and the new and old challenges they face today.

Labor stalwart Irene Hull dies at 98

March 24, 2011 By Tim Wheeler

Irene Hull, a beloved "tiny dynamo" fighter for trade union rights, world peace, equality, and socialism died on the first day of spring, March 20 in Seattle.