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Illinois Woman’s Press Association honors People’s World writers
May 27, 2015People's World writers won six first place awards, one second place, two third places, and one honorable mention.
Read moreToday in women’s history: Ding Ling, forgotten Chinese author, remembered
March 4, 2015On this date in 1986, the writer Ding Ling, a champion of women's rights, died. Born as Jiang Bingzhi in Linli, Hunan province, China.
Read moreToday in labor history: Stephen Hawking born
January 8, 2014As recently as 2011, Hawking remarked, "Scientists have become the bearers of the torch of discovery in our quest for knowledge."
Read moreToday in labor history: Jack London, writer, socialist, dies at 40
November 22, 2013Best known to U.S. readers as the author of Call of the Wild, London also wrote several powerful works dealing with workers, capitalism and socialism - including his famous dystopian novel The Iron Heel.
Read moreSyd Hoff and A. Redfield: Two sides of the same coin
November 14, 2013An almost unknown dimension of his amazing career, discovered by his heirs only after his death in 2004, was Hoff's work for left-wing periodicals in the '30s.
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