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People’s World is a voice for progressive change and socialism in the United States. It provides news and analysis of, by, and for the labor and democratic movements to our readers across the country and around the world. People’s World traces its lineage to the Daily Worker newspaper, founded by communists, socialists, union members, and other activists in Chicago in 1924.

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News

This week in history: Dr. Joycelyn Elders testifies to Congress
July 23, 2018 By Special to People’s World
Twenty-five years ago, on July 23, 1993, President Bill Clinton’s nominee as 15th Surgeon General of the United States, Joycelyn Elders, testified at a Congressional confirmation hearing and openly affirmed her belief in factual sex education...
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Culture

Cuban film ‘Strawberry and Chocolate’ to screen in L.A.
July 20, 2018 By Special to People’s World
Marx@200: The Marxist Movie Series, continues July 26th with a screening of one of socialist Cuba’s most popular films, co-director Tomás Gutiérrez Alea’s international award-winning Strawberry and Chocolate. This 1993 film, which premiered in Havana and...
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Sports

L.A.’s Dodger dogs now union made
July 11, 2018 By Special to People’s World
Dodgers fans can enjoy a union-made hot dog the next time they are at the park.
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Culture

Radical 1942 anti-fascist docu-drama ‘Native Land’ to screen in L.A.
June 25, 2018 By Special to People’s World
This classic 1942 pro-union, anti-racist, anti-fascist docu-drama was the final film by the leftist collective Frontier Films and of Paul Robeson.
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Culture

For LGBTQ Pride Month: Poetry for the season
June 20, 2018 By Special to People’s World
We hope these selections from Gay & Lesbian Poetry in Our Time provide some fresh and welcome perspective.
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U.S.

This week in history: Hate crime laws are ruled constitutional
June 11, 2018 By Special to People’s World
In 1993, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled unanimously that hate crime laws are not “constitutionally and morally unsound.”
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Environment

New report on efforts to beat plastic pollution
June 5, 2018 By Special to People’s World
A new report from UN Environment finds a surging momentum in global efforts to address plastic pollution and offers an approach to rethink how the world produces, uses, and manages single-use plastics.
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U.S.

This week in history: Robert F. Kennedy assassinated
June 4, 2018 By Special to People’s World
New York Senator Robert F. Kennedy was shot in Los Angeles by an assassin in the Ambassador Hotel's Embassy Room ballroom kitchen.
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