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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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U.S.

New stamps honor New Deal
April 27, 2017 By Special to People’s World
The U.S. Postal Service has recently released a booklet of 20 stamps of 10 different designs of posters from the Work Projects Administration.
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Labor

Minimum wage hike to $15 would give 41 million a raise
April 26, 2017 By Special to People’s World
In the eight years since the federal minimum wage was last raised, the buying power of a minimum-wage paycheck has fallen 10 percent due to inflation.
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Labor

Red Cross blood workers choose Teamsters
April 25, 2017 By Special to People’s World
Mobile and fixed site units now have strong representation.
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Culture

Breaking news: Fall of the Romanov dynasty
April 25, 2017 By Special to People’s World
The 1927 documentary The Fall of the Romanov Dynasty, about Russia’s 1917 urban uprisings, is being screened as part of the “Ten Films That Shook the World” series.
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Opinion

Armando Ramirez, modest but tough fighter for the people, passes on
April 25, 2017 By Special to People’s World
“Armando was one of the kindest, gentlest, most modest people I ever met, but a deep thinker and fierce fighter for working people and against injustice."
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News

This week in history: Coretta Scott King born in 1927
April 25, 2017 By Special to People’s World
Coretta Scott King was an author, activist, and civil rights leader in her own right, and the mother of four children. In her early life, she was an accomplished singer, and she often incorporated music into...
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Environment

Today in eco-history: Dirty coal killed 45 Virginians
April 24, 2017 By Special to People’s World
In the early morning hours of April 24, 1938, 25 more bodies were carried out of the Red Jacket Mine in Keen Mountain, Virginia, then down the mountain and into an identification center that was set...
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Mundo Popular

Puerto Rico: Maestros luchan por escuelas públicas
April 20, 2017 By Special to People’s World
La mayoría de los estudiantes puertorriqueños y sus familias viven en estado de pobreza y más de 140,000 reciben servicios de educación especial. Las escuelas son los lugares donde estos estudiantes reciben y tienen acceso a...
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