Pat Summitt, 64: Gender pioneer
Summitt, if you don't know, was the legendary and beloved women's basketball coach at the University of Tennessee.
The Champ’s greatest battle: The fight for peace
I would like to take this opportunity to put in a word for what I think was Muhammad Ali's greatest fight of all - his relentless fight for peace.
Grand Old Woman of U.S. Communism: Mother Bloor and Iowa farmers
Mother Bloor is famous in labor and radical circles, but unknown to many, she was also a key figure in the farmer's struggle in Iowa during the Depression.
Plotting for Gus Hall and free speech at Blue Moon Tavern
This article is an excerpt from the upcoming autobiography of former People's World editor and long-time correspondent, Tim Wheeler.
Any sandwich but socialism, please
This column is the author's response to Paul Krugman's column in the April 15, 2016 edition of the New York Times.
Ivanhoe Donaldson, a Civil Rights movement backbone, passes
He worked to support many "everyday" heroes who risked everything for equality and justice.
From the People’s World archives: “Law and order” - the Mississippi way
In 1963, the following article appeared in the pages of The Worker, a predecessor publication of People's World . . .
Seeing Guernica with clear eyes
Understanding what the great Picasso was telling us about the struggle to defeat fascism - I have carried that lesson with me my entire life.
Capturing and punishing the bombers won't end terrorism
How we respond to that resistance is what we need to examine; if the response is force, we can hardly complain when we find ourselves the target of "asymmetrical violence" - terrorism.
Setting the record straight about socialism
In every age, scientific reasoning takes a beating from entrenched prejudices, fears, and hatreds.
