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Targeting China, the U.S. brings its New Cold War to Africa

January 5, 2023 By Vijay Prashad

Will U.S. pledges of aid, which are largely earmarked for private firms, support African development or merely subsidize U.S. multinational corporations?

Right-wing extremists block election of a House Speaker

January 4, 2023 By Mark Gruenberg And John Wojcik

Hard-right Republicans forced McCarthy to promise all kinds of concessions if he is elected.

The unanswered question: Who paid for Trump’s Jan. 6 insurrection?

January 3, 2023 By Mark Gruenberg

Attempting to overthrow the U.S. Constitution isn’t cheap, so we followed the money to determine who paid for the attack on the Capitol.

Seeking relief from oppression, Peruvians resist Castillo removal…and wait

December 28, 2022 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

After harassing him for months, Peru’s right-wing Congress recently ordered President Pedro Castillo’s removal from office. The authorities arrested him, and now he is in prison.

Charlene Mitchell: Honoring a committed life

December 28, 2022 By Special to People’s World

In 1968 Mitchell made history as the Communist Party USA’s presidential standard-bearer, becoming the first African American woman to run for the Oval Office.