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More military force is not the answer

February 19, 2015 By PW Editorial

President Obama's request to authorize use of military force against the so-called Islamic State opens unhappy comparisons with earlier misguided U.S. military ventures.

Terrorism and the lessons of African American history

February 19, 2015 By J. Behrens

President Obama cautioned us not to judge the more than a billion and half Muslims by the actions of relatively few violent extremists.

Lilo Heller, 94: Holocaust victim and citizen of the world

February 18, 2015 By Special to People’s World

Lilo Heller, a Holocaust survivor, was born in Germany in 1921 and witnessed the rise of Nazism.

Walking with the poor

February 13, 2015 By Rev. Jim Conn

"The poor you have with you always." Jesus is said to have spoken these words, but he certainly didn't mean that his followers should aim to keep it that way.

James Raines, 40; member of CPUSA and fearless organizer

February 12, 2015 By Nicholas James

It was James's life experiences - the economic hardship and decline of the post-industrial era - that led him to socialism and compelled him to care for those around him.