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Trump and coronavirus dealt major defeats on same day

December 15, 2020 By C.J. Atkins

But just as the vaccine's arrival doesn’t spell the immediate end of COVID-19, neither does the Electoral College vote mean the Trump plague is over.

Brazilian poet diplomat Vinícius de Moraes and ‘The Worker in Construction’

December 11, 2020 By José Carlos Ruy

The year 2020 marked 40 years of farewell to the poet Vinícius de Moraes.

REVIEW: ‘Ballad of an American’—Civil rights giant Paul Robeson’s illustrated bio

December 4, 2020 By Tony Pecinovsky

Actor, athlete, singer, anti-fascist fighter, and defender of democracy—Paul Robeson did it all.

Historians challenge false narrative behind St. Louis ‘Victims of Communism’ resolution

November 25, 2020 By Special to People’s World

The sponsor, Alderwoman Carol Howard, narrowly held onto her seat in the most recent municipal elections by 52 votes with an intense red-baiting campaign.

Karl Yoneda and Elaine Black—star-crossed lovers in a class war

November 19, 2020 By Tim Wheeler

"I will never forget the shock on the faces of our mostly African-American neighbors who live with racism every day to hear Karl and Elaine tell the story of their incarceration, the vicious racism they endured."