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Basketball’s Maya Moore dedicated to criminal justice

September 17, 2019 By Doug Feinberg

Maya Moore startled basketball when she stepped away from the WNBA before the season. She has spent a lot of her time trying to help a family friend overturn a conviction.

Baltimore crowd celebrates 100 years of the Communist Party USA

September 17, 2019 By Tim Wheeler

A multi-racial crowd from the mid-Atlantic region celebrated the founding of the CPUSA a century ago, filling a church here with singing, poetry, and calls for the ouster of Trump.

Winnipeg General Strike pops off the page in new comic history

September 16, 2019 By Kimball Cariou

This is a timely contribution to public understanding of the event which did so much to shape the working-class struggles of the 20th century, told in a way that reflects and amplifies the left politics which...

All honor to the San Patricios, the St. Patrick’s Battalion

September 12, 2019 By Bruce Bostick

Official U.S. history paints the Mexican War (1846-48) as a story of “heroic” American settlers fighting for “freedom” from Mexico. The Irish immigrants who gave their all saw that fight far differently.

From the 9/11 archives: Facing the future from Ground Zero

September 11, 2019 By Judith LeBlanc

“The president said we’re at war now. We don’t want to become the people that we’re dealing with now,” a woman named Nancy said as she held a sign of appreciation for the Ground Zero crew.