Obituary

Roslyn Sims, 96; Youngstown labor and civil rights activist

March 23, 2018 By Barbara Russum

Roslyn Sims was very active in working to improve the lives of Youngstowners and belonged to many organizations, among them the Youngstown Club of the Communist Party USA.

Best-known theoretical physicist of his time, Stephen Hawking, dies

March 14, 2018 By Robert Barr

“My goal is simple. It is a complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is and why it exists at all.”

Carry On: A poem for Jim Baldridge

January 26, 2018 By Les Bayless

Like everyone else, activists too come to the end of our time on Earth. Those who are left to mourn seek comfort where they can find it, perhaps most of all in acknowledging lasting influences, enduring...

Native American activist Dennis Banks dies at age 80

November 2, 2017 By Combined Sources

“I want to be remembered as somebody who stood up when it was time to stand up. Nothing more."

Operatic soprano Brenda Lewis remembered by a friend

September 28, 2017 By Eric A. Gordon

I had the singular privilege of knowing the American soprano Brenda Lewis for almost forty years. She died at her Westport, Conn., home on September 16, at the age of 96. When I last spoke with...