Opinion – Page 97 – People's World

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.

A lynching in New Orleans

February 18, 2015 By Eric A. Gordon

How recent these events! How deeply seared in living human memory!

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.

Couch-surfing: a revolutionary movement

January 30, 2015 By Camila Valenzuela

Looking at it through a wide-angled lens, we've been staying at people's houses for hundreds of years; saving money, meeting people, really immersing ourselves in the culture.

Everything old is old again: A word on remakes and sequels

January 28, 2015 By Blake Skylar

There's no shortage of creativity out there. It's simply a matter of whether it's being repressed. And it is - in the interest of profit. Another effect of capitalism.