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“Transition” imagines the Obama-Trump meeting in the Oval Office

March 16, 2017 By Eric A. Gordon

This is a piece of fun for the moment that tickles our sympathies without a hint of challenge.

Seniors tell Ryan: Kill the bill before it kills us

March 16, 2017 By Beatrice Lumpkin And Earchiel Johnson

Busloads of senior activists from Illinois and Wisconsin braved heavy snow storms to protest at House Speaker Paul Ryan’s office in Racine, Wisconsin March 14.

Nazi Richard Spencer smacked down by the IRS this time

March 16, 2017 By Patrick J. Foote

It's time to evaluate the old stereotype of fascists “keeping the trains running on time.”

International Women’s Day takes on deep meaning in 2017

March 10, 2017 By Temma Kaplan And David Bacon

This year International Women's Day has a deep meaning because of the desperate situation in which our country finds itself.

Women’s History Month: Jeannette Rankin, first woman seated in Congress

March 3, 2017 By Special to People’s World

“I may be the first woman member of Congress,” she observed upon her election in 1916. “But I won’t be the last.”