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‘My Brother’s Keeper’ music review: Six Black men singing their mutual love

‘My Brother’s Keeper’ music review: Six Black men singing their mutual love

New York Festival of Song Records has come out with yet another stunning vocal album. With a majority of Black composers, these six brothers send their music out into the starry stratosphere. Anyone who loves the sound of men’s voices will be enchanted by this repertoire, which ranges from gospel to jazz to Brahms to […]

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The socialist drama students who took on Tammany Hall in 1932

The socialist drama students who took on Tammany Hall in 1932

The circumstances that forced the resignation of New York Mayor James J. “Jimmy” Walker on Sept. 1, 1932, were a mix of shameless political scandal, public investigation, and gubernatorial pressure, all of which laid bare the mayor’s deep involvement in Tammany Hall-style corruption. Under Walker, city government was for sale, and everyone knew it. Sometimes […]

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Primary voters choose candidates on basis of issues

Primary voters choose candidates on basis of issues

Attempts by the media to divide the electorate in so many ways failed to materialize again this week as voters in Massachusetts defied alleged desires for generational change when it came to preserving the Senate seat of Ed Markey, 80, who has held it for 50 years.  He soundly defeated Seth Moulton, 47. Voters, including […]

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Special Labor Day PRINT EDITION of People’s World

Special Labor Day PRINT EDITION of People’s World

Download and print the Labor Day edition of People’s World 4-page print edition of selected People’s World Labor Day articles (11″ x 17″)

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Steelworkers pacts with U.S. Steel, Cleveland Cliffs expire

Steelworkers pacts with U.S. Steel, Cleveland Cliffs expire

GRANITE CITY, Ill.—For Jason Fernandez, a Steelworker from Granite City, Ill., the current bargaining over new contracts between the United Steelworkers and two of its biggest employers, U.S. Steel and Cleveland Cliffs, is both professional and personal. It’s professional because Fernandez, a Steelworker since 2008, is on one of the union’s bargaining teams as USW […]

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‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ play review: A soulful and haunting must-see performance

‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ play review: A soulful and haunting must-see performance

A Noise Within’s production of Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom is ANW’s seventh mounting since 2019 of August Wilson’s 10 “American Century Cycle” plays, directed by Gregg T. Daniel, and in my humble opinion, it is the best one I’ve seen so far. Wilson’s wide-ranging decalogue of dramas about African Americans is also known as the […]

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Dead canaries everywhere: The impending collapse under Trump

Dead canaries everywhere: The impending collapse under Trump

In the late 19th century, coal miners began bringing canaries into the mines. These canaries, more sensitive to the ambient air and therefore more susceptible to toxic gases, were used as an early warning signal. The idea was that if the canary became ill or, in a more extreme environment, died, the miners had a […]

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DeFlock Lansing coalition wins vote on removing police spy cameras

DeFlock Lansing coalition wins vote on removing police spy cameras

LANSING, Mich.—“Get the Flock out of Lansing!” The chant rang through Lansing City Hall the night of Aug. 24, as more than a hundred residents packed the chambers for a city council vote that turned out to be anything but routine. Councilmember Ryan Kost, who represents the First Ward, had introduced a resolution calling on […]

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Chicago-area nurses on the move to unionize

Chicago-area nurses on the move to unionize

EVANSTON, Ill.—Registered nurses at Saint Francis Hospital in the Chicago suburb of Evanston filed a petition to unionize with the National Labor Relations Board on Aug. 24. The petition was filed on behalf of 275 nurses at the hospital. “We’re being stretched too thin that we can’t care for our patients’ basic needs sometimes,” said […]

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Starbucks workers, on full mobilization, roll out plans for national boycott

Starbucks workers, on full mobilization, roll out plans for national boycott

WASHINGTON—Fed up with four years of Starbucks stalling in bargaining, combined with the firm’s setting of an all-time U.S. record for breaking labor laws, Starbucks baristas and their rep, Starbucks Workers United, have decided to call for a nationwide boycott of the monster coffee chain. The decision set no start date for the boycott. The […]

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