Judith Le Blanc

Judith Le Blanc is a citizen of the Caddo Nation. She is the Executive Director of the Native Organizers Alliance. Le Blanc was formerly a reporter for the People's Weekly World, the forerunner of the People's World. She wrote extensively on her travels to Japan, Palestine, Israel, and Lebanon, and was an eyewitness reporter on the 9-11 attacks and their aftermath in New York City.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Judith Le Blanc

U.S.

From the 9/11 archives: Facing the future from Ground Zero
September 11, 2019 By Judith Le Blanc
“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.
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News

From our September 11, 2001 archives: Facing the future from Ground Zero
September 11, 2018 By Judith Le Blanc
People's World reporters worked to gather responses to the crisis by the people who rushed to help at New York City’s Ground Zero, as well as at the Pentagon and Shanksville, Pa. Many of the people...
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News

From our September 11, 2001 archives: Facing the future from Ground Zero
September 11, 2017 By Judith Le Blanc
People's World reporters worked to gather responses to the crisis by the people who rushed to help at New York City’s Ground Zero, as well as at the Pentagon and Shanksville, Pa. Many of the people...
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News

From our September 11, 2001 archives: Facing the future from Ground Zero
September 10, 2016 By Judith Le Blanc
On September 11, 2001, only a few members of the then-People's Weekly World staff were in the Manhattan editorial office when the airplanes hit the Twin Towers.
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U.S.

Racial slurs have no place in football
November 10, 2015 By Judith Le Blanc
For American Indians, the NFL season offers regular reminders that our rights still aren't fully recognized.
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U.S.

Sept. 11, 2001 archives: Facing the future from Ground Zero
September 11, 2013 By Judith Le Blanc
On street corners and doorsteps in neighborhoods around Manhattan burning candles stand as small monuments to hope and peace. Tens of thousands have participated in candlelight vigils. It's a city coming to terms with one of...
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Opinion

King’s dream confronted “giant triplets of racism, extreme materialism and militarism”
August 27, 2013 By Judith Le Blanc
After Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. opposed the U.S. war in Vietnam, he received a barrage of criticism from editorial boards, donors and even other civil rights leaders.
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Opinion

Only one place to cut: Pentagon
May 8, 2013 By Judith Le Blanc
There is a smart, good, and doable solution. We must move the money to invest in programs that will create jobs and turn the economy around.
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