Culture
New book explores the roots of the term “White trash”
August 1, 2016Some landless whites in early America who survived war, workhouses, prostitution, and press gangs ditched their poverty wages and constricted lives and lit out for the territories.
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“Jason Bourne” film: Don’t trust the CIA
August 1, 2016What's arguably most interesting about Jason Bourne is its up-to-the-minute topicality, ripping those proverbial headlines right off the front pages.
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May Day from the Haymarket gallows: Albert Parsons’ words of 1886
April 29, 2016As we pay tribute to Parsons and the other Haymarket martyrs, People's World wishes all our readers in the United States and internationally a Happy May Day.
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What is Hanukkah really all about?
December 16, 2014Solstice? revolution? religious miracle? military might? Like most things, this holiday can be viewed from multiple perspectives.
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A lament for Eric Garner
December 16, 2014A poetic response, one among many from around the country, is based on Biblical passages and other religious and philosophical texts.
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