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Today in history: “BaddDDD” black poet Sonia Sanchez is born

September 9, 2015 By Special to People’s World

Since the 1970s Sanchez has published a steady stream of poetry books and plays.

“Lincoln for Beginners”: illustrated biography of a gradualist radical

September 8, 2015 By Eric A. Gordon

Whole libraries are dedicated to the study of Lincoln; Buhle's synopsis, reflecting all the warts and charm of his subject, might a good place to begin.

Today in history: Beethoven’s opera “Fidelio” in Berlin, 1945

September 4, 2015 By Special to People’s World

"A political prisoner's wife goes undercover, infiltrates the family of the prison guard and frees her husband from a secret dungeon just as the tyrant is about to kill him."

Today in history: Eduardo Galeano, writer and journalist born 75 years ago

September 3, 2015 By Len Phelan

If anyone consistently and courageously gave encouragement to those in struggle - particularly the indigenous populations of Latin America - it was Galeano.

Refugees

September 3, 2015 By Luis Lazaro Tijerina

This poem is a response to the refugee/migrant crisis now engulfing Europe.