Culture

“Auschwitz”

February 25, 2015 By Seymour Joseph

" I pass this on, and for those of you who haven't seen my poetry collection I include a poem I wrote in 1955, after my visit to Auschwitz."

“Sassy Mamas”: Generational and gender role reversals

February 25, 2015 By Ed Rampell

"Sassy Mamas" is a comedy-drama about three longtime girlfriends in Washington, D.C.

Lead Belly discography released

February 23, 2015

Did he really sing his way out of Southern prisons twice? Did he really travel and sing with the legendary Blind Lemon Jefferson?

Racism isn’t new in Texas

February 20, 2015

Carmen Boullosa has done us a great service, and provided us a marvelously good read.

Today in African American history: A double birthday

February 20, 2015 By Special to People’s World

Sir Sidney Poitier, Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (KBE), was born in Miami, Fla., on February 20, 1927, of Bahamian parentage.