Politics – Page 621 – People's World

Politically-charged rap finally gets its due with Kendrick Lamar’s Pulitzer

April 19, 2018 By Michelle Zacarias

Hip hop has battled against public disapproval and respectability politics for decades, but Lamar's Pulitzer signals a change.

Gay rights in the Communist press: Recollections of a seminal article

April 18, 2018 By Eric A. Gordon

People's World writer Eric Gordon remembers when "the winds of perestroika" finally blew in 1990 and he was invited to write the first article on gay rights to appear in the U.S. Communist press.

New stages: As Trump danger escalates, so does the Resistance

April 17, 2018 By John Bachtell

With a new 'war cabinet' in place, the danger from the Trump administration is increasing, but it is matched by an explosion of new mass democratic movements.

Syria airstrikes added $10 billion to missile manufacturer stock values

April 16, 2018 By C.J. Atkins

War, who is it good for? Missile manufacturers, that’s who.

Sanders rouses progressive candidates with call to fight party establishments

April 13, 2018 By Mark Gruenberg

One goal of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee conference is to build a nationwide group of progressive elected officials who know each other and can trade ideas within states and across state lines.