Analysis
Lincoln and Darwin: Bicentennial for two great emancipators
February 6, 2009Abraham Lincoln, the Great Emancipator, has been much on our minds recently as Barack Obama moved into the White House. Exactly 200 years after Lincoln’s birth, Obama’s presidency is one fulfillment of the work Lincoln started....
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LETTERS February 14, 2009
February 6, 2009Print edition needed I must respectfully disagree with the letter of Michael Dollard (PWW 2/7-13) calling for the People’s Weekly World to abandon a print edition in favor of an expanded online edition. The PWW is...
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Not just a few rotten apples
February 6, 2009The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart and other commentators have been having a field day with John Thain. Forced to resign last month as head of Merrill Lynch (recently merged with Bank of America) after word got...
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Black History Month book list
February 6, 2009A sampling of suggestions from our readers and staff.
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How racism sparked capitalisms financial crisis
January 30, 2009As Congress debates an economic recovery package, it is important to keep in mind how the country got into this mess in the first place: the racially motivated lending practices of Wall Street banks and mortgage...
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