civil rights – Page 28 – People's World

From the People’s World archives: “Law and order” – the Mississippi way

April 7, 2016 By James E. Jackson

In 1963, the following article appeared in the pages of The Worker, a predecessor publication of People's World . . .

A desire to change the world: Author Gary Murrell on Herbert Aptheker

April 5, 2016 By Tony Pecinovsky

During the height of the "Red Scare," Aptheker was considered by FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover as the "most dangerous communist in the United States."

North Carolina discrimination law shows limits of corporate conscience

March 29, 2016 By Patrick J. Foote

"The legislation hastily enacted is deplorable and discriminatory, and it runs counter to everything we stand for."

Radical plots in our comics? Marvel goes there

March 16, 2016 By Michelle Zacarias

Marvel Comics has often used its fictional universe as an allegory for real-life politics.

South Carolina voters want to reverse damage by GOP state government

February 27, 2016 By Roberta Wood And Larry Rubin

South Carolinians desperately need better paying jobs, more accessible health care and better schools, but Governor Haley is using a $400 million surplus for tax cuts for the wealthy.