Communist Party
Major league baseball integrated in 1947, now it’ll integrate its record book
December 18, 2020This newspaper’s predecessor, the Daily Worker, and the Black press led the campaign for integrating white major and minor league baseball.
Read moreREVIEW: ‘Ballad of an American’—Civil rights giant Paul Robeson’s illustrated bio
December 4, 2020Actor, athlete, singer, anti-fascist fighter, and defender of democracy—Paul Robeson did it all.
Read moreCommunist teacher turned health minister leads pandemic fight in India
December 2, 2020Shailaja’s passion for science led her to become a physics and biology teacher. The class struggle in India drew her to the Communist Party.
Read moreHistorians challenge false narrative behind St. Louis ‘Victims of Communism’ resolution
November 25, 2020The sponsor, Alderwoman Carol Howard, narrowly held onto her seat in the most recent municipal elections by 52 votes with an intense red-baiting campaign.
Read moreKarl Yoneda and Elaine Black—star-crossed lovers in a class war
November 19, 2020"I will never forget the shock on the faces of our mostly African-American neighbors who live with racism every day to hear Karl and Elaine tell the story of their incarceration, the vicious racism they endured."
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