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Congratulations all! Today is the first official Juneteenth holiday!

June 18, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg

Forever now the nation will celebrate the day the last slaves in Texas learned they were free.

The bombing of Cubana Flight 455: Interview with filmmaker Enrique Berumen

June 11, 2021 By David Trujillo

On October 6, 1976, Cubana de Aviación Flight 455 was bombed by CIA-trained Cuban exiles. A new documentary is bringing the story to the world.

‘Caste’: From billionaires to ‘untouchables’—a way to understand oppression

June 8, 2021 By Tim Wheeler

Wilkerson is a skilled storyteller and her book's stories of racist oppression should leave those in the dominant caste hanging their heads in shame. But it's missing something: the class struggle.

New ‘Go for Broke’ stamp honors Japanese American service members in WWII

June 7, 2021 By Special to People’s World

For a time, these second-generation Japanese Americans, known as Nisei, were denied the opportunity to fight despite being American citizens.

‘A Lad’s Love’: New CD sings of an era of suppressed homosexuality

June 4, 2021 By Eric A. Gordon

Brian Giebler is the new tenor on the block, announcing himself in his stunning début CD release as the torch-bearer, with a shock of headcurls, for a new generation of homophile British composers.