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‘Vita & Virginia’: Two British novelists’ love affair in new film

September 3, 2019 By Eric A. Gordon

Since her untimely death, British writer Virginia Woolf has become a feminist icon for her literary explorations into the subject of womanhood in contemporary society.

September 1, 1939: In memory of poet W.H. Auden

August 30, 2019 By Ross Altman

Homage to Clio, the title poem of W.H. Auden’s 1960 small book of light verse—the later, shorter poems—is where I found out about the ninth muse, the Muse of History.

Communist Party USA: 100 years in struggle for peace, democracy, socialism

August 30, 2019 By People’s World Editorial Board

Just as it was a century ago, the idea of socialism is again on the minds of millions. And just like then, the Communist Party is a part of the mix.

My parents were Communists: The story of our 1934 eviction

August 30, 2019 By Noyma Appelbaum

My mother had not enjoyed a formal education, but she possessed a highly developed sense of working-class “street smarts”: She knew who the enemy was and how to deal with him.

Prison classroom reflects white supremacy in new memoir

August 30, 2019 By W. T. Whitney Jr.

The New Plantation: Lessons from Rikers Island: The title comes from Trask’s first day on the job.