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Baseball postseason in the Daily Worker – 80 years ago

October 9, 2018 By Special to People’s World

Before you settle in to see what Boston has lined up tonight, take a look at the postseason 80 years ago.

Mexican students remember a massacre and its meaning for today

October 3, 2018 By David Bacon

Every year on Oct. 2 thousands of Mexican students pour into the streets of Mexico City in memory of the hundreds of students who were gunned down by their own government in 1968.

This week in history: The Tlatelolco Massacre

October 1, 2018 By Special to People’s World

Fifty years ago, on October 2, 1968, a horrific massacre of students and protesters took place at the Plaza de las Tres Culturas (Three Cultures Square) in the Tlatelolco housing complex in Mexico City. To this...

First black starting QB reflects on changes in game, society

September 26, 2018 By Associated Press

Marlin Briscoe didn’t want to be pigeonholed simply because of stereotypes against black men.

This week in history: The Milwaukee 14 destroy 10,000 draft files

September 24, 2018 By Special to People’s World

50 years ago today, the "Milwaukee 14" stole the draft files of some 10,000 young men soon to be sent to Vietnam.