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This week in history: Poll tax abolished 50 years ago

April 4, 2016 By Special to People’s World

A three-judge federal court at Jackson, Miss., outlawed Mississippi's $2 poll tax as a voting requirement for state and federal elections.

Spy parenting 101: Deadly decisions on “The Americans”

April 1, 2016 By Carole Avalon

Characters Philip and Elizabeth Jennings are good parents. That is their baseline identity.

Capturing and punishing the bombers won’t end terrorism

March 30, 2016 By Conn Hallinan

How we respond to that resistance is what we need to examine; if the response is force, we can hardly complain when we find ourselves the target of "asymmetrical violence" - terrorism.

Setting the record straight about socialism

March 29, 2016 By Seymour Joseph

In every age, scientific reasoning takes a beating from entrenched prejudices, fears, and hatreds.

Cherokee war chief led armed struggle against white settlers 235 years ago

March 28, 2016 By Albert Bender

Native Americans and others from throughout the state commemorated the life of the great Cherokee war chief, Dragging Canoe, with a celebration.