Independence Day – People's World

July 7, 2020 By Albert Bender

Who really gained their independence on July 4, 1776?

July 3, 2019 By Alexandra Olson

Although some extremist groups have appropriated the flag, it is not widely viewed as a symbol of hate.

July 3, 2019 By Carl Winter

Carl Winter was among the first to be falsely convicted under the anti-communist Smith Act in 1949.

July 3, 2019 By Chauncey K. Robinson

It would take a “second American revolution”—the Civil War—to break the U.S. slaveholder class.

July 3, 2019 By Langston Hughes

Hughes reminds us of the dream of what America could be, but not yet is.