Obituary
Remembering Mexican author and cartoonist Rius
August 25, 2017May he rest in peace in Humor Heaven; the religious one didn't matter to him.
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Patricia McKissack, author of African-American children’s books, dies
April 12, 2017“To me, reading is like breathing; both are essential to life.”—Patricia C. McKissack
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Stuart Timmons, radical gay historian, memorialized in L.A.
April 5, 2017Friends gathered this past Sunday at the ONE Archive, the largest LGBTQ collection of books and papers in the world, to remember Stuart, his life, his work, his radical commitment, his humor and wisdom. Timmons died...
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Remembering Mike Smith, postal worker and labor stalwart
March 23, 2017Till his last day, Mike Smith was 100 percent union. Doug, his son, called the union office the morning after his death. His words to me: “You guys were his life.”
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Wally Kaufman, 89: union and Communist Party leader
February 17, 2017Kaufman was always ready to fight corporate power and anxious to share the rich wealth of his acquired wisdom.
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