Obituary

Hugo Chavez, popular Venezuelan president, dies

March 6, 2013 By W. T. Whitney Jr.

In life, Chavez was almost a legendary figure; first elected to Venezuela's presidency in 1998, he was popularly re-elected three more times in 2000, 2006, and 2012.

Phillip Bonosky, 1916-2013, chronicled life and politics from Pittsburgh to Phnom Penh

March 5, 2013 By Daniel Rosenberg

Author Phillip Bonosky, a member of the Communist Party since 1938, died Saturday, March 2, in Brooklyn, N.Y.

Life with a purpose: tribute to Estelle Katz

January 23, 2013 By Sam Webb

It is a great honor to be a part of a celebration commemorating the remarkable life of my dear friend and comrade, Estelle Katz.

Gerda Lerner, pioneering scholar of women’s, African-American history

January 8, 2013 By Marc Brodine

Gerda Lerner, whose life went from Jewish radical activist in Austria to refugee from Nazism to prominent U.S. historian, passed away in Madison, Wisc., at the age of 92, this month.

Thunderbirds creator Gerry Anderson dies at 83

December 28, 2012 By Frederick Barr

For those of us of a certain age, memories of childhood Christmases might well include presents from the imagination of Gerry Anderson