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Corporate lawyer lands top spot in DOJ’s Civil Rights Division

October 17, 2018 By Al Neal

A corporate lawyer with a questionable track record on discrimination lawsuits as head of the DOJ Civil Rights Division…what could be wrong with that?

Marx and Engels a better bet than Governors Walker and Daniels

October 17, 2018 By Tim Libretti

Let’s stick to Marx’s and Engel’s theories of history and class struggle rather than those of Scott Walker and Mitch Daniels.

O’Rourke vs Cruz: The results in Texas will depend on turnout

October 17, 2018 By Mark Gruenberg

Supporters of O’Rourke are fighting to take a Senate seat away from the anti-worker, anti-woman, anti-minority GOP.

Real reform in Brooklyn’s Democratic Party a daunting task

October 16, 2018 By Cameron Orr

Unfortunately, leaders of the Brooklyn Democratic Party machine proved once again that when you keep people ignorant of what’s happening you kill democracy.

This week in history: Tommie Smith, John Carlos and the 1968 Olympics Black Power Salute

October 15, 2018 By Special to People’s World

After 50 years, this is still a story needing to be remembered—“a story of encouragement, of knowledge of history."