Teresa Albano

Teresa Albano was the first woman editor-in-chief of People’s World, 2003-2010, leading the transition from weekly print to daily online publishing and establishing PW’s social media presence. Albano had been a staff writer for People’s World covering political, labor, and social justice issues for more than 25 years. She traveled throughout the U.S. and abroad, including India, Cuba, Angola, Italy, and Paris to cover the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference. An award-winning journalist, Albano has been honored for her writing by the International Labor Communications Association, National Federation of Press Women, and Illinois Woman Press Association.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Teresa Albano

Editorial

Help People’s World cover the country
April 10, 2014 By Teresa Albano
Interested in writing for peoplesworld.org? This website is fueled by volunteer writers, photographers and videographers. You can join the team. Here's how to get started.
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World

Communists join Nepal government
March 7, 2014 By R.K. Sharma And Teresa Albano
After weeks of negotiations, Nepal has a government in which the Communists are equal partners with the leading centrist political party and top vote getter.
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U.S.

Today in black history: Civil rights activist Jimmie Lee Jackson dies, becomes catalyst for Selma march
February 26, 2014 By Teresa Albano
Twenty-six year old civil rights protester Jimmie Lee Jackson died this day, Feb. 26, 1965, from gunshot wounds inflicted by Alabama State Trooper after marching in a peaceful protest.
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U.S.

Asian Pacific rights group elects first openly gay chair
February 6, 2014 By Teresa Albano
Each community has a stake in immigration reform, he said, from family reunification to visa programs. "We as a coalition have been finding ways to raise our voices."
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Labor

Republicans leave unemployed #OutInTheCold
January 8, 2014 By Teresa Albano
Heavy lobbying efforts were underway to extend unemployment insurance for the more than 1 million long-term jobless.
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Opinion

New York’s tale of two cities extends to America
January 3, 2014 By Teresa Albano
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio's "tale of two cities" could be told in cities across the country.
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World

Top 14 quotes from Pope Francis, “2013 Person of the Year”
December 20, 2013 By Teresa Albano
A list of 14 quotes from Pope Francis that help believers and nonbelievers in the quest towards a better world.
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Labor

Today in labor history: Phone workers call for union
November 14, 2013 By Teresa Albano
The National Federation of Telephone Workers - later to become the CWA - was founded today in New Orleans in 1938.
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