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

Labor

Obama campaign enters new stage: The Action
November 14, 2012 By Teresa Albano
President Obama thanked them for their hard work and urged all to stay involved in grassroots action for the good of the country.
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Labor

Today in labor history: U.S. women organize trade union league
November 14, 2012 By Teresa Albano
Working-class and wealthier women gathered in Boston to found the Women's Trade Union League to support the efforts of women to organize labor unions.
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U.S.

Voters give Obama four more years to move nation forward
November 7, 2012 By Teresa Albano
Battling an unprecedented barrage of lies, voter suppression laws, racially-charged attacks and fringe ideology on women, immigrants, gays and lesbians, fueled with billions of Wall Street and secretive super PACS dollars, the coalition backing the president...
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U.S.

In final debate, voters say Obama won decisively
October 23, 2012 By Teresa Albano
Of the more than 500 uncommitted voters polled after viewing last night's presidential debate, 53% said President Barack Obama won, while only 23% gave it to GOP opponent Mitt Romney.
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U.S.

Debate showed “powerful contrasts” between Obama and Romney
October 17, 2012 By Teresa Albano
President Barack Obama had the last word in yesterday's presidential debate, and it was the one his supporters longed to hear, and his opponent longs to forget: 47 percent.
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U.S.

SCOTUS gives green light to Ohio early vote
October 16, 2012 By Teresa Albano
The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear an emergency appeal by Ohio Republicans on their decision to shut down early voting for the three days before the November elections.
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Labor

Today in labor history: Vietnam war protests, draft card burned
October 15, 2012 By Teresa Albano
On Oct. 15, 1965, a young Catholic Worker activist, David Miller, burned his draft card in protest of the U.S. war in Vietnam, becoming the first antiwar activist to challenge a law banning the act.
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Opinion

The reverse discrimination farce
October 12, 2012 By Teresa Albano
History repeats itself: the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce. So it goes for the Supreme Court case on affirmative action and campus diversity, Fisher v. University of Texas.
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