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

U.S.

Civil rights legends Nash, Vivian urge continued resistance
February 16, 2011 By Teresa Albano
CHICAGO - Two "living legends" of the civil rights movement, Diane Nash and the Rev. C. T. Vivian, keynoted "Remembering the Movement," a Black History Month program, livestreamed from the Harold Washington Wing of the DuSable...
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U.S.

Flush with taxpayer cash, for-profit schools seek to quash oversight
February 9, 2011 By Teresa Albano
WARNING: Career schools may be hazardous to your financial and educational health.
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U.S.

Del Valle emerges as Chicago’s progressive mayoral candidate
January 31, 2011 By Teresa Albano
Miguel Del Valle emerges as Chicago's progressive mayoral candidate.
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Opinion

Where is the next Milton Rogovin? Gage Gallery opens Working-Class Eye exhibit
January 25, 2011 By Teresa Albano
Crowd packs Roosevelt University's Gage Gallery Jan. 20 for the opening of "The Working-Class Eye of Milton Rogovin."
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Opinion

Lincoln’s fiery trial was America’s too
January 6, 2011 By Teresa Albano
Book review: Eric Foner's "The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery."
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U.S.

Surprise! Republican judge rules against health care law
December 15, 2010 By Teresa Albano
A federal judge in Virginia ruled that one part of President Barack Obama's signature health care reform law is unconstitutional, which comes after two other federal judges ruled it was constitutional, setting up an eventual showdown...
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U.S.

Civil unions OK’d in “heart of heartland” Illinois
December 3, 2010 By Teresa Albano
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - "Exhaustimicated!" that's what Equality Illinois' Rick Garcia told Chicago-based Windy City Times, after this week's historic two-day vote in the Illinois state legislature in favor of same-sex civil unions.
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World

Pope’s condom statement offers Rorschach theology
November 23, 2010 By Teresa Albano
Pope Benedict XVI set off a firestorm this week when the Vatican released excerpts from a new book in which the pontiff obliquely says that HIV prevention might be a reason for condoms.
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