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.

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Pakistan at a crossroads
May 16, 2009 By Teresa Albano
Pakistan stands at a crossroads, where past meets present and national identity meets regional influences. It does not seem to be at a crossroads, as some have described, between a nuclear-armed democratic state vs. a nuclear-armed...
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U.S.

Cheerios and cholesterol — don’t believe the hype, FDA warns
May 13, 2009 By Teresa Albano
If you are eating Cheerios because you believe that it will dramatically lower your cholesterol, then forget about it.
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Peace

Picking up the pieces after catastrophe in Iraq, the ‘cradle of civilization’
May 7, 2009 By Teresa Albano
Iraqi scientists join forces with Americans to save antiquities CHICAGO — The world cried in the spring of 2003, during the U.S. invasion of Iraq. But perhaps archaeologists cried the hardest.
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Labor

Stimulus for the World
May 6, 2009 By Teresa Albano
CHICAGO – Pledges to support this working-class newspaper are starting to come in. Volunteers are calling and visiting subscribers during these first weeks of May to talk about this reader-run newspaper, its expansion online and what...
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Opinion

Make a pledge and support the workers’ fighting newspaper
May 6, 2009 By Teresa Albano
I hope this letter finds you healthy. As for wealthy and wise? You must already be wise since you support the workers’ newspaper: the People’s Weekly World and Nuestro Mundo.
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Opinion

Why did Susan Boyle become a global phenom?
April 25, 2009 By Teresa Albano
I first saw the headline on Google. Something about “Britain’s Got Talent ‘never been kissed’ Susan Boyle attracts wide viewership.” Yes, the never been kissed part perked my interest.
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U.S.

20 million Americans rallied on Earth Day 1970
April 23, 2009 By Teresa Albano
It was a different time back in the ’70s. Women’s liberation and gay rights were on the march. Vietnam War protests coupled with the civil rights freedom movements changed the political atmosphere of the United States.
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U.S.

Torture handbook ignites firestorm
April 22, 2009 By Teresa Albano
The recent release of Justice Department memos on torture indicate that the country is still in the grasp of the chillingly long nightmare created by George Bush, Dick Cheney and their administration.
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