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

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July 7 THIS WEEK IN LABOR
July 6, 2007 By Teresa Albano
Moldy food found at Farmer Joe’s; How about American Vulture?; Farm workers toil in extreme heat; Fast track dies; We’d deliver, but our bosses won’t let us
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Harry Potter goes to the library
June 29, 2007 By Teresa Albano
CHICAGO — Harry Potter fans, eagerly awaiting the release of the seventh and final book by J.K. Rowling, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” got a chance to make a 20-second video about their love for...
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Obama, Edwards top progressive poll
June 29, 2007 By Teresa Albano
WASHINGTON — Democratic presidential candidates Barack Obama and John Edwards topped a straw poll of liberal and progressive activists at the Take Back America conference here June 20.
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Labor applies Capitol Hill heat for worker rights
June 22, 2007 By Teresa Albano
WASHINGTON — No matter how hot and sweaty it got here June 19, support for the Employee Free Choice Act was hotter. Some 3,000 union members and allies rallied on Capitol Hill for the most radical...
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New labor editor joins Worlds staff
May 18, 2007 By Teresa Albano
The People’s Weekly World/Nuestro Mundo editorial board welcomed John Wojcik to the newspaper’s staff as labor editor May 1. Wojcik, 56, replaces Roberta Wood, who was elected secretary-treasurer of the Communist Party USA last November. Wood...
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D.C. residents demand representation
April 20, 2007 By Teresa Albano
Thousands of residents of our nation’s capital marched April 16 for something most Americans take for granted — representation in Congress.
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Celebrating the archives of the Communist press
April 13, 2007 By Teresa Albano
If I were to list only a fraction of the names of the thousands of people who wrote for, or cartooned for or in other ways supported the Daily Worker, Western Worker, Daily World, People’s World,...
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Communist Media: Making the American Promise Real for Everyone
April 6, 2007 By Teresa Albano
The following is a speech given on the occasion of the handing over the Communist Party USA’s archives to New York University’s Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, March 23, 2007 in New York...
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