As editor of this page, I searched the Internet for insightful commentary on the Duke lacrosse players case. Sad to say, such comments have been all too few. Most seized the opportunity to throw sand in our eyes, to downplay the racism, sexism and class privilege that poison our society. 
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| April 21, 2007
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The crude racist/sexist remarks of radio talk show host Don Imus have ignited a firestorm of anti-racist protest from people of all races and nationalities all over the country.
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Like the rest of America, our hearts go out to the Virginia Tech students, faculty, staff, their families and the whole community. During such times of mourning many people look for life lessons so that another tragedy like this might be prevented.
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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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Each month, Jennifer Pae, forks over hundreds of dollars in payments on $40,000 in student loans she owes for her education at the University of California, San Diego.
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The Iraq war’s devastating toll is leading a growing number of state legislatures to join the debate. They are discussing and passing resolutions that pay tribute to the troops and veterans and call for steps such as pursuing peace, ending the escalation and starting withdrawal of U.S. troops.
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As the nation mourned the April 16 shooting deaths of 32 students and faculty members at Virginia Tech, calls mounted for action to curb handguns like the weapons used by the gunman.
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CHICAGO — Elvira Arellano dijo que la emocionan las redadas y deportaciones que están tomando lugar. Junta con el pastor de su iglesia, Walter Coleman, Arellano empezó una huelga de hambre que duraría de 25 días.
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Aunque un nuevo estudio publicado este mes nota algunas mejoras, los conductores afronorteamericanos y latinos todavía tienen más posibilidad que los anglos a ser parados y registrados en las carreteras de Tejas.
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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, Voz del Pueblo and now People’s Weekly World and Nuestro Mundo — in short, the Communist press in all its forms during our 83 years of existence — we’d be here for a long time.
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