Editing Daily Worker (section)

{{Short description|American left-wing newspaper (1924–1958)}}
{{About|the American newspaper|the British newspaper formerly of this name|Morning Star (British newspaper)}}
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{{Infobox newspaper
| logo               = 
| image              = Daily Worker.pdf
| caption            = No. 254 of the ''Daily Worker'' (November 7, 1927)
| type               = Daily [[newspaper]]
| format             = Broadsheet and tabloid
| foundation         = {{start date and age|1924}}
| political          = Communist; socialist
| language           = [[English language|English]]
| ceased publication = January 1958
| relaunched         = 
| headquarters       = {{plainlist|
* [[New York City]], New York
* [[Chicago]], Illinois
}}
| circulation        = Various
}}

The '''''Daily Worker''''' was a newspaper published in [[Chicago]] founded by communists, socialists, union members, and other activists.<ref>{{cite web|last=Admin|date=2009-08-25|title=About People's World|url=https://www.peoplesworld.org/about-the-peoples-world/|access-date=2023-07-18|website=People's World|language=en-US}}</ref> Publication began in 1924.<ref>{{cite news|last=Pederson|first=Vernon|date=January 11, 2008|title=Take It As Red|publisher=[[On The Media]] for [[National Public Radio]]|quote=Founded in 1924, the Daily Worker – which ceased to be a daily 50 years ago – was the de facto house organ of American Communism.|url=http://www.onthemedia.org/transcripts/2008/01/11/06|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080821121821/http://onthemedia.org/transcripts/2008/01/11/06|archive-date=2008-08-21}}</ref> It generally reflected the prevailing views of members of the [[Communist Party USA]] (CPUSA); it also reflected a broader spectrum of [[Left-wing politics|left-wing]] opinion. At its peak, the newspaper achieved a [[Newspaper circulation|circulation]] of 35,000. Contributors to its pages included [[Robert Minor]] and [[Fred Ellis (cartoonist)|Fred Ellis]] (cartoonists), [[Lester Rodney]] (sports editor), [[David Karr]], [[Richard Wright (author)|Richard Wright]], [[John L. Spivak]], [[Peter Fryer]], [[Woody Guthrie]], and [[Louis F. Budenz]].