Tom Joad is a fictional character. The homeless drifters who populate “The Ghost of Tom Joad” wait on his spirit, not because of what he did or who he was — he did not even exist — but ...

The Ghost of Tom Joad never received the same success--which is somehow fittingly appropriate (but I will get to that later). It only achieved Gold in the US (more than 500,000 units sold) and is ...

You've entered Cressbeckler Country! Joad Cressbeckler is back and you’re on his property now, so tread lightly. THE ONION NEWS NETWORK has signed staunch individualist, and irrepressible ...

Tom Joad's exit from the book, for example — you know, he exits saying, 'I'll be there wherever people are hungry' — so he kind of says: Throughout time, there's going to be a need for me.

Beyond Ma Joad’s Oklahoma direct descendants, the independent contractors who attended the hearings reflected the California workforce of today: multi-racial, women and men, a good proportion of ...

Tom Joad’s Depression-era travels went from Dust Bowl-choked Oklahoma to a golden state rumored to offer well-paid farmwork to men like him. But that California promise turned out to be illusory.

Liko Arreola put her name on more records last week as the standout teen archer from Makawao competed in the USA Archery JOAD Target Nationals in Decatur, Ala. Arreola celebrated her 15th birthday ...

Tom Joad is giving up. Meanwhile, the political set is an embarrassment. As jobs disappear, legislators are fixated on transgender rights and deals for lobbyists.

I’m singing ‘Repo Man’ in the afternoon and ‘The Line’ at night. So the country record got made right along with The Ghost of Tom Joad,” Springsteen said in a statement.