Politics

Execution cruelty hidden by Trump officials to speed up death sentences

February 17, 2021 By Michael Tarm

Questions are being raised about whether federal officials misled courts to ensure the executions scheduled from July to mid-January were done before death penalty opponent Joe Biden became president.

Workers press Biden to fight for $15 minimum wage

February 16, 2021 By Will Weissert And Alexandra Jaffe

Democrats have long promised an increase—support for a $15 minimum wage was including in the party’s 2016 political platform—but haven’t delivered.

Impeachment: 57-43 Senate majority—but not enough—votes to convict Trump

February 13, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg

Many of the 43 voting for acquittal were as guilty of the insurrection as the former president himself.

Historians say CNN wrong to compare Communists to Trump’s coup plotters

February 12, 2021 By Special to People’s World

CNN has its history wrong when it comes to equating the Trump coup to the 1948 Communist conspiracy trials, say a group of prominent academics.

Poor People’s Campaign targets Manchin in drive for $15 minimum wage

February 12, 2021 By Special to People’s World

The Moral Monday fight for a $15 per hour minimum wage is going to the streets next week.