Politics
Workers, AFL-CIO, Democrats open legislative push for $15 minimum wage
February 8, 2019Workers descended on Capitol Hill to tell lawmakers to raise the wage. Democrats liked what they heard; Republicans didn’t.
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New Congressional probes are Trump’s worst nightmare realized
February 7, 2019The new investigations are expanding to include financial law-breaking, money laundering, and influence peddling.
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CPUSA chair responds to Trump State of the Union speech
February 6, 2019John Bachtell, the national chair of the Communist Party USA, offered his party’s response to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address in a live video presentation on Feb. 5, 2019.
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CPUSA labor group praises workers for shutting down the shutdown
February 6, 2019Communist Party Chair John Bachtell says the mass movement that defeated GOP President Donald Trump’s lockout/shutdown of parts of the federal government – ending the saga of leaving 800,000 workers unpaid for 35 days – was...
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Puerto Rico debt deal: Bondholders get paid, future of public services uncertain
February 5, 2019A federal bankruptcy judge approved a major debt restructuring plan for Puerto Rico on Monday in the first deal of its kind for the U.S. territory since the island’s government declared nearly four years ago that...
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