Politics – Page 625 – People's World

Despite big job gains in June, pandemic’s impact lingers

July 2, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg

Some 850,000 new jobs added but many are in the lower paid categories; Many seek better paying jobs.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem continues the Jan. 6 insurrection

July 2, 2021 By John Wojcik

Other GOP governors back unprecedented deployment of her state’s National Guard as private mercenaries on the U.S-Mexico border.

Filibuster or democracy: Can’t have both

July 2, 2021 By Peter Certo

The warning from democracy advocates is clear: Kill the filibuster and pass the For the People Act, or our democracy won’t survive.

Supreme Court guts what’s left of the Voting Rights Act

July 1, 2021 By John Wojcik

In a 6-3 ruling, it upholds two racist Arizona voting laws; activists say they are not giving up the fight.

Labor, green groups unite to push Jobs Plan and Families Plan

June 30, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg

Congress seems hell-bent on passing a stripped-down version of the Jobs Plan and—thanks to rigid Senate Republican opposition and filibuster threats—doing nothing at all about the Families Plan.