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Protesters denounce Cleveland jail conditions

January 14, 2019 By Special to People’s World

Since last June eight people have died and 55 attempted suicide while in custody.

The murders of Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht

January 14, 2019 By Special to People’s World

More than a century has passed since a Social Democratic government in Germany sanctioned the murder of the two Communist leaders.

Los Angeles braces itself for a teachers strike Monday morning

January 11, 2019 By Eric A. Gordon

Only the highly visible public drama of a District-wide strike will draw sufficient attention to the multiplicity of problems, many of them of a fiscal nature, that plague public education.

Secret White House memo says end pensions and retiree health benefits

January 11, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg

And James Sherk, the “labor” advisor for Trump’s Domestic Policy Council, also demands Trump call for enacting pension “reforms” – a code word for cuts – for the nation’s current two million federal workers.

House Dems go to court to defend Affordable Care Act

January 11, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg

“Having seen families struggle to pay ever higher insurance premiums and deductibles every year, I understand we need improvements in our system. The answer is to shore up the ACA, not dismantle it.”