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Reminder: U.S. also employs state of national emergency against socialist Cuba

January 15, 2019 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

Cuba’s 2019 budget dedicates 51 percent of its outlay to paying education and health care costs.

McConnell’s medieval moves to continue the shutdown

January 15, 2019 By Lowell B. Denny, III

The leader of the U.S. Senate, Republican Mitch McConnell has resolutely refused to consider any bill that Trump does not approve of.

Judge bars Trump’s 2020 census citizenship question

January 15, 2019 By Special to People’s World

A federal court has rejected the Trump administration’s addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 census.

L.A. teachers strike: Wearing red for ed on rainy Day One

January 15, 2019 By Eric A. Gordon

This strike is for the students – and for their entitlement to the kind of education that will properly prepare them for life in the decades ahead.

Trump’s wall: A death sentence for wildlife

January 14, 2019 By Blake Skylar

President Trump’s dream of a border wall is a nightmare for the U.S. Most agree it’s a dangerous idea rooted in xenophobia, but should it be built, endangered wildlife might be among its first casualties. It...