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Women tell senators of real impact of Affordable Care Act, Medicare, Medicaid

January 20, 2017 By Mark Gruenberg

If the GOP repeals the Affordable Care Act, 20 million-30 million people could lose their health care coverage.

Trump’s billionaire cabinet benefits from the labor they vilify

January 20, 2017 By Marzena Zukowska

Both Commerce Secretary, Wilbur Ross, and head of the Office of Management and Budget, Mick Mulvaney employed immigrant domestic workers within their homes but failed to follow employer rules related to taxes and hiring.

Thousands from Connecticut to raise their voices at Women’s March

January 19, 2017 By Jahmal Henderson

In Connecticut, 80 buses are headed to the nation's capital with buses also going to smaller sister marches.

AFSCME in Illinois tries to restart bargaining with new proposal

January 19, 2017 By Mark Gruenberg

The Rauner war against AFSCME has been going on ever since he won the governor’s chair in 2014.

Rediscovering a visionary 1959 program for Los Angeles

January 19, 2017 By Eric A. Gordon

A communist recently shared a copy of “A Municipal Program for Los Angeles,” published in April ‘59 by the Communist Party of Southern Calif. and asked me what I thought of it.