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February 17, 2021 By John Bachtell

The arcane Senate practice enforces a form of Jim Crow and discriminates against people in states with large working-class populations.

February 16, 2021 By Will Weissert And Alexandra Jaffe

Democrats have long promised an increase—support for a $15 minimum wage was including in the party’s 2016 political platform—but haven’t delivered.

January 29, 2021 By Special to People’s World

Only organized political struggle by the working class and democratic movements has the potential to upend the power of finance capital for good.

January 29, 2021 By PAI

The legal commands order agencies to buy U.S.-made goods unless they can show a reason why they cannot do so.

January 22, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg

Up to his old tricks, now Minority Leader McConnell is trying to delay and deny passage of Biden’s $1.9 trillion economic and coronavirus package.