Mark Gruenberg

Mark Gruenberg is head of the Washington, D.C., bureau of People's World. He is also the editor of Press Associates Inc. (PAI), a union news service in Washington, D.C. that he has headed since 1999. Previously, he worked as Washington correspondent for the Ottaway News Service, as Port Jervis bureau chief for the Middletown, NY Times Herald Record, and as a researcher and writer for Congressional Quarterly. Mark obtained his BA in public policy from the University of Chicago and worked as the University of Chicago correspondent for the Chicago Daily News.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg

U.S.

Coast to coast protests erupt against Biden’s deportation of Haitians
September 23, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg And John Wojcik
Demonstrators demand that the president live up to his campaign promises to end inhumane treatment of migrants.
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U.S.

D.C. under deluge demanding passage of Build Back Better agenda
September 23, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg
Groups from all over the country demand lawmakers pass Biden’s popular Build Back Better Agenda.
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Labor

Weingarten: Govs who ban masks make schools unsafe for kids
September 22, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg
Schools must be open but welcoming and safe, governors in culprit states are told.
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Labor

Workers win, ending Mondelez Oreo cookie strike
September 22, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg
You can buy and eat Oreo cookies again. After striking, workers at five U.S. snack plants have ratified a new contract.
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Labor

Heavyweight lawmakers back safe staffing in nursing homes
September 21, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg
Another milestone in National Nurses United’s long campaign for safe staffing of U.S. healthcare facilities.
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U.S.

Poor People’s Campaign, West Virginians turn up pressure on Manchin
September 21, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg
His own constituents up in arms about his determination to block aid to the poor in his home state and nationwide.
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News

Progressive agenda in trouble on both sides of Capitol Hill
September 20, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg
Republicans, Democratic “moderates,” and their corporate backers fight tooth and nail to block the Build Back Better agenda.
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News

So-called Dem ‘moderates’ sabotage Medicare power to bargain drug prices
September 17, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg
Drug companies relying on Dems they have in their pockets to keep curbs on big pharma out of the reconciliation package.
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