Mark Gruenberg
LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg
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Medicare for All gains majority of Dems in NY legislature
June 9, 2021Breakthrough on sponsors does not mean opponents of medical care for all the people in New York State are going to give up their push to kill it.
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Illinois voters to decide on worker rights constitutional amendment
June 9, 2021Voters will decide whether to enshrine collective bargaining and a ban on the “right to work” into the state constitution.
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Poor People’s Campaign steps up drive for ‘Third Reconstruction’
June 8, 2021Issues are not new, activists say, coronavirus just brought them out more.
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AFL-CIO building trades unions back Biden’s full infrastructure plan
June 7, 2021They also push for including additional worker protection measures in the plan.
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Coalition wants Congress to end immunity for federal police, agents
June 4, 2021Support grows for curbing the arbitrary powers of not just police but now Border Patrol, the FBI, and other agencies that can violate civil rights.
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Republican governors yank unemployment aid even as jobs shortfall continues
June 4, 2021In a move that will slow the recovery, GOP-dominated states turn down $300 in weekly federal help for their unemployed workers.
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Under the radar: Partial postal reform has a chance in Congress
June 3, 2021The Republican-imposed mandate that USPS prepay $5 billion yearly for future retirees’ health care costs could come to an end.
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Biden links Tulsa massacre to today’s racist voting rights repression
June 2, 2021GOP attacks on voting rights reflect modern-day subjugation of Black people and determination to kill democracy for everyone.
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