Mark Gruenberg
LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg
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Selection of Kamala Harris as VP candidate makes history
August 12, 2020For the second time in 12 years, a major U.S. political party puts an African American, this time a woman, on its national ticket.
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S.F. judge: Uber, Lyft drivers are ‘employees’ with worker rights, not ‘contractors’
August 11, 2020The big ride-sharing apps Uber and Lyft break California law by misclassifying their drivers as “independent contractors,” not “employees” with worker rights, a judge has decided.
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Letter Carriers union files nationwide grievance against mail slowdown scheme
August 10, 2020One lawmaker says DeJoy’s slowdown scheme “is absolutely an attempt to interfere with the election."
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NEA chief talks politics, school safety and pandemic
August 7, 2020Presumed Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden says “education is a civil and human right."
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New York state Attorney General sues to smash the gun lobby
August 7, 2020"The NRA’s influence has been so powerful the organization went unchecked for decades while top executives funneled millions into their own pockets."
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GOP fiddles as jobless cavalcade continues and pandemic rages
August 6, 2020In those seven days ending August 1, another 984,192 people sought state jobless benefits.
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Progressives score big wins in Missouri and Michigan
August 6, 2020Missouri voters also approved expanding Medicaid, over the opposition of the GOP-run state legislature and governor.
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On 75th anniversary of Hiroshima, nuke threat rises
August 6, 2020Doomsday Clock is only 100 seconds before nuclear war, closest ever since the height of the Cold War.
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