Mark Gruenberg

Award-winning journalist Mark Gruenberg is head of the Washington, D.C., bureau of People's World. He is also the editor of the union news service Press Associates Inc. (PAI). Known for his reporting skills, sharp wit, and voluminous knowledge of history, Mark is a compassionate interviewer but tough when going after big corporations and their billionaire owners.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg

U.S.

Senate fails to get 60 votes to stop war on Iran
July 1, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg
By a 50-40 margin, precisely half of the U.S. Senate voted to prevent bellicose saber-rattling Trump from going to war on Iran without congressional approval.
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Labor

Trump is replacing federal workers with non-union temps
July 1, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg
Since the day he entered the Oval Office, real estate mogul Donald Trump has waged war on the two million people who work for the federal government every day.
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U.S.

Racial justice, health care, attacks on Trump mark the second debate
June 28, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg And John Wojcik
Making the economy work for the poor and the working class—not just the rich—dominated discussion.
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Politics

First Democratic debate features progressive stands on economy, immigration, health care
June 27, 2019 By John Wojcik And Mark Gruenberg
The message from candidates was that Trump has embraced inequality and that, for the sake of the country, he must be replaced.
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Politics

A loss and a win: Supreme Court OKs gerrymandering, blocks census citizenship question
June 27, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg
Workers, including African-Americans, Latinos, and other minorities, lost one of the biggest U.S. Supreme Court decisions in years.
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U.S.

Elon Musk’s compensation is 40,000 times more than average Tesla worker
June 27, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg
And Amazon paid less in taxes last year than you paid for your Prime membership.
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Labor

Pro-worker Dems mistrust Trump, want worker rights written into ‘new NAFTA’
June 26, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg
"Go back to 1992-93, when NAFTA passed,” said Rep. Donald Norcross, D-N.J., an Electrical Worker. NAFTA proponents “promised we’d get more and better-paying jobs, but if you were a worker, you got royally screwed.
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Politics

Warren, Booker: Abortion restrictions a class and race attack on women
June 26, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg
Abortion restrictions in right-wing Republican-run states – including nine virtual bans passed this year – are a “class attack” and a “race attack,” especially on low-income women.
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