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

Politics

Lawmakers try to block Trump’s latest 22 Saudi arms deals
June 5, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg
Trump is trying “an end run” around Congress.
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Labor

GOP moves to ban teacher strikes in West Virginia
June 5, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg
West Virginia teachers and parents may have to hit the streets to defend their kids—again.
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Labor

California Democratic Party elects union leader Rusty Hicks as chair
June 4, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg
A low-key effective “union organizer to the core,” Rusty Hicks, is now running the California Democratic Party.
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Politics

Congress moves to hold top Trump people in contempt
June 4, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg
Attorney General William Barr and former White House Counsel Don McGahn are the first to be charged.
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Politics

Not discussed at MoveOn presidential candidate forum: Impeachment, workers’ rights
June 3, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg
Eight Democratic hopefuls got up to each explain the one “Big Idea” motivating their campaigns.
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Politics

Workers, progressives – complete with The Rat – ‘greet’ Walker in Vermont
June 3, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg
“Scott Walker’s invitation to Vermont from the state GOP speaks volumes to working Vermonters!! Be assured we will reply to the threat!!”
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Labor

California cracks down on ‘independent contractor’ dodge
May 31, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg
The U.S. Labor Department may be ducking its duty to crack down on the bosses’ “independent contractor” dodge, but California isn’t.
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U.S.

Trump-GOP tax cut, except for big biz, is a total dud
May 31, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg
Except for cutting corporate tax rates in half and funneling more money to the rich, the Donald Trump-GOP tax cut of two years ago appears to be a big fat dud.
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