Mark Gruenberg
LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg
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Environment
As California burns Trump threatens cuts and outrages the firefighters
November 13, 2018Trump’s threat to withhold disaster aid from the Golden State outraged first responders and state officials.
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Labor
News Guild President Lunzer urges members to push Congress on free press issue
November 13, 2018Union leaders say: "Defend the First Amendment, while we still have one."
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Labor
Shepard Memorial: “We’ve come far but have far yet to go.”
November 9, 2018The recent memorial service and reburial at Washington National Cathedral of Matthew Shepard showed “the distance we’ve come and how far we’ve yet to travel” for LGBTQ people.
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U.S.
Union leader-turned-lawmaker says new Congress will work for workers
November 9, 2018The House committee that handles most worker issues will definitely vote in the next Congress to raise the federal minimum wage, a veteran unionist says.
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Labor
Over 700 union members win public office in midterms
November 8, 2018Led by Minnesota’s Tim Walz, some 743 unionists—and counting—won public office nationwide, from Congress down to county commissioner.
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Politics
Mass protests follow Trump’s firing of Sessions; demand hands off Mueller!
November 8, 2018Trump quickly installed a "crony" to head the Justice Department and oversee Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of his own criminal behavior.
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Politics
U.S. House results: Workers won but not without taking some hits
November 7, 2018Workers won. Women won. African American, Latino, and Native American candidates won. Democrats won. Sorry Donald Trump, you didn’t win.
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Environment
Kids sue Trump over worsening climate change
November 7, 2018"I assumed the government had my best interest in mind," one young plaintiff said. "This is not always the case, and I wish I had known sooner what I could have done."
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