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July 28, 2020 at 9:27 PM

150,000 dead of coronavirus in U.S.: What monument will they have?

150,000 dead of coronavirus in U.S.: What monument will they have? By Eric A. Gordon We can barely begin to count the multiple overlapping crises in our country right now. You know them all, and doubtlessly you’re dealing with some or all of them in…
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July 27, 2020 at 9:58 PM

You need to know: GOP maneuvers to block Heroes Act will bring the roof down

GOP maneuvers to block Heroes Act will bring the roof down By Mark Gruenberg WASHINGTON — Unless Congress acts, acts fast, and acts the way the Democratic-run U.S. House wants it to act, millions of people will fall off a cliff—financially and other…
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July 24, 2020 at 8:07 PM

AOC: "Rep. Yoho called me, and I quote, a 'fucking bitch'"

AOC: “Rep. Yoho called me, and I quote, a ‘fucking bitch’” By John Wojcik On the Holocaust Memorial in Washington, D.C., there is a list of a dozen easily recognized features of a society headed toward fascism. High on that list is the oppression an…
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July 23, 2020 at 6:06 PM

Cities challenge Trump's dispatch of federal law enforcement officers

Cities challenge Trump’s dispatch of federal law enforcement officers By Marilyn Bechtel OAKLAND, Calif. – Outrage is growing throughout the country over Donald Trump’s use of federal law enforcement against protesters in Portland, Oregon, and his t…
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July 22, 2020 at 6:32 PM

Bringing empty shoes to honor the dead, nurses descend on Capitol

Bringing empty shoes to honor the dead, nurses descend on Capitol By Mark Gruenberg WASHINGTON—Bringing 160 pairs of empty nurses’ shoes to memorialize colleagues lost to the coronavirus pandemic, National Nurses United members descended on the U.S.…
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July 22, 2020 at 11:01 AM

The invisible oppression of the autistic female

The invisible oppression of the autistic female By Chloé Caldasso When I was in the 3rd grade, I befriended a boy who joined our class halfway through the year. He had a difficult time fitting in, to say the least, but I had always been the type of …
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July 22, 2020 at 1:20 AM

'Strike for Black Lives' targets racism, demands HEROES Act passage

‘Strike for Black Lives’ targets racism, demands HEROES Act passage By Mark Gruenberg WASHINGTON—Even with a recent raise, thanks to her union contract, Alberta Tapia doesn’t make enough from her janitorial job to keep herself and three other adults…
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July 21, 2020 at 12:01 AM

With secret police, Trump's practicing fascism in the streets of our cities

With secret police, Trump’s practicing fascism in the streets of our cities By John Wojcik Camouflaged secret police turned loose on U.S. citizens in Portland, Oregon, in recent days are likely indicative of what the Trump administration has in stor…
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July 20, 2020 at 9:44 PM

Tens of thousands walk off job in 'Strike for Black Lives'

Tens of thousands walk off job in ‘Strike for Black Lives’ By Aaron Morrison NEW YORK (AP)—Organizers of a national workers strike say tens of thousands are walking off the job today in more than two dozen U.S. cities to protest systemic racism and …
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July 17, 2020 at 7:53 PM

Trump turns to neo-Nazi symbols to attract racist votes

Trump turns to neo-Nazi symbols to attract racist votes By C.J. Atkins It’s really no longer controversial to state that Donald Trump embraces the ideas and thinking of the racist right; he’s been brandishing his bigoted credentials since long befor…
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July 17, 2020 at 4:11 PM

Return or resign: Texas teacher says schools issue reopening ultimatum

Return or resign: Texas teacher says schools issue reopening ultimatum By Dan Wright The coming months will mark the 18th time that I have begun a school year. It promises to be a year like no other, but not for the reasons that we would generally p…
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July 16, 2020 at 12:27 AM

Profile of a killer: Understanding the deadly coronavirus pandemic

Profile of a killer: Understanding the deadly coronavirus pandemic By Adam Geller and Malcolm Ritter Editor’s note: This special report on what is known thus far about the deadly coronavirus was released today by the Associated Press. We publish it …
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July 9, 2020 at 9:46 PM

Supreme Court rules today: Trump is not above the law!

Supreme Court rules today: Trump is not above the law! By MARK GRUENBERG AND JOHN WOJCIK President Trump took to Twitter in a rant today after the Supreme Court, in two 7-2 decisions. said the president is not entitled to immunity from congressional…
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July 8, 2020 at 9:22 PM

Separation of Trump and state: Blocking Republicans' evangelical election strategy

Separation of Trump and state: Blocking Republicans’ evangelical election strategy By John Bachtell  On Monday, June 1, President Donald Trump stood in front of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C., awkwardly clutching a Bible. Moments ea…
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July 2, 2020 at 4:06 PM

First martyr of the American Revolution: Former slave Crispus Attucks

First martyr of the American Revolution: Former slave Crispus Attucks By Chauncey K. Robinson Note from the author: Independence Day can be seen as a controversial holiday. It celebrates the early U.S. colonies throwing off the chains of the British…
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July 2, 2020 at 10:01 AM

Prison and police abolition: Re-imagining public safety and liberation

Prison and police abolition: Re-imagining public safety and liberation By Jamal Rich Since the Trayvon Martin murder in 2012 and the Ferguson uprising in 2014, the Movement for Black Lives has further developed its demands from so-called ‘reformist’…
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July 2, 2020 at 1:23 AM

Sanders: 'National security involves a lot more than bombs'

Sanders: ‘National security involves a lot more than bombs’ By John Wojcik “If this horrific coronavirus pandemic has shown us anything, it is that national security involves a lot more than bombs.” That statement by Sen. Bernie Sanders appeared in …
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June 30, 2020 at 8:02 PM

Supreme Court tosses Louisiana anti-abortion law, drawing cheers

Supreme Court tosses Louisiana anti-abortion law, drawing cheers By Mark Gruenberg WASHINGTON—By a 5-4 margin, with GOP-named Chief Justice John Roberts casting the deciding vote, the U.S. Supreme Court on June 29 threw out a restrictive Louisiana a…
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June 26, 2020 at 7:15 PM

Pandemic Pride: LGBTQ struggle continues, learns from Black Lives Matter

Pandemic Pride: LGBTQ struggle continues, learns from Black Lives Matter By C.J. Atkins This weekend marks a half-century since the first Pride march took place on June 28, 1970. That initial event in New York City, called “Christopher Street Libera…
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June 26, 2020 at 11:01 AM

U.S. coronavirus infection rate now highest since pandemic began

U.S. coronavirus infection rate now highest since pandemic began By John Wojcik More than 45,500 new coronavirus infections were reported in the U.S. overnight, not by the federal government but by state health departments—blowing out of the water b…
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June 24, 2020 at 9:26 PM

Progressives rack up impressive victories in June 23 Democratic primaries

Progressives rack up impressive victories in June 23 Democratic primaries By John Wojcik Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez rolled to a blowout victory in her Democratic primary yesterday in her New York City Congressional District that covers parts of t…
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June 24, 2020 at 3:58 AM

Push to reopen early behind current COVID outbreak in South

Push to reopen early behind current COVID outbreak in South By John Wojcik The current coronavirus outbreak in the South and West is explained by the loosening of restrictions and lockdowns that began on the Memorial Day weekend, according to the na…
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June 23, 2020 at 12:08 AM

Hundreds of thousands join the New Poor People's Campaign virtual March

Hundreds of thousands join the New Poor People’s Campaign virtual March By Mark Gruenberg WASHINGTON—From eradication of poverty, an end to U.S. racism, to dismantling the war machine and creating a Green New Deal with thousands of well-paying jobs—…
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June 18, 2020 at 11:40 PM

'Workers First' car caravans drive mass turnouts nationwide

‘Workers First’ car caravans drive mass turnouts nationwide By Mark Gruenberg WASHINGTON—From Fairbanks to San Juan and from Bangor to Honolulu, workers nationwide turned out June 17 in car caravans, at press conferences, and in call-ins to lawmaker…
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June 17, 2020 at 12:13 AM

Supreme Court bans discrimination on the job against LGBTQ people

Supreme Court bans discrimination on the job against LGBTQ people By Mark Gruenberg WASHINGTON—Civil rights groups, gay rights groups, the AFL-CIO and other unions hailed the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 15 ruling outlawing job discrimination against l…
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June 16, 2020 at 3:23 AM

U.S. government's legitimacy crisis calls out for socialist solutions

U.S. government’s legitimacy crisis calls out for socialist solutions By Joel Wendland-Liu Trump lies. Habitual dishonesty, whether it is masking the jobs crisis, the pandemic, or downplaying racism, is his signature feature. It has cost lives and t…
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June 11, 2020 at 8:33 PM

Trump hails Confederate names, monuments, and military bases

Trump hails Confederate names, monuments, and military bases By John Wojcik and C.J. Atkins WASHINGTON—Donald Trump said yesterday he would “not even consider” renaming Army installations that honor Confederate traitors who fought to protect an auto…
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June 11, 2020 at 4:15 PM

Voter suppression in Georgia portends catastrophe for November

Voter suppression in Georgia portends catastrophe for November By Mark Gruenberg ATLANTA—The big story in the political party primaries on June 9 wasn’t who won or lost, but voter suppression in Georgia – and what that could mean for November’s ball…
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June 9, 2020 at 10:13 PM

Keep marching: From streets to voting booth and back again

Keep marching: From streets to voting booth and back again By Joe Sims With a nationwide uprising over the public execution of George Floyd, and Trump’s use of military force in D.C.’s Lafayette Square, the country has entered an extremely dangerous…
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June 9, 2020 at 3:40 AM

Black Lives Matter movement sweeps the world

Black Lives Matter movement sweeps the world By Combined Sources Hundreds of thousands of people gathered this weekend in cities far from the United States to express anger over the death of George Floyd, a sign that the Black Lives Matter movement …
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June 5, 2020 at 9:31 PM

Nation mourns George Floyd as uprising against racism continues

Nation mourns George Floyd as uprising against racism continues By John Bachtell Beneath the backdrop of unrelenting coast-to-coast multi-racial protests, six days of mourning began for George Floyd with a memorial service at North Central Universit…
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June 5, 2020 at 7:05 PM

Trumka, other labor leaders, commit unions to the fight against racism

Trumka, other labor leaders, commit unions to the fight against racism By Mark Gruenberg WASHINGTON—Declaring that working people are saying, “We’ve had enough,” AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said unions will continue the fight to root out system…
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June 3, 2020 at 9:09 PM

Voters dump a white supremacist and make a Black woman mayor

Voters dump a white supremacist and make a Black woman mayor By John Wojcik In the midst of the worst multi-layered crisis in U.S. history, the nation has cause to celebrate today after voters in two states delivered a powerful double victory to the…
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June 2, 2020 at 8:49 PM

Turning point: Trump threatens military rule, turns country toward fascism

Turning point: Trump threatens military rule, turns country toward fascism By C.J. Atkins Was he declaring martial law, or was he not? The vagueness of Trump’s “law and order” speech Monday night was calculated to give the appearance of getting toug…
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June 2, 2020 at 3:02 AM

Nationwide uprising against racist police violence

Nationwide uprising against racist police violence By People's World Editorial Board Up to 50 million jobless and 100,000 people dead—those are the backdrops to what has become a national uprising against police violence targeting Black people in Am…
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May 30, 2020 at 11:01 AM

'When the looting starts, the shooting starts': Trump revives segregationist war cry

‘When the looting starts, the shooting starts’: Trump revives segregationist war cry By C.J. Atkins On the day following George Floyd’s lynching by officers of the Minneapolis Police Department, President Donald Trump announced an FBI investigation …
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May 29, 2020 at 11:07 PM

Dem lawmakers join Biden slamming Trump for not protecting workers

Dem lawmakers join Biden slamming Trump for not protecting workers By: Mark Gruenberg Everyone from Joe Biden to Democratic lawmakers to unions are condemning OSHA for failing to enforce worker safety rules. Read…
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May 28, 2020 at 10:29 PM

Trump declares COVID-19 vaccine war, but can he hold the world hostage?

Trump declares COVID-19 vaccine war, but can he hold the world hostage? By: Prabir Purkayastha Donald Trump launched a new vaccine war last week, but not against the virus. It was against the world. Read More » …
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May 28, 2020 at 12:00 AM

'I can't breathe!': Minneapolis erupts in protest after murder of George Floyd

‘I can’t breathe!’: Minneapolis erupts in protest after murder of George Floyd By: Chauncey K. Robinson Civil unrest and outrage have overtaken the city of Minneapolis as a community seeks retribution for the death…
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May 27, 2020 at 11:01 PM

100,000 dead – The cost of Trump's failed COVID response

100,000 dead – The cost of Trump’s failed COVID response By People's World Editorial Board If the total number of COVID-19 deaths in the United States has not yet surpassed 100,000 when you are reading this, tragically, it soon will. In the space of…
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May 26, 2020 at 10:50 PM

Neoliberal solutions won't save us from this pandemic

Neoliberal solutions won’t save us from this pandemic By Joe Sims A lot of hope—and rightly so—is being placed in what a post-Trump country and world might look like. And yes, almost anything would be better. (As a popular lawn sign reads, “2020: An…
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May 26, 2020 at 11:01 AM

Little Steel Strike: Remembering the 1937 Memorial Day Massacre

Little Steel Strike: Remembering the 1937 Memorial Day Massacre By Fred Gaboury South Chicago, Memorial Day 1937: Mollie West was there with a group of high school seniors. Curtis Strong was there for the hell of it. Aaron Cohen was there because of…
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May 23, 2020 at 11:02 AM

'Save the News' – Local journalists resist media monopolies

‘Save the News’ – Local journalists resist media monopolies By Al Neal “Extra, extra! Read all about it!” This iconic, almost timeless callout was typically accompanied by the sight of a ramshackle newsstand providing, sometimes but not always, the …
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May 22, 2020 at 12:56 AM

Using 'economic recovery' excuse, Trump trashes all federal rules and regulations

Using ‘economic recovery’ excuse, Trump trashes all federal rules and regulations By Mark Gruenberg WASHINGTON—Catering to corporate chieftains and right-wing ideologues, GOP President Donald Trump ordered all federal departments and agencies, large…
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May 20, 2020 at 10:30 PM

'Anti-lockdown protesters' are nothing but strikebreakers

‘Anti-lockdown protesters’ are nothing but strikebreakers By Bruce Bostick In the middle of this deadly COVID-19 pandemic, which has already cost our nation over 90,000 lives, we’ve seen the spectacle of crowds of heavily armed racist white men dema…
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May 20, 2020 at 8:49 PM

Bending PPE rules spells death for health care workers and families

Bending PPE rules spells death for health care workers and families By Roberta Wood CHICAGO—If he could have worn a fresh N95 mask for every procedure as mandated by the Centers for Disease Control, would surgical technologist Juan Martínez be alive…
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May 19, 2020 at 8:13 PM

Trump deportation frenzy threatens the lives of thousands

Trump deportation frenzy threatens the lives of thousands By Emile Schepers The hostility of President Donald Trump and his entourage toward immigrants from the poorer countries of Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean has long been notorio…
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May 18, 2020 at 8:03 PM

Biden, Sanders form task force to unite party on progressive agenda

Biden, Sanders form task force to unite party on progressive agenda By John Wojcik Former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders have established a task force to unite the Democratic Party on a progressive agenda. The action reflects the u…
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May 14, 2020 at 9:55 PM

The Congressional Progressive Caucus wants guaranteed income in stimulus bill

The Congressional Progressive Caucus wants guaranteed income in stimulus bill By Mark Gruenberg WASHINGTON—Upset by what was left out of the House Democrats’ $3 trillion economic stimulus bill – notably guaranteed payments to every worker, jobless o…
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May 13, 2020 at 10:53 PM

Democrats' $3 trillion stimulus includes hazard pay, PPE; Republicans say no

Democrats’ $3 trillion stimulus includes hazard pay, PPE; Republicans say no By Mark Gruenberg WASHINGTON—House Democrats released a new $3 trillion stimulus bill on May 12, designed to cope with the continuing economic collapse that coronavirus-cau…
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