Politics – Page 823 – People's World

Immigrant, labor, and abortion rights at stake in Oregon elections

July 30, 2018 By Bob Rossi

Groups are campaigning against Ballot Measure 105, legislation that would repeal Oregon’s so-called “sanctuary status,” in place now since 1987.

News Guild, N.Y. Gov. Cuomo blast cuts at ‘Daily News’

July 26, 2018 By Mark Gruenberg

What do you do when your employer suddenly cuts your staff in half? The answer for the New York Daily News, the city’s long-running leading and feisty tabloid, is raise hell and consider next moves.

California battles GOP assault on Affordable Care Act

July 26, 2018 By Marilyn Bechtel

Ever since the Affordable Care Act came fully into effect in 2014, California has been a leader in making affordable health care available to millions in the state.

Trump’s Space Force: Military profiteering’s final frontier

July 24, 2018 By Harvey “Sluggo” Wasserman

"The Russians and Chinese are hesitant because of the high cost, but if the Americans proceed, all bets are off... It will all be nuclear, the ultimate nightmare.”

AFL-CIO president: ‘Workers are united to defeat Kavanaugh’

July 20, 2018 By Mark Gruenberg

Kavanaugh has authored a string of anti-worker rulings in his career and says Trump shouldn't have to face questioning or criminal prosecution while in office.