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News Guild President Lunzer urges members to push Congress on free press issue

November 13, 2018 By Mark Gruenberg

Union leaders say: "Defend the First Amendment, while we still have one."

Shepard Memorial: “We’ve come far but have far yet to go.”

November 9, 2018 By Mark Gruenberg

The 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.

Over 700 union members win public office in midterms

November 8, 2018 By Mark Gruenberg

Led by Minnesota’s Tim Walz, some 743 unionists—and counting—won public office nationwide, from Congress down to county commissioner.

Corporate interests trash Ben Jealous and progressive hopefuls in Md., D.C.

November 5, 2018 By Mark Gruenberg

Jealous, who comes from a union family and who openly declares his support for workers, unions and their allies, is the heavy underdog in the Maryland gubernatorial race against incumbent Republican Larry Hogan.

UAW pushes economics to get voters to the polls in Michigan

November 2, 2018 By Special to People’s World

In Michigan, it's economics.