Mark Gruenberg

Mark Gruenberg is head of the Washington, D.C., bureau of People's World. He is also the editor of Press Associates Inc. (PAI), a union news service in Washington, D.C. that he has headed since 1999. Previously, he worked as Washington correspondent for the Ottaway News Service, as Port Jervis bureau chief for the Middletown, NY Times Herald Record, and as a researcher and writer for Congressional Quarterly. Mark obtained his BA in public policy from the University of Chicago and worked as the University of Chicago correspondent for the Chicago Daily News.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg

U.S.

House to vote on denouncing Trump’s racist tweets
July 16, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg
Trump's tweets represent how scared he and his class are of exploited people—especially women and people of color—who oppose their agenda.
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Politics

House opposes Trump’s Iran war threat, repeals Bush ‘war on terror’ authorization
July 16, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg
The Supreme Court has made it clear that when Congress limits funding for a war, Congress' power, not the executive power, is at its peak.
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Politics

‘Lights for Liberty’ protests deliver message: Close the migrant concentration camps
July 15, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg
The message from one D.C. protester: “Deport the GOP and Trump. Vote them out."
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Labor

Amazon Prime Day Strike: Workers say no to overwork and discrimination
July 15, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg
The company may rake in $6.1 billion in sales during the event, which means long hours and no breaks for warehouse workers.
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News

Labor Secretary Acosta toppled by Epstein sexual predator scandal
July 12, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg
Under attack from across the political spectrum for his prior lenient plea bargain deal with serial sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein, embattled Trump Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta resigned on July 12.
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Labor

Amazon forces Shakopee, Minn., warehouse workers to walk out again
July 12, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg
The 1,500 workers, one-third of them migrants and refugees from Somalia and other nations of East Africa, plan to peacefully walk off the job for six hours on July 15.
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U.S.

17-year-old’s death from excessive heat may lead to law protecting workers
July 11, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg
Heat killed 783 farm workers alone from 2002-2016, and injured 69,374 more.
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Politics

At hearing packed with workers, House panel OKs multi-employer pensions rescue bill
July 11, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg
It got through committee, but workers “have to walk the halls” to ensure it passes Congress.
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