Mark Gruenberg

LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg

• Politics

  

  27 union leaders urge senators to OK Jackson for High Court

  April 6, 2022 By Mark Gruenberg

  Top AFL-CIO union leaders urge lawmakers to elevate Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court.

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• Politics

  

  A Poor People’s Pandemic Report links poverty, race, coronavirus deaths

  April 5, 2022 By Mark Gruenberg

  The key finding is that poverty is inextricably linked with almost one million U.S. deaths from coronavirus.

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• Labor

  

  Government numbers show depression virtually over, for now

  April 4, 2022 By Mark Gruenberg

  If jobless figures are any indication, the coronavirus blow to the economy seems to be lessening significantly.

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• Labor

  

  Union wins at Staten Island Amazon, too close to call in Alabama

  April 1, 2022 By Mark Gruenberg

  Looks too close to call at the Bessemer, Alabama, warehouse due to a large number of challenges.

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• Environment

  

  Chicago story shows Poor People’s Campaign participants the power of solidarity

  March 31, 2022 By Mark Gruenberg

  Oscar Sanchez, a resident of Chicago’s Southeast Side, talks about how to defeat toxic waste dumpers in poor neighborhoods.

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• Labor

  

  News Guild Survey of Tribune newsrooms: Underpaid, overworked, four-fifths white

  March 31, 2022 By Mark Gruenberg

  Workers at Tribune Media are underpaid, overworked, and treated unequally on the basis of race.

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• News

  

  Biden budget: Hike the military, defuse protests by taxing the rich

  March 30, 2022 By Mark Gruenberg

  President hopes that tax increases on the wealthy and corporations will defuse some of the anger of progressives.

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• News

  

  Judge rules Trump plotted a coup, warns nation of potential rerun

  March 29, 2022 By Mark Gruenberg

  U.S. District Judge David Carter of the federal court in L.A. warns it could happen again.

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