Mark Gruenberg

Award-winning journalist Mark Gruenberg is head of the Washington, D.C., bureau of People's World. He is also the editor of the union news service Press Associates Inc. (PAI). Known for his reporting skills, sharp wit, and voluminous knowledge of history, Mark is a compassionate interviewer but tough when going after big corporations and their billionaire owners.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg

Labor

Union leaders join in blaming Trump for insurrection, coup attempt
January 7, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg
Denunciations come as lawmakers demand the immediate removal of the president and discussions start on both invocation of the 25th Amendment and immediate impeachment.
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U.S.

Trump-incited domestic terrorists overrun Capitol, halt election count, try coup
January 6, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg
Their objective: To overthrow U.S. democracy and keep GOP Oval Office occupant Trump in office, by what D.C.’s Attorney General called “an attempted coup d’etat.”
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Politics

D.C. faces potential Trumpist riots during electoral vote count
January 6, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg
D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser activated 340 members of the city’s National Guard to help police patrol the streets and keep the peace on Jan. 6.
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U.S.

Dirty Dozen Senate sedition caucus stalling certification of 2020 election
January 6, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg
Meanwhile, Trump extremists descend on Capitol demanding that the election be overturned as the president pressures Pence to use non-existent powers to flip election results.
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U.S.

Chicago coronavirus conflict: Parents vs. the school board
January 5, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg
The battle in Chicago reflects the national struggle over how to reopen the nation’s schools safely.
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Labor

Google workers organize innovative new type of union with CWA
January 5, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg
Using innovations to attract their colleagues—everyone from software engineers to outside “contractors”—Google workers are organizing the high-tech behemoth.
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Politics

Candidates wrap up campaigns today in Georgia U.S. Senate runoffs
January 4, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg
Huge get-out-the-vote effort tomorrow in a crucial election that will determine who controls the U.S. Senate and the chances for the enactment of Joe Biden’s pro-worker agenda.
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Labor

Unions: The $900 billion stimulus only a step to rescuing workers
January 4, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg
Labor leaders say workers have been physically and financially smashed by the pandemic and that the stimulus helps but much more needs to be done.
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