Michelle Keller is a retiree of District Council 37 and President of the New York City Chapter of the Coalition of Labor Union Women AFLCIO. She joins us from New York City to discuss the outcome of a labor agreement which attempts to force New York City retirees to accept a privatized Medicare advantage program to access free care. Should this plan go forward, they would have to pay nearly $200 a month in order to secure traditional Medicare. The matter is now before the City Council which will vote on a proposal to change the City’s administrative code and allow this plan to go forward.
The violent coup in Bolivia may have been presaged by events at the Vatican, where right-wing Catholics rebelled against the Pope’s display of respect for the indigenous earth goddess.
A black, Obama-appointed judge intends to hide key facts from the jury and referred to the embassy protectors as a "gang."
“The hatred of Tsarism was directed particularly against the Jews.
Many of the tools and tactics adopted by American police over the past half century were originally deployed to fight communism abroad.
Through writing, many Black queer people are creating the world we all deserve to live in.
