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.
Liberal reforms continue to fail to make the police more accountable. “LAPD officials helped create the ‘wars’ it fought to assert their authority.”
People of African descent, no matter where they come from, face challenges in the American racial hierarchy.
The Indian freedom struggle inspired liberation struggles in Africa and Afro-America.
Congressman John Lewis has joined a new caucus that will likely rally other Black lawmakers in defense of the apartheid state.
Surveillance capitalism is profoundly antidemocratic and follows the logic of the quest for profit.
