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 U.S. military state overthrows democratically-elected governments that it deems to be a threat to corporate interests.
Our Readers reacted to challenges to “niceness” in American society and the history behind Kwanzaa.
It is now far more difficult for imperialists to launch direct boots-on-the-ground military attacks on Africa without an explanation.
Our authors reject the contention that Black nationalism was mostly concerned with upholding traditional patriarchy and heterosexuality -- evils that are in fact buttressed by many contemporary “Ch
In the spirit of Harriet Tubman, we need to free Black America from the grip of the imperial Democratic Party plantation.
