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 Cityâs administrative code and allow this plan to go forward.
A new collection of essays, edited by former Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, clearly shows that it is the U.S. that is largely responsible for the poverty and suffering in these very nations.
Our authors address global anti-Blackness and the particular Dominican Republic variety, and examine the pros and cons of all black male schooling.
Police abolitionists âwant a society that works to eliminate harm and promote liberation and self-determination.â
Revolutionary Cuba decided in the Sixties âthat the best defense for the island would be an international offenseâ -- in Africa.
