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.
The Womenâs March on the Pentagon, scheduled for October 20 and 21, âis an important part of âAnti-war Autumnââ activities, said Ajamu Baraka, director of the Black Alliance for Pe
The Manufactured McCain and the Real McCain
The biggest obstacle to Bernie Sanders winning the Democratic nomination in 2020 is Kamala Harris, the corporate, anti-Black prosecutor. But Black voters are now in Bernieâs camp.
Looking up at stars and stripes
Inmates in states across the nation are on strike against the worldâs largest and most racist prison system. Hopefully, they wonâ[t be betrayed by quisling civil rights misleaders, as in 2010.
