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 2018 midterm elections are fast approaching.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is the heart of Black Africa.
Omail Yeshitela reminds us to hold up our political prisoners. Nabil Hasseim explains how activists must adjest to the censored and circumscribed net.
Political activists are scrambling to find ways to reverse the Federal Communications Commission’s decision to do away with Internet neutrality.
The deadly US puppet armies of Uganda and Rwanda are active in the Congo again, where they have killed millions of civiilans in the last few decades.
