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.
Haitians have no protection from their puppet government and are at the mercy of racist Dominican Republic policies, even within their own country. The closing of the border between the two countries…
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) should be working with Haitians to resolve their country's problems. Instead, CARICOM works with the US and other nations to undermine Haiti's sovereignty. …
Corporate media war propaganda against Nicaragua, New York City mother wins judgement after her child was illegally removed, and the state of Georgia uses RICO and domestic terrorism charges against…
Camila Escalante is an editor for Kawsachun News and a Latin America correspondent for Presstv.
Anne Venhuizen is an attorney in The Bronx Defenders' Impact Litigation Practice.
