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.
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has threatened military intervention if deposed President Mohamed Bazoum is not restored in a week. Bazoum was overthrown in a coup by officersâŠ
Reaction to the coup in Niger is a litmus test which determines who is truly supportive of self-determination for African nations.
The people of Peru continue to demand the end of the coup government and the return of their elected president to office.
The U.S. embarked on a spree of entrapments in the post-9/11 years. Informants were used against gullible and vulnerable people, most of them Black, in order to secure spurious convictions andâŠ
JesĂșs âChuchoâ GarcĂa is an intellectual and activist, and the author of several books, including Afrovenezolanidad e inclusiĂłn en el Proceso Bolivariano [Afro-Venezuelanness and InclusionâŠ
