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.
âIf we believe thatâ achieving âthe first Black woman this, and the first Black woman that, will consolidate gains for our community, then we are deceiving ourselvesâ and âwe might as well say, âIâ
So few of its own citizens have contracted Covid-19 â less than 300 -- that Cuba must test its vaccines in other countries, said Dr Layla Brown-Vincent, professor
President Franklin Roosevelt made profound changes in the US political-economic structure, while Joe Biden only does temporary patchwork on the late-stage capitalist carcass.
To manufacture consent for its own constant aggressions the US claims its competitors are guilty of even greater crimes â sheer inventions that never happened.
You cannot simply declare yourself race free, racism free, and simply think that it will generate a race free or colorblind society.
