People's World

2 days ago | peoplesworld.org | Mark Gruenberg

WASHINGTON —To the cheers of the House’s ruling Republicans, who hated forgiving student loans—and thus taking money out of financiers’ hands—even during the coronavirus-caused depression, GOP President Donald Trump will throw an estimated five million student loan borrowers to the financial wolves. The decision, to be implemented starting May 5, says borrowers who are behind on their payments will start receiving collection notices from the U.S. Treasury.

3 days ago | peoplesworld.org | Mark Gruenberg

WASHINGTON—More than 800 rallies nationwide, aimed at defeating the Trump agenda, including three within Washington D.C., drew at least three million people on April 19. The mobilizations against the president’s agenda focused sharply on saving democracy, Social Security, and health care. The demonstrators made it clear that they are not waiting for the 2026 or 2028 elections to make their point.

6 days ago | peoplesworld.org | Chauncey K. Robinson

“In a time of universal deceit—telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”Earlier this month, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously, 9-0, that the Trump administration must “facilitate” the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the United States. The Salvadorian national was deported on March 15, despite legally living in the country.

6 days ago | peoplesworld.org | Mark Gruenberg

PORTLAND, Ore.—To paraphrase Daniel Webster’s description of Dartmouth College, the Labor Department’s Women’s Bureau “is a small agency, sir, and yet there are those who love it.” The Women’s Bureau has existed for more than a century, and it promotes working women and their equality on the job. And there are those who love it, too. One is Courtney Newberg, a journey-level Ironworker with Local 29 in Portland, Oregon.

6 days ago | peoplesworld.org | Mark Gruenberg

WASHINGTON—The “Hoovervilles” of the 1930s, encampments of homeless people named after the then-president of the United States, called attention to the Great Depression caused by his giveaways to Big Business. Beginning Monday, April 20, the first such modern-day encampment, this time by dispossessed federal workers backed by the AFL-CIO, will appear near Union Station.