by Shravya Pant | Oct 31, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON – Hundreds of nurses at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital expressed frustration with hospital executives, staffing ratios and worker and patient safety during Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-Vt.) solo Senate field hearing on Friday amidst their...
by Shravya Pant | Oct 25, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON – The nomination for Dr. Monica Bertagnolli, Biden’s pick to lead the National Institutes of Health, cleared the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on Wednesday despite Chairman Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-Vt.) opposition after several...
by Shravya Pant | Oct 18, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON – Senators finally held a confirmation hearing on Wednesday for President Biden’s nominee to lead the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Monica Bertagnolli, for a position that has been vacant for nearly two years. Bertagnolli was nominated in May after...
by Ishmael Bonsu | Mar 8, 2023 | Business, Featured, Topics
WASHINGTON – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) kept up the pressure on attacking corporate interference to unionization on Wednesday, a day after he secured the voluntary cooperation of Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz to testify before a Senate committee. Sanders, chair of...
by Shannon Tyler | Feb 9, 2023 | Featured, Living
WASHINGTON – Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Mike Braun (R-Ind.) on Thursday demanded that railroad companies guarantee seven days of paid sick leave for their employees — something Sanders had on his agenda last Congress without much success. “We are here today to...
