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Sanders says that he will run for another term as country faces ‘difficult political moment’ amid schisms over Gaza. United States Senator Bernie Sanders, the 82-year-old leftist and two-time presidential candidate from Vermont, has announced that he will run for reelection amid rumours of possible retirement. Sanders, whose presidential campaigns in 2016 and 2020 galvanised […]
The 40-hour workweek has been standard in the U.S. for more than eight decades. Now some members of Congress want to give hourly workers an extra day off. Sen. Bernie Sanders, the far-left independent from Vermont, this week introduced a bill that would shorten to 32 hours the amount of time many Americans can work […]
One of Trevon Hamlet’s core memories from attending the University of Colorado is living on campus his freshman year and being able to count on one hand how many Black people he’d see in a day. Hamlet, who played lacrosse at Colorado from 2014-19 and still lives in the area, was the only Black person […]
By Mardeio Cannon | OBSERVER Columnist With the 2023-24 NFL season finally underway, I’m aware most folks are focused on how their favorite team fared in their first game and how they’re feeling about the upcoming season. However, I need to take a detour about the NFL with this column and recap how two African […]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders is in the Ocean State today, in support of Rhode Island 1st Congressional District candidate Aaron Regunberg. Regunberg is one of 12 Democrats vying for the nomination to succeed David Cicilline. Meet the candidates: Rhode Island Congressional District 1 The event . . .
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders suggested Thursday that her administration took action against a course on African American history to prevent students from being taught hatred of America. Last week, the Arkansas Department of Education
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders suggested Thursday that her administration took action against a course on African American history to prevent students from being taught hatred of America. Last week, the Arkansas Department of Education gave two days’ notice that the Advanced . . .
The leaders of four historically Black medical schools are telling U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders that the federal government needs to bolster their funding By JEFF AMY Associated Press May 12, 2023, 3:43 PM ET • 4 min read ATLANTA — To train more Black doctors, the federal government needs to bolster funding and make more […]
ATLANTA — To train more Black doctors, the federal government needs to bolster funding and make more training slots available for historically Black medical schools, leaders of those universities told U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Friday. “Our HBCU medical schools are the backbone of training Black doctors in this country.” Dr. Hugh Mighty, Howard University’s […]
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Thursday announced Democrats’ plans to mark up legislation to increase the federal minimum wage to $17 an hour, pointing to an increase in the cost of living. Outside the U.S. Capitol, Sanders, a Vermont independent and chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, said the panel […]