A prominent biologist and engineer expects the United States to run out of hospital beds by May 8 because the coronavirus continues to spread at a high rate, following the Trump administration’s bungled containment effort. Liz Specht, the associate director…
Author: Amanda Rapace
Dozens of Warren staffers endorse Bernie Sanders
Three dozen former Warren for President staff members are getting back in the fight for a progressive future by endorsing Senator Bernie Sanders for president. In message posted on Twitter and Medium, for former presidential campaign staff workers who had…
Classes move online so students stay off campus
In response to the continued and unprecedented spread of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, area colleges are enacting new policies and practices based on the concept of social distancing to ensure the health and safety of students. The World Health Organization…
Rep. Mark Takano endorses Bernie Sanders for president
Rep. Mark Takano, Chair of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, Vice-Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, Co-Chair of the LGBT Equality Caucus and Second Vice Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, on Tuesday endorsed Sen. Bernie Sanders…
NOW opposing effort to end gender equity law
The National Organization for Women of New Jersey is alarmed by a challenge issued by the Central Jersey Progressive Democrats, which filed a lawsuit in Superior Court to overturn the 70-year-old state law requiring seats on county political committees to…
Dog Fight
The delegate race appears close to a tie between two candidates, while three contenders say they are intent on becoming the Democratic nominee who will face Republican President Donald Trump. The battle for the Democratic nomination for president has turned…
White House shake up maintains chaos
President Donald Trump on Friday virtually exiled his acting chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney, who has served in the job since the December 2018 departure of John Kelly. Mulvaney will become the United States special envoy for Northern Ireland and…
Coronavirus Conservatives met in Maryland
Those who attended or worked at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland, may be at some risk for acquiring COVID-19. The New Jersey Department of Health notified the Maryland Department of Health that a person confirmed…
Sanders, Biden clash over views on Social Security
Social Security is taking center stage in the Democratic primary, now that the contest is looking like a two-way race a between Senator Bernie Sanders and former Vice President Joe Biden, with Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard largely ignored despite her continued…
Democracy for America endorses Bernie Sanders for President
Democracy for America (DFA) endorsed Senator Bernie Sanders in the 2020 fight for the Democratic nomination for president as the contest looks more and more like a choice between the progressive lawmaker and former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg. Sanders…