Bernie Sanders' idea for free tuition at public colleges deserves an A
Bernie Sanders wants everyone to be offered a tuition-free college education and he’s called crazy. America can’t afford it, naysayers scoff. He’s just pandering to young voters. But too many of us in California forget: This state did provide tuition-free college for generations.
George Skelton, Capitol Journal
California nurses "Feel the Bern"
As Bernie Sanders prepares for the California presidential primary, he has a local ground force that he leans on as "one of the sponsors of my campaign": nurses.
Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times
Democrats: California’s primary still matters
Yes, California, we matter on June 7, just not the way the major media predicted. The experts who insisted Donald Trump would be a flash in the pan are the same ones who ignored Sen. Bernie Sanders from the start.
RoseAnn DeMoro writing for the San Francisco Chronicle
Grupo La Meta Partners with Nurses on Concert for Bernie Sanders
Modesto, Calif. band Grupo La Meta, who recently gained national attention for their song "El Quemazón†(“The Bernâ€)—a corrido for presidential candidate Bernie Sanders—will be joining California Nurses Association/National Nurses United (CNA/NNU) for a special concert in support of Bernie’s campaign, on Wednesday, May 11 on the West Capitol Steps in Sacramento at noon.
National Nurses United
May 9, 2016
Registered Nurses Applaud the Introduction of SB324, the Ohio Hospital Patient Protection Act
National Nurses United, the nation’s largest organization of nurses, applauds the introduction of a bill last week in the Ohio Senate by Senator Michael Skindell – appropriately just prior to Nurses Week – that would set specific limits on the numbers of patients each RN can care for in hospitals throughout the state of Ohio.
National Nurses United
May 9, 2016
Nurses’ #BernieBus Visits Fresno, Sacramento Monday
National Nurses United members, who spent months traveling from coast to coast campaigning for Sen. Bernie Sanders on a bright red #BernieBus—will be heading to Fresno State University and to Sacramento for a Bernie Sanders rally on Monday, May 9.
National Nurses United
May 9, 2016
Let's Honor Our History and Ourselves this Nurses Week
This year's Nurses Week, we honor the noble profession of nursing not only in the United States, but across the world.
National Nurses United
International Nurse News Round-Up
See a collection of links to news stories about nurses in other nations, and how they are advocating for their patients.
Global Nurses United
Community Health Systems to Sell Assets to Pay Down Hefty Debt
Shares in Community Health Systemsopened sharply lower after the hospital operator announced another quarter of disappointing results and its executives vowed to sell assets to pay down the company’s hefty debt.
Melanie Evans, The Wall Street Journal
Fix It—Healthcare At A Tipping Point
This week on Nurse Talk we talk with Filmmaker and CEO, Richard Master about his new powerful documentary that reaches across the political and ideological divide to expand support for major healthcare reform.
Pattie Lockard, Nurse Talk Radio