Perhaps none is more constitutionally dire than the threat to the vote later this year. It goes without saying that voting in 2020 is going to be very, very different. This november, for many of us, it wont be safe to go to the polls. I am almost 89 years old. I am 83 years old. Im 93 years old. Im 98 and 2 months old and i dont want to have to choose between my right to vote and my desire to live. Luckily, there is a simple solution. Voting by mail. To do that, we need congress help. When were dieing to vote, we would much rather just vote and not die. For one thing, it is simply not safe. For huge swaths of our electorate to leave the safety of their homes, and to stand in long lines to vote. In this week democrats tried to do something about it, but as is so often the case, they met fierce resistance from republicans. On friday, the house passed sweeping legislation called the heroes act, which provides states with 3. 6 billion to boost election infrastructure and allow every americ
The New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) has rammed through a sellout contract at Mount Sinai Hospital following its isolation and shutdown of a three-day strike, according to reports Thursday. More details of the vote results have yet to be released as of this writing.
The central issue in the strike is chronic understaffing and the catastrophic state of the health care system in the US, as the fourth year of the global pandemic begins.