50 Best Colleges for Nursing in America
By Madison Troyer, Stacker News
On 2/24/21 at 6:30 PM EST
In 2020, the World Health Organization declared that it was the year of the nurse. The WHO then spent the year acknowledging and honoring the hard, necessary work that nurses devote their lives to, from bringing babies into the world to providing end-of-life care and everything in between. It also used the honor as a reminder that the world needs 9 million more nurses and midwives to achieve universal health care within the next 10 years.
In the United States alone, the Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts that there will be an additional 175,900 job openings for registered nurses over the next decade, for a total of 7 percent growth. It also reports that nurses who hold a BSN, or Bachelor of Science in nursing, will have better employment prospects than those who have lesser certifications. Luckily, there are thousands of colleges around the country that have certified nursing pr
The Black history I carry with me: Ariel Pesante Jeneé Osterheldt
“My name is Ariel Pesante and I’m celebrating New England Black History by honoring Matthew Washington Bullock.
Matthew Washington Bullock was a pioneer in intercollegiate athletics, serving as the first Black head football coach at a predominantly white college. He was the head football coach at Massachusetts Agricultural College now the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 1904.
Bullock, a Massachusetts native, was Ivy League-educated, studying at Dartmouth College as an undergraduate and attending Harvard University for law school. Bullock went on to coach at both Morehouse College and Alabama Agricultural & Mechanical University.”
A recent report finds that the Trump administration’s Navigable Waters Protection Rule revises crucial distinctions that define protected waters, reducing safeguards for US waters based on flawed methods and unsubstantiated assumptions.
Poet Martín Espada’s latest work: Unsparing eyes on struggle, courage
Martín Espada’s new poetry collection, “Floaters,” looks at the struggles of immigrants, personal and family history, and the importance of preserving stories. Image courtesy Martín Espada
Martín Espada’s new poetry collection, “Floaters,” looks at the struggles of immigrants, personal and family history, and the importance of preserving stories. Image courtesy Martín Espada
By STEVE PFARRER
The title poem of Martín Espada’s new collection, “Floaters,” (W.W Norton & Co.) takes its name, as the poet explains, from the term that some U.S. Border Patrol agents use to describe migrants who drown trying to cross the Rio Grande from Mexico to the U.S.
Costco raises its minimum wage above rivals like Amazon, Target and Best Buy
Costco will raise its starting rate for hourly store workers in the United States to $16 an hour, putting its starting wage above rivals such as Amazon, Target and Best Buy.
Costco has around 180,000 US employees, and 90% of them work hourly. It will hike its minimum wage to $16 beginning next week, chief executive Craig Jelinek said Thursday at a US Senate Budget Committee hearing chaired by Sen. Bernie Sanders on worker pay at large companies.
The move comes as Democrats in Congress seek to rally support for a $15 federal minimum wage. Sanders is the driving force behind Congress’ current push to raise the federal minimum wage, introducing a bill last month to increase it to $15 by 2025. President Joe Biden has also backed a $15 minimum wage. The federal minimum wage has stood at $7.25 an hour since 2009, but a growing number of cities and states are raising their minimum wage.