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By: Julia Conley; Common Dreams “Americans who put in an honest day’s work deserve to take time off,” said Rep. Seth Magaziner. “This is a matter of fairness and respect in the workplace.” With nearly 27 million American workers lacking any annual paid leave days, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Wednesday said Congress must “end the international embarrassment” of being the only

By: Rachel Looker; USA Today WASHINGTON − There’s a revived effort on Capitol Hill to make a shorter workweek the new norm. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., announced Wednesday he will introduce a bill to establish a standard 32-hour workweek that would result in no loss in pay. Sanders, who chairs the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, will introduce the

Brattleboro Reformer JOHNSON — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Saturday evening held a youth choral concert and town meeting on the importance of arts education. Held at the Dibden Center for the Arts on Vermont State University’s campus in Johnson, the concert featured nine Vermont elementary, middle, high school and college choirs singing songs that ranged from traditional to spiritual

By: Marita Vlachou; The Huffington Post The Vermont independent said Israel needs to take more action to protect innocent civilians in Gaza. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Sunday called on President Joe Biden to deny Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu more U.S. funding for his “war machine” unless Israel allows for more humanitarian aid to reach civilians in Gaza. In an interview with CBS’s

By: Jake Johnson; Common Dreams “We launched an investigation into big drug companies because the prices they were charging for inhalers just didn’t add up,” said Sen. Tammy Baldwin. “And looks like we were right.” Starting in June, the German pharmaceutical giant Boehringer Ingelheim will cap co-pays for its inhalers at $35 for U.S. patients—a decision that came just two months after

By: Joe Gould and Alexander Ward; Politico The Vermont senator said that given the massive amounts being spent and the importance of Ukraine’s fight, now’s the time to get serious about oversight. Six Senate progressives are calling for the revival of a committee to investigate alleged war profiteering by some of America’s top defense contractors, according to a letter obtained