Bernie Sandersโ€™s 60-Year Fight

By: Bhaskar Sunkara; The Nation The independent senator from Vermont spoke toย The Nationโ€™s president about why he still believes political revolution can change the United States for the better. Bernie Sanders has not chosen the easy road in American politics. During the Cold War, in the early 1960s, he decided to join the Young People’s Socialist League. In the 1970s

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Amazon Prime Day Causes Workplace Injuries, Senate Probe Finds

By Lauren Kaori Gurley and Caroline O’Donovan;ย Washington Post An investigation by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee finds Prime Day sales event, happening this week, is โ€œmajor causeโ€ of worker injuries. Amazonโ€™s annual Prime Day sales event, which starts Tuesday, has been a โ€œmajor causeโ€ of warehouse worker injuries, finds a year-long Senate investigation into workplace safety at

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US Senator Sanders Optimistic Novo Nordisk can be Pressured to Cut Wegovy, Ozempic Prices

Byย Ahmed Aboulenein; Reuters WASHINGTON, July 10 (Reuters) – Senator Bernie Sanders on Wednesday expressed confidence that Novo Nordiskย (NOVOb.CO), opens new tabย can be convinced to cut the U.S. prices of its popular Ozempic and Wegovy drugs used for weight loss by publicly shaming the company over how much it charges compared with prices in other countries.ย Novo Nordisk CEO Lars Jorgensen isย set

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Sanders: Supreme Court Is โ€œOut of Controlโ€ and Must Be Reformed

By Sharon Zhang; Truthout The senator criticized the โ€œright-wing, corporate-sponsored Supreme Courtโ€ for its clear โ€œextremist agenda.โ€ Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) has called for the Supreme Court to be subject to โ€œrealโ€ reform after over a decade of right-wing rulings from a bench that has been captured by deep pocketed far right interests has put the U.S at the precipice

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Bernie Sanders Says Billionaires Are Trying to ‘Dismantle’ Public Schools

By Suzanne Blake; Newsweek Senator Bernie Sandersย called out billionaires in what he said is a “coordinated effort” to dismantle theย American public school system. In a new report released this week, Sanders alleged that the ultra-rich are increasingly working to undermine and privatize public schools. Sanders last week led aย Senateย Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions hearing week titledย The Immediate and

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