Senators Markey, Sanders seek subpoena for Steward CEO Ralph de la Torre
By: Robert Weisman; Boston Globe A pair of US senators Thursday said they’ll ask a Senate panel next week to subpoena Steward Health Care founder and chief executive Ralph de la Torre to testify about his role in leading the national hospital chain, which filed for bankruptcy on May 6. The senators, Ed Markey of Massachusetts and Bernie Sanders of Vermont, said they’ll
Bernie Sanders’s 60-Year Fight
By: Bhaskar Sunkara; The Nation The independent senator from Vermont spoke to The Nation’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
Amazon Prime Day Causes Workplace Injuries, Senate Probe Finds
By Lauren Kaori Gurley and Caroline O’Donovan; Washington Post An investigation by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee finds Prime Day sales event, happening this week, is “major cause” of worker injuries. Amazon’s annual Prime Day sales event, which starts Tuesday, has been a “major cause” of warehouse worker injuries, finds a year-long Senate investigation into workplace safety at
US Senator Sanders Optimistic Novo Nordisk can be Pressured to Cut Wegovy, Ozempic Prices
By Ahmed Aboulenein; Reuters WASHINGTON, July 10 (Reuters) – Senator Bernie Sanders on Wednesday expressed confidence that Novo Nordisk (NOVOb.CO), opens new tab 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. Novo Nordisk CEO Lars Jorgensen is set
Sanders: Supreme Court Is “Out of Control” and Must Be Reformed
By Sharon Zhang; Truthout The senator criticized the “right-wing, corporate-sponsored Supreme Court” for its clear “extremist agenda.” Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) has called for the Supreme Court to be subject to “real” 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
Bernie Sanders Says Billionaires Are Trying to ‘Dismantle’ Public Schools
By Suzanne Blake; Newsweek Senator Bernie Sanders called out billionaires in what he said is a “coordinated effort” to dismantle the 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 a Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions hearing week titled The Immediate and