Bernie Sanders

‘Not fringe views’

‘Not fringe views’

On issue after issue, the American people support a progressive agenda, Bernie Sanders tells a packed house in Brattleboro

It is great to be back in Brattleboro. Thank you all very much for what you do as one of the most progressive communities, not only in our state, but in the United States of America. Thank you.

Things like Strolling of the Heifers and Windham Grows, do not happen by accident. They happen because Orly Munzing, the organization's founder and executive director, is a very, very aggressive person - you all know that. She may be short, but she is tough and aggressive!...

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VY fight: It's about our energy future

Vermont can lead the nation, and the U.S. can lead the world

What many of you are working on - not only in Vermont but also all over America and all over the world - is one of the great struggles of our time: to create an energy future that not only protects our generation, but also our kids and our...

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Immoral, wrong, and bad policy

Why Vermont’s junior senator won’t support debt-ceiling compromise

The deficit-reduction package is grotesquely unfair. It also is bad economic policy. The wealthiest people in this country and the largest corporations are doing phenomenally well. In a recent 25-year period, 80 percent of all new income created in America went to the top 1 percent, who now earn...

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