News | Politics & Elections Biden Eyes More Tax Hikes to Reduce Income Inequality in Infrastructure Bill The White House's expanded proposal contains $1 trillion more in spending and over $2 trillion more in tax increases. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout March 30, 2021 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor As Union Drive Heated Up, Jeff Bezos Orchestrated Twitter War on Bernie Sanders Last week, Amazon turned a few tweets into a PR mess. Those tweets, it turns out, were on order from Jeff Bezos himself. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout March 29, 2021 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor Sanders Calls for Removal of DeJoy as House Dems Move to Block Assault on USPS House Democrats introduced the DEJOY Act in response to the latest scheme by Trump's handpicked postmaster general. By Kenny Stancil , CommonDreams March 28, 2021 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Sanders Plans Push to Expand and Enhance Medicare in the Infrastructure Bill The Vermont senator wants to lower the eligibility age and expand coverage to include services like dental work. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams March 27, 2021 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Bernie Sanders Introduces Bills to Fix the “Corrupt and Rigged Tax Code” As budget chairman, Sanders has introduced bills to tax corporations and the wealthy while helping the working class. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout March 25, 2021 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor Bernie Sanders Is Heading to Bessemer During Last Days of Amazon Union Vote If the workers successfully unionize, Sanders has said it would be a “shot heard around the world.” By Sharon Zhang , Truthout March 25, 2021 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor Sanders Is Calling Out Centrists on “Simple Moral Issue” of Minimum Wage In a recent meeting, Senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema reiterated opposition to Sen. Bernie Sanders’s wage bill. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout March 24, 2021 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Bernie Sanders Introduces Bills to Lower Prescription Drug Costs “How many people need to get unnecessarily sicker before Congress is prepared to take on the greed?” Sanders asked. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout March 23, 2021 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor Bernie Sanders Is on a Mission to Tax Billionaire CEOs Sanders and Warren proposed a bill to raise taxes on corporations that pay CEOs 50 times what they pay average workers. By Mike Ludwig , Truthout March 19, 2021 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor Sanders Pitches Bill to Close Wide Pay Gap Between CEOs and the Average Worker The legislation would hike taxes on large corporations that pay their CEOs over 50 times more than its median worker. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams March 17, 2021 Truthout