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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

By: Jessica Glenza; The Guardian  Vermont senator will grill CEO of Danish pharma giant whose drugs cost Americans 10 times more than abroad The blockbuster weight-loss drugs Wegovy and Ozempic are arguably as omnipresent in the American zeitgeist as Taylor Swift or the iPhone. The drugs and others in its class are associated with the sparkle of Hollywood, on the

By: Rashad Simmons; The Hill Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) slammed billionaires who have financially supported former President Trump in the 2024 presidential race, calling them “greedy.” In an interview with MSNBC’s Chris Hayes, Sanders — who chairs the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions — called out the billionaires who have embraced the former president in support of their agenda. “At a time when we have so much

By: Peter Sullivan, Axios Sen. Bernie Sanders is trying to use the bully pulpit to lower the price of wildly popular anti-obesity drugs the same way he helped pushed drugmakers to limit inhaler and insulin costs. But this bid could be much more of an uphill climb. Why it matters: Surging demand for drugs like Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic and Wegovy could severely strain Medicare and patients’

By: Jake Johnson; Common Dreams “We cannot continue to run our public education system on the backs of saints and martyrs,” an elementary school teacher testified to a Senate committee. A pair of public school teachers warned a key Senate committee on Thursday that low educator pay in the United States is fueling staff shortages across the country and damaging the

By: Berkeley Lovelace Jr.; NBC News The Vermont senator wants to know why the drugmaker charges up to 15 times more for the blockbuster weight loss drugs in the U.S., compared to other countries. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., says the first question he is going to ask Novo Nordisk’s CEO at a Senate committee hearing in September is why the drugmaker