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By Zach Friedman; Forbes Magazine The latest news for student loan forgiveness shows that Biden cancelled $415 million of student loans for 16,000 more student loan borrowers. Biden has now cancelled nearly $15.5 billion of student loans, which is the most of any president. His latest student loan forgiveness benefits student loan borrowers who attended for-profit colleges. The U.S. Department of Education has

By Jim Sabataso; The Rutand Herald Vermont youth discussed issues related to the pandemic and beyond during a virtual town hall hosted by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., on Wednesday evening. More than a dozen students spoke during the 90-minute panel discussion, which drew more than 400 viewers on Facebook and YouTube. Panelists brought up issues ranging from the coronavirus pandemic

By Juliana Kaplan; Business Insider Senate Budget Committee chair Bernie Sanders says there’s “really, really good news” — for the wealthiest Americans. In a Senate floor speech, the progressive senator from Vermont took aim at billionaires and CEOs, and called for the government to take action on social and climate spending. “What I want to point out this afternoon is

By Sam Tabahriti; Business Insider Bernie Sanders has called out Chipotle on Twitter over the rising cost of its meals and accused it of price gouging. It comes after the fast-food chain released its fourth-quarter earnings on Tuesday. The US senator tweeted on Friday: “Corporate greed is Chipotle increasing its profits by 181% last year to $764 million, giving its CEO a 137% pay raise

By Eric Fayeulle; ABC News Sen. Bernie Sanders gave a speech on the Senate floor Thursday expressing grave concern over the “drumbeats” of war building in Washington, D.C., amid escalating tensions along the Ukrainian border. Sanders, I-Vt., the de-facto leader of the Democratic Party’s progressive wing, which had kept relatively quiet on the issue to this point, pleaded with government

By Peter Sullivan; The Hill Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Wednesday called on Senate Democrats to vote on legislation to lower the cost of prescription drugs while criticizing what he said was a lack of action on the issue. “We’re voting for an assistant secretary of something,” he said. “The American people are not staying up nights worrying about that. They’re worried