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Brattleboro Reformer JOHNSON — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Saturday evening held a youth choral concert and town meeting on the importance of arts education. Held at the Dibden Center for the Arts on Vermont State University’s campus in Johnson, the concert featured nine Vermont elementary, middle, high school and college choirs singing songs that ranged from traditional to spiritual

By: Marita Vlachou; The Huffington Post The Vermont independent said Israel needs to take more action to protect innocent civilians in Gaza. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Sunday called on President Joe Biden to deny Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu more U.S. funding for his “war machine” unless Israel allows for more humanitarian aid to reach civilians in Gaza. In an interview with CBS’s

By: Jake Johnson; Common Dreams “We launched an investigation into big drug companies because the prices they were charging for inhalers just didn’t add up,” said Sen. Tammy Baldwin. “And looks like we were right.” Starting in June, the German pharmaceutical giant Boehringer Ingelheim will cap co-pays for its inhalers at $35 for U.S. patients—a decision that came just two months after

By: Joe Gould and Alexander Ward; Politico The Vermont senator said that given the massive amounts being spent and the importance of Ukraine’s fight, now’s the time to get serious about oversight. Six Senate progressives are calling for the revival of a committee to investigate alleged war profiteering by some of America’s top defense contractors, according to a letter obtained

Bennington Banner WASHINGTON — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) Sunday released the following statement urging President Biden to invoke Section 620I of the Foreign Assistance Act, demand Netanyahu restore humanitarian aid access to Gaza or lose U.S. military assistance to Israel: “Starvation is taking place in Gaza. Israel is prohibiting aid convoys from delivering desperately needed food and water. This is

By: Marco Margaritoff; The Huffington Post The senator said Friday that “this wholesale slaughter” of Palestinians “makes my stomach turn” and urged the U.S. to stop funding it. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) isn’t biting his tongue concerning U.S. policy toward Israel. The progressive senator has continued to support President Joe Biden on his campaign for re-election, but made an impassioned appearance Friday on “Alex Wagner