Profile: Bernard "Bernie" Sanders
Democratic presidential candidate and avowed socialist Bernie Sanders has been a Washington fixture for decades, but many people are just now discovering him. Factr profiles him here.
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Alex Edelman is making a Christmas movie :studio_microphone:
Comedian Alex Edelman is making a Christmas movie – and hoping to meet Louis Farrakhan, he tells the hosts of That Jewish News…
Sanders, Welch ask colleagues to support more federal disaster funding
With the growing number of declared disasters it must respond to, the climate crisis is stretching FEMA thin, and the agency’s…
How Yiddish taught me to embrace the joy and defiance of being queer
A culture with no country is well-suited for people being rejected by theirs, writes the social justice organizer at the Workers…
Millionaire anti-capitalist Fran Drescher continues war of words with…
Speaking with self-professed democratic socialist Bernie Sanders, the former Nanny star spoke at length about the strikes, and…
Bernie Sanders boycotted President Herzog’s speech to protest…
Sanders joined five members of the 'Squad' who skipped the speech to mark the 75th anniversary of the U.S.-Israel alliance.
Anne Sosin: Flooding shows unsheltered homelessness, not shelter, is…
This commentary is by Anne N. Sosin, a public health practitioner and researcher at Dartmouth College.
While floodwaters are now…
PHOTOS: Congressional delegation tours flood damage in southern…
Sen. Bernie Sanders, Sen. Peter Welch and Rep. Becca Balint surveyed the scene Saturday in Weston, Londonderry and Ludlow. They…
‘Resource centers’ in Barre, Ludlow to help Vermonters’ flood…
The two in-person sites, open on Saturday, Sunday and Monday, are the first of several that the state will operate around…
Biden approves major disaster declaration for Vermont, Buttigieg to…
The new declaration was announced on Friday. Separately, more federal help for farmers could be on the way after the state…
4 Jewish things to know about Fran Drescher, leader of the Screen…
Fran Drescher made her name with 'The Nanny.' Now, as president of SAG-AFTRA as the union goes on strike, she's making history.
Biden skipped the NATO dinner because he has spent 'countless hours'…
President Biden missed a dinner with world leaders gathered for the NATO summit in Vilnius, but has already spent 'countless…
Don Keelan: Union leader offers a splendid gift to Vermont Republicans
This commentary is by Don Keelan of Arlington, a retired certified public accountant.
Vermont Republicans may now back away from…
Leaders at Vermont colleges and universities react grimly to high…
In back-to-back rulings, the U.S. Supreme Court banned race-conscious admissions and struck down President Joe Biden’s student…
EPA chief, Vermont officials announce national Solar for All program…
The national program is designed to make solar energy systems easier for low- and middle-income families to afford.
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Politics meets the personal at Governor’s Institute on Global Issues…
Vermont high schoolers now gathered at Putney’s Landmark College are gleaning behind-the-scenes takes from a who’s who of state…
Burns & Hierl: Make Big Oil pay, not Vermont taxpayers
The biggest oil companies in the world made more than $200 billion in profits last year, while Vermonters were forced to pay…
Vermont’s only law school opens Burlington location
The new downtown space for Vermont Law and Graduate school is designed to support hybrid learning for online students and…
40 years later, planners of Vermont’s first Pride march look back on…
Despite public vitriol and a lack of legal protections back then for LGBTQ+ people, Vermont’s first Pride march took place in…
Dem. Sen. John Fetterman slammed for wearing hoodie and shorts to…
Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman mispronounced infrastructure' and 'delegation' on Saturday after wearing a hoodie and shorts…
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