Thomas Catenacci on March 17, 2021 Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders introduced legislation Wednesday that would targeting companies who pay executives 50 times more than their median worker. The legislation, titled the Tax Excessive CEO Pay Act, aims to combat corporate greed and “end outrageous CEO pay,” Sen. Bernie Sanders said in a press releaseWednesday. Sens….
Jason Hopkins on May 11, 2020 Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders all but shot down the possibility that he will run for president again, suggesting that another politician will take his place as the progressive choice. Sanders spoke Monday about the 2020 presidential election and his support for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. The self-described…
In just a couple of weeks, 50 boys with learning disabilities will take to a stage in Vermont, one after the other, to recite the Gettysburg Address from memory. It’s a daring experiment undertaken each February at the Greenwood School and its population of boys who’ve struggled in public schools. Diagnosed with ADD, dyslexia, and…
Peter Hasson on May 1, 2019 Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders claimed U.S. government agencies may have been behind a string of domestic bombings in 1976. Sanders floated the conspiracy theory while launching his gubernatorial campaign that year. Sanders “charged that government agencies like the CIA may in fact be responsible” for the bombings,…
According to the book “We are as Gods” by Kate Daloz, Senator Bernie Sanders was once asked to leave a hippie commune due to laziness. The book chronicles the rise and fall of Myrtle Farm, a commune in northeastern Vermont. Daloz, a writer from Brooklyn, was in a unique position to write about the history…
By Steve Birr More than 100 people serving jail time for marijuana convictions in Vermont received a pardon from the governor Tuesday in one of his final acts in office. Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin, a Democrat, pardoned 192 individuals convicted on marijuana charges after receiving 450 requests before Christmas. Shumlin encouraged marijuana convicts to make a…
by Micah J. Fleck According to a new report mere hours ago, the Obama administration has identified malware it calls “Grizzly Steppe” as being present in a Vermont utility. The report states: A code associated with the Russian hacking operation dubbed Grizzly Steppe by the Obama administration has been detected within the system of a…
Burlington College is Going Under Because of Jane Sanders’ Debt Burlington College announced on May 16th that it will be closing by the end of next week. The primary reason for it’s closure was “the crushing weight of the debt” racked up by wife of Bernie Sanders, Jane O’Meara Sanders, during her time as president…
Even Paul Krugman and Mother Jones are sick of Bernie Sanders [dropcap size=big]E[/dropcap]arlier this week it was revealed that left-leaning civil rights movements in Bernie Sanders’ home state of Vermont aren’t “feeling the Bern” by The Daily Beast. At the time, many wrote off these lone civil rights causes as insignificant, given Bernie’s voting demographic in Vermont…
Vermont Black Leaders Felt “Invisible” to Sanders [dropcap size=big]R[/dropcap]egardless of your feelings toward representative democracy, anyone who agrees to hold public office as a representative should actually represent the people of their district, state, or country. In the case of progressives, the interests of marginalized groups should be of the utmost importance. After all, the left…