by Jim Heath | Feb 8, 2021 | Economy, Headlines
President Biden’s proposal to raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour would cost jobs and raise the costs of good and services, but would lift nearly one million people out of poverty. The wage hike would would cost 1.4 million jobs by 2025 and increase the...
by Jim Heath | Jan 21, 2021 | Bernie Sanders, Entertainment, Social Media
A meme was born yesterday when Sen. Bernie Sanders took his mittens to Washington, DC. The 79-year-old Vermont senator became the toast of social media after being pictured in a low-key parka and multicolored hand-knit mittens during President Biden’s inauguration. A...
by Jim Heath | Aug 9, 2020 | 2020, Democrats, Headlines, Joe Biden
Bernie Sanders and John Kasich will share a night in the spotlight with prominent speaking roles at the all-virtual Democratic National Convention later this month. Kasich — the former tea-party backed Republican governor of Ohio who has become a major critic of...
by Jim Heath | Apr 8, 2020 | 2020, Bernie Sanders, Democrats, Headlines
Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont dropped out of the Democratic presidential race today, concluding a quest for the White House that began five years ago in relative obscurity but ultimately elevated him as a champion of the working class, a standard-bearer of...
by Jim Heath | Mar 18, 2020 | 2020, Bernie Sanders, Delegates, Democrats, Headlines, Joe Biden
Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign currently has no active Facebook ads, after another disappointing finish in a series of primary contests. Sanders was thumped in the latest round of primaries, losing Florida, Illinois and Arizona last night. A pause in...