On Poverty in the U.S.

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"Do you think it is moral that 20% of the children in this country are living in poverty?" - Bernie Sanders

"Despite an economy that's doing better and more jobs, the U.S. poverty rate stayed the same last year." - via NPR http://n.pr/1OZApiF

Let me tell you something about our country that the billionaire class doesn’t want you know... https://t.co/EMZUee0gDq

— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) September 14, 2015

The very rich get richer, everyone else poorer. And Republicans who take campaign money from billionaires have nothing significant to say.

— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) September 17, 2015

Biographile on Bernie Sanders & Progressivism

Before Bernie: A Brief History of American Progressivism

"By calling for a higher minimum wage, stronger trade unions, lower college tuition, and higher taxes on the wealthy, Sanders is tapping into the popular discontent with income inequality." - Bryce Bauer

"Progressivism was a cause in search of a candidate.” John Cassidy, The New Yorker