Bernie Sanders Urges Support of California Billionaire Tax at Los Angeles Rally

The senator from Vermont was the only elected leader at the event, which formally kicked off a health care union’s campaign to put the tax proposal on the ballot.

By Laurel Rosenhall and Ryan Mac

Bernie Sanders rails against billionaire ‘greed’ amid California tax battle

In a fiery speech in Los Angeles, the Vermont senator criticizes ‘grotesque’ levels of economic inequality Billionaires are “treading on very, very thin ice,” Bernie Sanders warned on Wednesday during a fiery speech in Los Angeles, imploring California voters to fight “grotesque” levels of economic inequality by approving a proposed tax on the state’s richest residents. The Vermont senator railed against the “greed”, “arrogance” and “moral turpitude” of the nation’s “ruling class”, calling it “fairly disgusting” that some ultra-wealthy tech leaders have fled California – or are threatening to do so, if the proposed wealth tax becomes law. Continue reading...

By Lauren Gambino in Los Angeles

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani reverses course on homeless encampments after pausing clearings

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced the city will resume clearing homeless encampments with a new approach after pausing the controversial practice in January.