26 min agoBernie Sanders defends $15 minimum wage, says it's "not a radical idea"Sen. Bernie Sanders on February 7. CNN Sen. Bernie Sanders, the new chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, defended Democrats' push to pass a $15 minimum wage telling CNN's Jake Tapper that it isn't a radical idea. The President, who campaigned on raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour, said he was prepared "on a separate negotiation on minimum wage, to work my way up." Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty Images Nadhim Zahawi, the UK's Covid-19 vaccine deployment minister, rejected the idea of introducing a vaccine passport. Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty Images The United Kingdom will not introduce Covid-19 vaccine passports, vaccine deployment minister Nadhim Zahawi said on Sunday.

Source: The Nation February 07, 2021 15:45 UTC