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Lauren Gambino in Tempe, Arizona

Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the courage to brawl for the working class

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Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in Denver, Colorado, on 21 March 2025. Photograph: Kevin Mohatt/Reuters

Bernie Sanders is not running for president. But he is drawing larger crowds now than he did when he was campaigning for the White House.

The message has hardly changed. Nor has the messenger, with his shock of white hair and booming delivery. What’s different now, the senator says, is that his fears – a government captured by billionaires who exploit working people – have become an undeniable reality and people are angry.

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