April jobs report promising but core problem is still income inequality

Although the unemployment rate hit a low of 5.4%, 2016 candidates must show how they intend to fix wage gap - Bernie Sanders hits the nail on the head

With some two dozen Republicans already either openly vying for their party's presidential nomination in next year's election or publicly exploring the possibility of throwing their hats into the ring, that race is shaping up to be quite the circus.

But for those with an eye on issues affecting the wallets and pocketbooks of average Americans, it's the Democratic campaign that now looks as if it's going to be most interesting thanks to the entry of Bernie Sanders, the independent senator from Vermont, into the race for the nomination, going up against the establishment figure of Hillary Clinton.

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