A longtime leader of Washington’s leftist wing, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders said in Chicago that his deeply-rooted push for income equality, guaranteed health care and other policies meant to lift up the working class are not “radical” and they’re “what the American people want.”

The independent from Vermont made Chicago the latest stop on his “Fighting Oligarchy” tour Sunday, where the 83-year-old addressed a couple thousand supporters, many of them much younger than he is, about why he thinks billionaires and corporate interests have too much influence over American policies.

The tour’s messaging is nothing new for Sanders, who has served on Capitol Hill since the early 1990s, including the last 17 years as a U.S. senator. But he keeps seeking to inspire a new generation of voters and pol

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