Op-Eds

By: Bernie Sanders; The Guardian This bill cuts programs for the most vulnerable, and is totally unnecessary – why doesn’t Biden invoke the 14th amendment? Let’s be clear. The original debt ceiling legislation that Republicans passed in the House would have, over a 10-year period, decimated the already inadequate social safety net of our country and made savage cuts to

By: Bernie Sanders; The Guardian It is time to end the international embarrassment of the US being the only major country that does not guarantee healthcare Let’s be clear. The current healthcare system in the United States is totally broken, dysfunctional and cruel. It is a system which spends twice as much per capita as any other major country, while

By: Bernie Sanders; The Guardian In the richest country on earth, if you work 40 hours a week you shouldn’t have to live in poverty Congress can no longer ignore the needs of the working class of this country. At a time of massive and growing income and wealth inequality and record-breaking corporate profits, we must stand up for working

By: Bernie Sanders; Fox News 5 of the largest US pharma firms totaled $80 billion in profits, but millions of Americans can’t afford medicine There is a lot of discussion about how “divided” our nation is and, on many issues, that is absolutely true. But on one of the most important matters facing our country the American people – Democrats,

By: Bernie Sanders, The Guardian Americans are united on some of the most important issues facing our country and they want government to address them I am proud to be assuming the chairmanship of the US Senate’s health, education, labor and pensions committee (Help), a committee with wide jurisdiction over some of the most important issues facing the American people.

By: Bernie Sanders, Fox News As we enter the final week of the midterm election, voters are expressing deep concern about the state of the economy and inflation. They should.  Today, we live in an economy in which the billionaires are getting much richer while working families fall further behind. Unbelievably, while 60 percent of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck, we