Op-Eds

By: Bernie Sanders; The Guardian If our budget passes, it would be one of the most important pieces of legislation since the New Deal. But we must fight for it   Now is the time. At a time when the gap between the very rich and everyone else is growing wider, when two people now own more wealth than the

By: Sen. Bernie Sanders, Rep. Pramila Jayapal; Data for Progress The deadly coronavirus pandemic laid bare many inequalities in American society — and perhaps no inequality more devastating than disparities in healthcare. As workers had their hours slashed and millions were laid off entirely, we saw that the chasm between who has health coverage and who doesn’t remains one of

Don’t Start Another Cold War By: Bernie Sanders; Foreign Affairs The unprecedented global challenges that the United States faces today—climate change, pandemics, nuclear proliferation, massive economic inequality, terrorism, corruption, authoritarianism—are shared global challenges. They cannot be solved by any one country acting alone. They require increased international cooperation—including with China, the most populous country on earth. It is distressing and

By: Bernie Sanders; CNN What happens in Congress in the next few months will determine the future of our country — and our planet. In this pivotal moment in American history, Democrats in the US House of Representatives and US Senate, working with the White House, have proposed several pieces of legislation which can strengthen working families, protect the planet

By: Sen. Bernie Sanders; The New York Times “Israel has the right to defend itself.” These are the words we hear from both Democratic and Republican administrations whenever the government of Israel, with its enormous military power, responds to rocket attacks from Gaza. Let’s be clear. No one is arguing that Israel, or any government, does not have the right to

By: Sen. Bernie Sanders & Rep Pramila Jayapal; The Washington Post More than 55 years ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed Medicare — one of the most popular and successful government programs in our nation’s history — into law. Before the enactment of Medicare, about half of our senior citizens were uninsured and roughly 35 percent lived in poverty. Today, everyone