Op-Eds

By: Bernie Sanders; Common Dreams The working people of our country are increasingly aware of the unprecedented level of corporate greed and power we are now experiencing, and the outrageous level of income and wealth inequality that exists. As we celebrate Labor Day, 2024, there is some very good news. Public approval of labor unions, at 70%, is higher today than

By: Bernie Sanders; The Guardian Fox News and Trump claim that Kamala Harris is a wild radical. This is not the case.  Listen to Donald Trump or turn on Fox News and you will hear the constant refrain: Kamala Harris is more “radical” and more “far left” than Bernie Sanders. I know this will shock you, but that’s just not the

By: Bernie Sanders; Common Dreams   Not only do we have to defeat Trump, but we must build a strong grassroots movement that can confront the extraordinary greed of the big money interests who have so much power over the economic and political life of our country. As I’m sure you are aware, this is not a normal election. It

By: Bernie Sanders; The Daily Beast Long COVID is real. It is negatively impacting tens of millions of people throughout the United States and the world. We can no longer ignore it, or its sufferers’ treatment needs. As the chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (HELP Committee), I have heard from Americans of all ages about

By: Bernie Sanders; The Guardian Campaigning on an economic agenda that speaks to the needs of working families is a winning formula for Kamala Harris One of the most extraordinary aspects of our corporate-dominated American political system is the degree to which the needs of working-class people, the majority of our population, are systematically ignored by political and media elites. Americans

If Novo Nordisk and other pharmaceutical companies refuse to substantially lower prescription drug prices in our country and end their greed, we will do everything within our power to end it for them.