Op-Eds

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.

By: Bernie Sanders & Patty Murray; The Hill Right now in America, women’s health care and right to control their own bodies are under attack as Republican politicians across the country are trying everything they can to ban abortion and stamp out basic reproductive freedoms. The Supreme Court’s disastrous decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which took away the

If people don’t receive high-quality dental care, they are in danger of living their lives in severe pain By: Bernie Sanders; Fox News As chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, I recently held a hearing about the dental care crisis in the United States. Ahead of that hearing, I asked Americans from across the country to share their experiences with dental care in our country. The responses poured in from people