Op-Eds

By: Bernie Sanders; Fox News Working people used to have pensions when they retired. Now almost 45% of older Americans have no savings As chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, I recently held a hearing on the retirement crisis in America.   At that hearing, I had the opportunity to hear from Sara Schambers, a fourth-generation

By: Bernie Sanders; The Atlantic Congress should curb war profiteering with a new Truman Committee. America’s national priorities are badly misplaced. Our country spends, with almost no debate, nearly $1 trillion a year on the military while at the same time ignoring massive problems at home. We apparently have unlimited amounts of money for nuclear weapons, fighter planes, bombs, and

By: Bernie Sanders; Fox News One of my top priorities is to substantially reduce the price of prescription drugs in America It is no great secret that millions of Americans feel that Congress is more interested in protecting large corporations than looking out for ordinary people. That is never clearer than when we talk about our broken health care system, and the

By: Bernie Sanders; The Guardian The United States must make clear to Netanyahu that we will not provide another dollar to support his inhumane, illegal war Many of us are watching with horror the severe humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in Gaza. Unfortunately, too many of my colleagues in the House of Representatives and US Senate are choosing to ignore this reality

‘As millions of Americans deal with the ramifications of long COVID, how sad it would be if we learned nothing from all that we have done wrong?’  By: Bernie Sanders; USA Today As all of us know, the COVID-19 pandemic was the worst public health crisis in more than a century. Since the first cases four years ago, well more than 100

By: Bernie Sanders; The Guardian In these difficult times, it is easy to fall victim to despair and cynicism. We have no alternative but to stand and fight It’s no great secret. These are the most difficult and challenging times in modern history. We’re dealing with the horrific situation in Gaza, Putin’s war in Ukraine, the existential threat of climate