Op-Eds

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

By: Bernie Sanders, The Hill As we enter the final weeks of the 2022 midterm elections, poll after poll shows that the most important issues facing the American people are the economy and inflation. This should come as no surprise. As corporate profits soar, and as billionaires become even richer, working class Americans are falling further behind. This, sadly, is not a

By: Bernie Sanders, The Guardian Let’s be clear. The most important economic and political issues facing this country are the extraordinary levels of income and wealth inequality, the rapidly growing concentration of ownership, the long-term decline of the American middle class and the evolution of this country into oligarchy. We know how important these issues are because our ruling class