OpinionApril 15, 2026SEN BERNIE SANDERS: Artificial intelligence is coming for the working class. We must fight backLegislation sponsored by Sen. Bernie Sanders calls for a federal moratorium on new AI data centers until safeguards protect workers from mass job losses driven by Big Tech oligarchs.
OpinionFebruary 2, 2026SEN BERNIE SANDERS: We need to cap credit card interest rates at 10%Senator Bernie Sanders calls Wall Street credit card practices "usury" as major banks profit from 24% average rates while borrowing at 4% from Fed.
OpinionNovember 20, 2025SEN BERNIE SANDERS: Congress just made our healthcare system worse — Here’s the fixHealthcare premiums set to quadruple for millions as government shutdown ends. Bernie Sanders proposes Medicare for All to combat soaring costs and coverage loss.
OpinionOctober 6, 2025SEN SANDERS: AI must benefit everyone, not just a handful of billionairesBillionaires like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos invest billions in AI and robotics that could eliminate millions of jobs while increasing corporate profits at workers' expense.
OpinionJune 24, 2025SEN. BERNIE SANDERS: America must not go to war with IranThe United States cannot get involved with Iran. We must learn our lessons from Vietnam and Iraq. Trump's Iran strikes and Netanyahu's influence on American policy must be checked.
OpinionApril 3, 2025SEN BERNIE SANDERS: We have a government of billionaires, by billionaires and for billionairesFew people, whether conservative, progressive or moderate, think we should give tax breaks to billionaires and cut back on Medicaid, education and food for hungry children.
OpinionFebruary 13, 2025SENS. BERNIE SANDERS AND JOSH HAWLEY: Cap credit card interest rates at 10%Sens. Bernie Sanders and Josh Hawley agree it's time to help Americans dig out from debt. They are working together to limit credit card interest rates, where people owe $1.17 trillion.
OpinionJanuary 19, 2025SEN BERNIE SANDERS: My plan for the Trump presidency. What I will--and won't--doThere are many areas where I am in agreement with President-elect Trump. They include prescription drugs, capping interest rates on credit cards and trade.
OpinionJanuary 8, 2025SEN. BERNIE SANDERS: H-1B visas hurt one type of worker and exploit another. This mess must be fixedLet's be clear: Multi-billionaire oligarchs in Big Tech should not be allowed to hire guest workers to fill entry-level and mid-level Information Technology jobs.
OpinionDecember 27, 2024SEN BERNIE SANDERS: Two Americas, the people vs. the billionairesOur country is evolving into two Americas. One consists of less than a thousand billionaires who have an unprecedented amount of wealth and power and have never ever had it so good.
OpinionMay 22, 2024US dental care crisis: It should not be a luxury to keep your teeth in your mouthToday in America, nearly 70 million adults and nearly 8 million children have no dental insurance. Many who do have insurance find it to be totally inadequate.
OpinionMarch 4, 2024Our retirement system is a disaster for working people. We can fix itThe US retirement system doesn't work for working people. They used to get pensions and healthcare. Now, almost 45% of older Americans have no savings at all. We can fix it.
OpinionJanuary 31, 2024Big Pharma will have to answer to the American peopleAs a nation, we spend almost twice as much per capita as any other country on health care. And one of the major reasons is the cost of prescription drugs.
OpinionSeptember 22, 2023Americans, stand with the UAW and me and fight out-of-control corporate greedAmericans should stand with the UAW and me to fight out-of-control corporate greed. The company CEOs make hundreds of times more than autoworkers. That needs to change.
OpinionAugust 8, 2023Climate change is a threat to the planet: We must address itClimate change not real? The last eight years have been the eight hottest on record. This year is on track to be the hottest year in recorded history.
OpinionJune 23, 2023The greed of Big Pharma cannot continueThe greed of Big Pharma means the industry is bringing in billions of dollars, while new and existing drugs are spiking in cost. I have some ways to fix that.
OpinionMay 24, 2023Biden must resist Republican debt ceiling demands. Here’s what he needs to do insteadWealth inequality, corporate profits show US economy out of touch with needs of Americans. Biden must resist GOP debt plan that would make problems worse.
OpinionJanuary 23, 2023Greedy pharma firms rip off Americans while Pfizer, Moderna swim in profitsGreedy pharma firms rip off Americans while Pfizer, Moderna swim in profits. 5 firms totaled $80 billion in profits, but millions can’t afford medicine.
OpinionNovember 4, 2022Our economic crisis isn’t inflation, it’s corporate greed and the GOP will only make that worseOur economic crisis isn’t inflation, it’s corporate greed which is at a 70-year high and oil companies are buying back their stock, not lowering prices.
OpinionJune 29, 2022Don't cut Social Security, expand itI recently participated in a debate with South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsay Graham. We covered many topics but social security was among the most significant.
OpinionMay 12, 2022It's time for Medicare for AllThe Medicare for All Act of 2022, which I have just introduced with 15 co-sponsors, would provide comprehensive health care coverage to every man, woman and child in our country.
OpinionDecember 23, 2021Time for Senate vote on Build Back BetterBuild Back Better Act is a bold attempt to finally address the long-neglected needs of working families and demand that the wealthiest people and largest corporations pay their fair share of taxes.
OpinionDecember 16, 2021Kellogg's strike: Workers must get our supportI will be in Battle Creek, Michigan this Friday with workers who have been on strike for over two months against Kellogg’s. Let me tell you why I’m going.
OpinionOctober 13, 2021Sen. Bernie Sanders: Biden's $3.5T plan to help working families depends on Democratic unityAt a time when working families continue to struggle, poll after poll shows that the vast majority of the American people support the provisions in President Joe Biden's $3.5 trillion Build Back Better Act.
OpinionAugust 9, 2021Sen. Bernie Sanders: It's time to protect working families through $3.5 trillion budget 'reconciliation' billHere’s some of what we’re trying to do to address the long-neglected problems facing working families and, in the process, create millions of good-paying jobs.