If Democrats shed their caution and become fighters, for jobs and health care and the middle class, they can pull off the same kind of surprise in 2010 that we pulled off in 1998.
Sen. Bernie Sanders | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics
In my view, the real solution to the problem of how to reform health care in this country is a Medicare-for-all, single-payer system.
Mike Ragogna | Posted 11.12.2009 | Media
Ron Reagan is the son of a president and, weekdays on Air America, he's a voice of reason for many listeners who are trying to navigate the complexities of national and global concerns.
HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 11.10.2009 | Business
In describing the complex and little-understood world of derivatives trading as "a sophisticated form of gambling," three U.S. Senators proposed legis...
Sen. Bernie Sanders | Posted 11.06.2009 | Business
If any of the four largest financial institutions were to get into major trouble again, taxpayers would be on the hook for another massive bailout. We cannot let that happen.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.06.2009 | Politics
Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) introduced new legislation on Friday that should, he claims, solve the phenomenon of massive and failing financial insti...
Sen. Bernie Sanders | Posted 10.31.2009 | Green
As we struggle with this economic crisis, it is imperative that we create millions of good-paying jobs. And the interesting thing here is that good environmental policy is good economic policy.
Sen. Bernie Sanders | Posted 10.24.2009 | Politics
I am going to continue the fight for single-payer. I am cautiously optimistic that we may end up with legislation that will allow states to go forward with single-payer if they want to.
HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics
President Obama should lobby individual Senate Democrats to make sure they don't join Republicans in filibustering health care reform, Sen. Bernie San...
The Huffington Post | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics
Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-Vermont) was on fire in his weekly YouTube video, "Senator Sanders Unfiltered." "The reality is that the middle class today ...
Sen. Bernie Sanders | Posted 10.16.2009 | Business
The top 1 percent owns more wealth than the bottom 90 percent. CEOs of large corporations earn 400 times what their workers make. That is not what America is supposed to be about.
Sen. Bernie Sanders | Posted 10.09.2009 | World
Americans should be proud that we have a president who is restoring respect for our country around the globe. This well-deserved prize is an inspiration.
Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics
When Congress rushed to stop sending federal money to ACORN in the wake of the prostitution scandal involving a few of their employees, Republicans wr...
Sen. Bernie Sanders | Posted 10.01.2009 | Politics
Capitalism helps create an entrepreneurial spirit. But on the other hand, especially since the Reagan era, what we have seen in this country is an unfettered type of cowboy capitalism.
Sen. Bernie Sanders | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics
How does it happen that Wall Street was able to convince Congress to deregulate their industry, to be in a position to bring the economy down?
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.23.2009 | Politics
Buoyed by news of a temporary replacement for the late Senator Ted Kennedy, Senate Democratic leaders are launching a renewed effort to get all 60 mem...
Sen. Bernie Sanders | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics
We have got to stay focused on the reality that because of the greed, the irresponsibility, and the illegal behavior of people on Wall Street, we are plunged into a real economic mess.
Sen. Bernie Sanders | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics
How do we make sure what happened in terms of the recklessness and irresponsibility on Wall Street doesn't happen again? I wish that I could tell you that Congress is now doing that investigation. It is not.
John Neffinger | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics
The New York Times recently reported that the Obama administration is heeding a list of six lessons from previous efforts to reform health care. Unfortunately, the three most crucial lessons were left off the list.
Sen. Bernie Sanders | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics
Without the kind of national debate this country needs, we are sending more and more troops into Afghanistan -- about 60 percent of all the foreign troops in the country are now Americans.
David Sirota | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics
Just because the media and Obama say Bernanke was responsible for "avoiding a depression," don't simply accept that as truth.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics
The decision by President Barack Obama to nominate Ben Bernanke for a second term as chairman of the Federal Reserve has been greeted with a type of h...
Sen. Bernie Sanders | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics
At town hall meetings I've hosted in Vermont we proved something that makes us proud. We live in a state where people can have different points of view, but can listen to each other and treat each other with respect.
Dr. Jon LaPook | Posted 09.20.2009 | Living
Last weekend I was in Vermont on vacation when I heard that Senator Bernie Sanders was hosting a town meeting on health care. I grabbed my video camera and went to the meeting.
Jo Procter | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics
From Fox to MSNBC to NPR, the media has shown that last week's town hall meetings on health care drew hecklers. I went to Senator Sander's meeting with a bit of trepidation.
Mike Lux | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics