Tag: Bernie Sanders

"Short term, I hope that we can work with the Republicans to end the absurdity of us paying the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs. Longer term we need a Medicare for all, and I will introduce that once this debate is over."

Sanders continues to call for transparency and for Democrats to “do everything they can” to keep the bill from passing.

Like it or not, the battle over the future of the Democratic Party – including what kind of presidential nominee the party should have in 2020 – is already underway.

The debate within the party isn’t a diversion or a liability. It is a necessary step to recovery.

In the wake of the Virginia primary contests, it’s time to evaluate the strategy of Our Revolution.

Criticizing the Democrats and ditching them are two entirely different things.

“This is not going to work, even if I win, based on one person winning one race. It’s going to work by building a movement that is everywhere.”

“There’s an enormous potential to improve peoples’ lives; on the other hand there’s an opening for an austerity economy where everybody but the top one percent gets poorer.”

From California to Massachusetts, a grassroots revolt from the left is wresting control of the party away from the corporate establishment.

In times when Washington is unlikely to agree on much, employee ownership offers a bipartisan approach toward building a stronger and more just economy.