Bernie Sanders Archives

Economics

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Bernie Sanders, and Elizabeth Warren Each Want to Tax Millionaires Differently

Three prominent progressives all want to tax the wealthy to reduce income inequality, not just raise revenues. But their plans are different in key ways.

Dwyer Gunn

Social Justice

Eyeglasses Can Increase a Politician’s Appeal

New research finds Americans associate them with intelligence.

Tom Jacobs

Andrew Wheeler answers senators' questions during his confirmation hearing to be the next administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on January 16th, 2019, in Washington, D.C.

News in Brief

Senators Grill Trump’s Nominee to Head the Environmental Protection Agency

As acting administrator, Andrew Wheeler has worked to ease environmental regulation.

Francie Diep

PS Picks: Sacha Baron Cohen’s ‘Who Is America?’

PS Picks is a selection of the best things that the magazine's staff and contributors are reading, watching, or otherwise paying attention to in the worlds of art, politics, and culture.

Ben Rowen

A woman displays the Puerto Rican flag in in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on May 2nd, 2018.

News in Brief

Could a New Bill Free Puerto Rico From Its Debt?

On the 120th anniversary of America's colonization of the island, a group of senators introduced a bill to cancel Puerto Rico's debt obligations.

Jack Herrera

Thousands of people gather to hear Democratic presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) during a campaign rally at the Prince William County Fairground on September 14th, 2015, in Virginia.

Letter From Morgantown, West Virginia: On the Ground at Bernie Sanders’ Rally of the Sick

Even though a majority of West Virginians see government health care as fundamentally un-American, even evil, they know the Affordable Care Act is saving lives every day.

Sarah Menkedick

News in Brief

A Slight Majority of Americans Now Support Single-Payer Health Care

A Kaiser Family Foundation poll shows Americans support a more inclusive health-care system.

Ashley Hackett

Social Justice

Moving Left Won’t Guarantee Victory for Democrats—but Expanding the Franchise Will Help

Why fighting voter suppression and expanding the rolls matter more than achieving progressive purity.

Noah Berlatsky

Senator Bernie Sanders leaves after speaking during a rally against the Republican tax plan on December 13th, 2017, in Washington, D.C.

News in Brief

How Democrats Are Reshaping Their Party

Over the past year, the Democratic Unity Reform Commission has been trying to tackle the party's contentious nomination process. But who stands to benefit from any changes?

Seth Masket