We’ve all heard plenty from the TV pundits about what happened at the first Democratic primary debate in October 2015. For what it’s worth,
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Media does for Bernie Sanders what it never did for Dennis Kucinich
The first question that Anderson Cooper asked Bernie Sanders was, “A Gallup poll says half the country would not put a socialist in the
National Review compares Bernie Sanders to Nazis: Offensive and inaccurate
Commentators cannot seem to leave the memory of Nazi Germany alone. Nazi comparisons became especially heinous after the 2008 presidential election, when haters compared
TPP: What Bernie Sanders can do and Barack Obama can’t, or won’t
Being a United States Senator from Vermont is a difficult job, but it pales in comparison to being President of the United States. As
Bernie Sanders: Plain-speaking on the death of the middle class
Bernie Sanders–now a declared candidate for President–is not new to the business of truth-telling. The following article, originally published here in 2013, chronicles one
Looking at political behavior from a psychological viewpoint
Gridlock grips the federal government. Polarization further ensnarls our politics. Political scientists and psychologists are digging much more deeply into the field of political
Paul Krugman: Obama’s proposal to cut Social Security is “cruel and stupid”
Paul Krugman writing in the New York Times on December 18: First things first: cutting Social Security benefits is a cruel, stupid policy—just not
Sanders: Devastation awaits working families in the “Gang of 6” deficit reduction plan
What I can say is that I have heard, including from people that you might not expect to hear it from, that if they
The American Health Security Act of 2011
On May 10, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) introduced legislation to provide health care for every American through a Medicare-for-all type single-payer system. Represenative Jim
Bernie Sanders’ progressive deficit-reduction plan
Sen. Bernie Sanders announced on Friday, November 12 that he will work with members of Congress, labor unions, seniors’ organizations, economists and others to