Bernie Sanders

Howard Schultz Gets Roasted More than Starbucks Beans by Senators

by Kim Kelly

The CEO's reluctance to appear before a Senate Committee was made clear when Senator Bernie Sanders, labor law experts, and Starbucks workers confronted him with allegations that he violated labor laws in seeking to keep the coffee chain union-free. 

In a Final Act, Can Bernie Sanders Make Senate Hearings a Catalyst for Left Populism?

If the Vermont Senator has failed to win the presidency or to rally the Democratic establishment to his positions, he may yet be able to force CEOs to answer questions publicly about how their business practices harm workers, consumers, and the environment. Will it inspire a left turn in the electorate? 

Sanders, Jayapal Introduce Bill to Make College Tuition-Free for Many Americans

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) introduced legislation on Wednesday to make college tuition free for many Americans, a policy that would be paid for by a tax on Wall Street. 

Thomas Frank On How Populism Can Save America

"The consensus intellectuals of the ’50s plucked the term from 19th-century obscurity and redefined it. It is their redefinition that is still with us today."

Will Capitalist Consumer Culture Absorb Another Generation of Protest?

by Walter G. Moss

Do recent protests against the symbols of racism--monuments and statues--reflect a political movement that can easily be absorbed by today's multicultural corporations, or will that energy sustain a push to fundamentally reform American capitalism too? 

Did Gender Keep Democratic Women From Winning The Presidential Primary?

Gender was definitely a factor in this year's Democratic primaries. How could it not be after what the party has seen over the past four years? But the ways in which attitudes about gender impacted the outcome are varied and, of course, more than a bit complicated.

Bernie Offered Us the Future. Why did He Fail—and What did We Forfeit?

by Moshik Temkin

Because his support is so concentrated among the young, and because the problems he vowed to fight will only get worse whether Trump or Biden wins, this movement is only likely to grow, and its next leaders might eventually succeed where he failed.

Bernie Sanders’s Campaign is Over, But His Populist Ideas Will Survive

by Robert Mitchell

Suspending his presidential campaign might be the best way to advance Sanders’s movement, but it could leave some supporters bitter.

Updated 4/15: Bernie Sanders Ends 2020 Campaign, Historians Respond

by HNN Staff

Online discussion of Sanders's decision to end his campaign and endorse Joe Biden, and what's next for the Democrats.

Reality Has Endorsed Bernie Sanders

by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

American life has been suddenly and dramatically upended, and, when things are turned upside down, the bottom is brought to the surface and exposed to the light.

A Word to My Fellow Progressives: Lessons of the 2020 Democratic Primary

by Andrew Meyer

This year feels to many progressives like a lost opportunity. With Joseph Biden seemingly certain to win the Democratic nomiatuion, what can progressives learn and apply to the future from the experience of 2020?

Campaign Signals Sanders May Be Open To Exit

New signs emerged of communication between the two camps as some Democrats hoped for a swift end to a bruising primary.

The Generational Dispute Over the ‘Safe’ Choice for President

by David Walsh

Millennials and Generation Z may have more in common with their grandparents and great-grandparents than their parents.

Why Sanders Isn’t Winning Over Black Voters

by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

For millions, even when government “works” it is not working for them.

Did America Misjudge Bernie Sanders? Or Did He Misjudge America?

by Robert Draper

Throughout his insurgent campaign, he remained steadfast in his radical vision—and forced a reckoning for the Democratic Party.

Winners and Losers from the Bernie Sanders-Joe Biden Debate

Biden drove home the point that he would be a steady, pragmatic hand at an uncertain time.

Bye Bye Bernie

According to our experts, Bernie Sanders may not have won the debate, or the 2020 Democratic primary. But he changed his party, and Joe Biden, for the better.

Historians on Bernie and Biden's Head to Head Debate

What do historians think about the first one on one Democratic debate?

Sanders Bets on Biden Debate Implosion

His rivals have been waiting for more than a year for Biden to wilt under pressure. Sunday’s debate looks like Sanders’ last hope.

Do We Want the Progressive Sanders or the Pragmatist Biden?

by Walter G. Moss

Because his pragmatic style matches more the American tradition, Biden has a better chance of unifying our nation and delivering positive long-range results.