Bernie Sanders

Bernie Sanders urges Democratic Party to ban AIPAC and super PACs from primaries, pass amendment

Sanders believes that even candidates who support super PAC reforms will continue accepting money from super PACs for use in elections so long as there is benefit to be gained from the arrangement.

US Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks at The People V. The Powerful rally at the Detroit Opera House on July 18, 2026 in Detroit, Michigan. Sanders, US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and others joined El-Sayed to rally the crowds.
Graham Platner speaks to voters at a town hall at the Elks Lodge 188 on June 7, 2026, in Portland, Maine.

Platner suspends Senate campaign, forcing Democrats to pivot in crucial Maine race

US Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) attends a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee confirmation hearing for Casey Means, nominated to serve as the next US Surgeon General, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, February 25, 2026.

Bernie Sanders urges Platner to quit Maine Senate race as Democrats vie to succeed him

DC MAYORAL candidate Janeese Lewis George prepares for an interview with members of the news media next to a voting site at the Chevy Chase Community Center during DC’s primary voting day in Washington, DC, US, June 16, 2026.

Democratic socialist whose Israel criticism ignited Jewish concern leads DC mayoral primary vote


Sanders won’t be the first Jewish president. Here are 10 who might be

Sanders' withdrawal from the Democratic primaries means America won't be electing a Jewish President this year. But there are other hopefuls on the horizon.

US White House senior adviser Ivanka Trump delivers the keynote address during the Global Women's Forum in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, February 16, 2020.

American Jewish Congress hires former Sanders Jewish outreach director

Joel Rubin will be the advocacy group’s first Washington-based director in a decade.

DEMOCRATIC US presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders rallies with supporters in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, earlier this week.

Bernie Sanders endorses Ilhan Omar's reelection bid

Omar has made waves as one of the faces of the progressive wing of the Democratic Party, and was an outspoken supporter of Sanders in his presidential bid.

Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate and US Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is joined by US Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) at a campaign event in Manchester, New Hampshire, US, December 13, 2019.

AOC annexation letter: Full letter on Israel's West Bank annexation

Below is the full text of the letter.

U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), answers questions from journalists after voting early in the Democratic congressional primary election at the Justice Sonia Sotomayor Community Center in the Bronx borough of New York City, U.S., June 20, 2020

The Sanders forces and Israel

Once it had become clear Sen. Bernie Sanders had lost out for the Democratic Party presidential nomination, many in the pro-Israel establishment breathed a huge sigh of relief. But they shouldn't.

Democratic U.S. presidential candidates Senator Bernie Sanders and former Vice President Joe Biden at the 11th Democratic candidates debate of the 2020 U.S. presidential campaign in Washington, March 15, 2020

Bernie Sanders joins AOC's anti-annexation letter

"We cannot allow US tax dollars to be used to violate Palestinians' human rights," the Senator tweeted

Benjamin Netanyahu; BERNIE SANDERS, one of several US Democratic candidates who spoke at J Street

Sanders slams PAC that ran ugly ad against Engel’s progressive opponent

The PAC’s ad targets Jamaal Bowman, whom Sanders has endorsed, for not paying taxes.

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders speaks during a rally in St Louis, Missouri, U.S., March 9, 2020.

Bernie Sanders endorses Eliot Engel’s opponent Jamaal Bowman for Congress

Engel is a moderate Democrat and a leading pro-Israel voice in Congress who voted against the Iran nuclear deal in 2015.

Jamaal Bowman is running against Eliot Engel for Congress

Stemming the tide of antisemitism in the US

"If people can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.”

Antisemitism in the United States

Sanders’ Jewish outreach director: Our progressive future depends on Biden

'I’m confident that Biden will be able to advance the progressive American Jewish priorities I fought for on behalf of Sen. Sanders.'

Democratic U.S. presidential candidates Senator Bernie Sanders and former Vice President Joe Biden at the 11th Democratic candidates debate of the 2020 U.S. presidential campaign in Washington, March 15, 2020