Congress just made our healthcare system worse — Here’s the fix
By: Sen. Bernie Sanders; Fox News After 43 days, the government shutdown has ended. After President Donald Trump illegally and cruelly cut off SNAP benefits to desperate Americans, including 16 million children, 42 million frightened people will again be able to put food on their tables. Federal employees will get paid. And, hopefully, airline schedules will return to normal. But, here’s
AI must benefit everyone, not just a handful of billionaires
By: Sen. Bernie Sanders; Fox News Everybody agrees that artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics are going to have a transformative impact on our country and the world. There are strong disagreements, however, as to what those impacts will be — who will benefit from them and who will be hurt. One thing is for sure. This is an enormously important issue
The American System is Badly Broken
By: Sen. Bernie Sanders; The Guardian Let’s take a deep breath and, for one moment, forget about Donald Trump, Jimmy Kimmel, the UN, Charlie Kirk, Gaza, a government shutdown and the other crises that we face. Let’s talk instead about the reality which the corporately-controlled media and the corporately-controlled political system don’t talk about very much. What we are witnessing right
It Is Genocide
Hamas, a terrorist organization, began this war with its brutal attack on October 7, 2023, which killed 1,200 innocent people and took 250 hostages. Israel, as any other country, had a right to defend itself from Hamas. But, over the last two years, Israel has not simply defended itself against Hamas. Instead, it has waged an all-out war against the
RFK Jr.’s Dangerous Designs for Public Health
Sen. Bernie Sanders; Wall Street Journal Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. writes that “We’re Restoring Public Trust in the CDC” (op-ed, Sept. 3). That would be laughable if it weren’t dangerously wrong. In my view, Mr. Kennedy is waging a war against science and the well-being of the American people. Let’s not forget. At the height of the Covid pandemic, we were