We need major reforms in the H-1B program

By: Sen. Bernie Sanders;ย Manchester Journal There has been a lot of discussion lately about the H-1B guest worker program. Elon Musk and a number of other billionaire tech company owners have argued that this federal program is vital to our economy because of the scarcity of highly skilled American engineers and other tech workers. I disagree. The main function of

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Why Iโ€™m voting against the military budget

By: Sen. Bernie Sanders;ย The Guardian While so many Americans struggle to get by, the US is spending record-breaking amounts of money on the military Today in the United States, 60% of our people live paycheck to paycheck, 85 million people are uninsured or underinsured and 21.5m households are paying more than 50% of their income on housing. We have one

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Despair Is Not an Option, So Here’s What We Must Do

By: Sen. Bernie Sanders;ย Common Dreams We have got to take on Trump and the oligarchs. And the best way to do that is to educate and organize, educate and organize. You wonโ€™t hear it discussed in corporate media (for obvious reasons), or on the floor of Congress (for obvious reasons), but the most important issue facing the American people and

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