US dental care crisis: It should not be a luxury to keep your teeth in your mouth

If people donโ€™t receive high-qualityย dentalย care,ย they are in danger of living their lives in severe pain By: Bernie Sanders; Fox News As chairman of theย Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, I recently held a hearing aboutย theย dentalย careย crisisย in the United States. Ahead of that hearing, I asked Americansย fromย across the country to share their experiences withย dentalย careย in our country. The responses poured inย fromย people

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Our Green New Deal for Public Housing is a Win-Win-Win for America

By Sen. Bernie Sanders, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez; MSNBC This legislation addresses four crises facing the country. By Sen. Bernie Sanders, U.S. senator from Vermont and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, representative for New York’s 14th congressional district Itโ€™s no secret that we as a country are facing enormous challenges. We have a national housing crisis. Weโ€™re experiencing the existential threat of climate change. Our health care system is broken and dysfunctional.

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No More US complicity with Netanyahuโ€™s War Machine in Gaza

By Bernie Sanders; Boston Globe    Israel has the right to respond to Hamas. It does not have the right to go to war against the Palestinian people. Itโ€™s difficult to comprehend the severity of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. This war was begun by the brutal Hamas attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, that killed about 1,200 innocent people and

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Bernie Sanders: Itโ€™s Time for a 4-day Work Week

By: Sen. Bernie Sanders; CNN The wealthiest people in this country have never had it so good. While income and wealth inequality in the United States is soaring, more than 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, we have one of the highest rates of childhood poverty among major countries on Earth, and more than 650,000 people are homeless. According to a study by the Rand Corporation, since 1975,

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A Revolution in American Foreign Policy

By: Bernie Sanders; Foreign Affairsย  Replacing Greed, Militarism, and Hypocrisy With Solidarity, Diplomacy, and Human Rights A sad fact about the politics of Washington is that some of the most important issues facing the United States and the world are rarely debated in a serious manner. Nowhere is that more true than in the area of foreign policy. For many

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