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Donna Brazile: Stronger Together on Labor Day
After serving in the military overseas, my father returned home and worked in construction to support our family. But when an accident with a construction crane left him with a severely injured back, it took him a year and a half to recover—without workers’ compensation. As one of his nine children, I remember how badly…
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Congress, Give Us a New Voting Rights Act
In a piece at CNN, Donna Brazile argues that it is up to President Obama to convince Congress to restore the Voting Rights Act, which has been gutted by the Supreme Court. The challenge, however, will be mustering bipartisan support in a deeply divided Congress. In an earthshaking 1965 speech to Congress and to the nation,…
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Planned Parenthood Target of 'McCarthyism'
In a blog entry at the Daily Beast, Democratic political strategist Donna Brazile determines that the Susan G. Komen funding controversy regarding Planned Parenthood was contrived by right-wing aggressors to remake everything in America in their own image. As the dust begins to clear from the controversy over the Susan G. Komen for the Cure…
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Protect 96-Year-Old Dorothy Cooper's Right to Vote
In her column at CNN, contributor and Democratic strategist Donna Brazile examines the recent spate of voter-identification laws pushed by the Republican Party that could disenfranchise eligible voters. She recounts the story of Dorothy Cooper, 96, of Chattanooga, Tenn., who has effectively been prevented from voting because of the state’s new photo-ID requirement. (CNN) —…
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