2020 presidential race
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In First Debate, Democrats Say They’re All for Change, but Argue Over How Far to Go and at What Cost
In the Democrats’ first presidential primary debate Wednesday night, the candidates each hit on the need for change, but showed differences about how they would achieve such change and on how far such change should go. U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, asked whether her economic policies — i.e., free college, free child care, cancellation…
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Does Kamala Harris Have a Working-Class Black Man Problem? It's Complicated
It didn’t seem to be that controversial of a statement given the data. Since the Donald Trump presidency; the Georgia governor’s race; the St. Louis mayoral race and others, a certain number of black men have been sneaking back into the Sunken Place voting booth. Whether it’s partisanship, misogyny, or vague notions of “electability,” research…
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Cory Booker Secures 12 Co-Sponsors for Reparations Bill
Presidential candidate and U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) has secured 12 co-sponsors for his reparations bill, according to an announcement the senator’s office released exclusively to The Root. The bill, officially titled, “HR 40 Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act (pdf),” would establish a commission to study the impact of slavery…
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New Survey Says: Politicians Don’t Care About Black People
Tired of politicians talking at, about, but never to, black people, a bevy of organizations joined to conduct the largest survey of black people in the United States since Reconstruction, entitled More Black than Blue: Politics + Power in the 2019 Black Census. The Black Census will be the first in a series of reports…
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Biden’s World: Joe Flexing a Commanding Lead in New Poll
Americans know a mediocre thing when they see one, and they’re warming up to warming up 2015’s leftovers for the Oval Office, according to a new poll. If the numbers are to be believed, the “NBA Jam” announcer could soon inform us that the former Delaware congressman is on fire. In a poll conducted by…
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Cue Shock and Awe: New Poll Reveals White Evangelicals Are the Most Islamophobic Religious Group, Love Trump
Considering white Evangelicals use MAGA hats as bookmarks for their bibles, it should come as no surprise that a new poll has deemed them the most Islamophobic religious or ethnic group in America. The Institute for Social Policy and Understanding surveyed Muslims, Jews, Catholics, Protestants, white Evangelicals “and those that consider themselves non-affiliated” to “compare…
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Kamala Harris to Corporate America: Give Women Their Fair Share of the Bag or Else
Presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) has a warning for corporations that continue to pay women less than men: Give women the bag they deserve or I’ll snatch coins out of yours. Unless you have been living under a rock, you’ve seen all of the data highlighting how much less women are paid than men.…
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Sooooo Many White Guys
I could be talking about the New England Patriots or the Trump administration or even the Phoebe Robinson Podcast but no, when I’m talking about soooo many white guys, I mean the recent crop of Democrats running for the 2020 nomination. We started with a black man, three white women, Asians and a Latino man…
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Trump: Joe Biden Isn’t Pretty or Smart Enough to Box With the God
President Donald Trump’s old ass is age shaming his potential opponents for the presidency as he believes the only real challengers for the Iron Throne (and no, I’m not talking about Trump’s special toilet) are former Vice President Joe Biden, 76, and America’s favorite substitute teacher, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, 77. Trump’s coming in at…