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Bernie Sanders, the Method Man of Democrats, Is Running for President
Unfortunately, like wide-legged denim, choker necklaces and whooping cough, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is back. On Tuesday, America’s favorite Uber driver announced that he’s running for president in 2020 after suffering defeat to the insufferable Hillary Clinton in 2016. “I am asking you to join me today as part of an unprecedented and historic grassroots…
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Hey, Bernie Sanders Can You STFU After the SOTU and Let Stacey Abrams Shine?
I thought after the “Bernie Bros.” reportedly ditched their liberal persona and voted for Donald Trump in an effort to “bern” Hillary Clinton that everyone had learned their lesson and informally agreed to play nice. As it stands, we’ve got an orange demigod in the White House who needs to be sent packing in 2020.…
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Bernie Sanders Didn't Mean to Tell the Truth
Every once in a while, some combination of external circumstance and internal conviction force the truth out of the mouths of our politicians. Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, during an interview with the Daily Beast, let slip an important nugget of truth lost on the majority of the electorate: Racist voters cost black candidates. “You know,”…
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Bernie Sanders Takes on Unjust Cash Bail System, but Still Doesn't Make Direct Connection to Institutional Racism
In a bold attempt to correct a major flaw in America’s criminal (in)justice system, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) introduced a bill Wednesday that would end cash bail at the federal level and incentivize states that follow suit. Named the No Money Bail Act, the bill (pdf) would formally end the use of secured bonds in…
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The Progressive Revolution Is Being Led by a Black Woman
If Nina Turner is tired and stressed out when I catch up with her in April, in her cluttered, Washington, D.C., office at Our Revolution, she doesn’t show it. She rarely works less than 12 hours a day, and her hectic schedule essentially keeps her on a plane; she has just flown into D.C. after…
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Bernie Sanders Is Trying to Get Race Right
One of the biggest criticisms against Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in 2016 was that he didn’t talk enough about race and racism. While he was ever cognizant and well-read on the intricacies of economic inequality, Sanders’ racial analysis, in comparison, was severely lacking for the most part. But on Friday at an invitation-only roundtable focused…
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Lowndes County, Ala.: The Place God Forgot
"It seems like everybody forgot about Lowndes County ... even God.”
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Bernie Sanders Spoke to a Crowd of Black Folks and He Didn’t Screw It Up This Time
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) not only rocked the house here at the National Action Network Convention on Friday morning but also may have been the crowd favorite among politicians who’d stopped by over the past three days. Audience members shouted, “Ber-nie! Ber-nie!” as the Rev. Al Sharpton escorted him to the podium. The atmosphere had…
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Bernie Sanders Agrees With Cardi B’s Money Moves
The people’s champ, Sen. Bernie Sanders, isn’t a stranger to rap; he’s name-checked Jay-Z and kicks it with Run the Jewels rapper-turned-unlikely National Rifle Association pitchman Killer Mike. And now the liberal politician has retweeted the empress of now and snatcher of hip-hop fitteds: Cardi B. Sanders endorsed Cardi B’s statement about former President Franklin…