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Ridin' Solo: Cory Booker May Be 'Boo'd Up' But It's Not Too Late to Appeal to Us Single Folk
When Cory Booker announced he was running for president, a lot of fodder was made about his status. His marital status. As in, he is single and America hasn’t had a bachelor president since Grover Cleveland, the 22nd and 24th president, who married while in office. Booker, to his credit, has tried to appeal to…
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Omar, Tlaib and Booker Hit With Death Threats, Feds Say in Case Against Florida Man
A Florida man has been charged with making death threats against prominent Democratic officials, including Sen. Cory Booker, and Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, and spewing hateful invective against blacks, Muslims and immigrants in a series of phone calls. John Kless, 49, of the Fort Lauderdale area, faces up to five years in prison…
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Cory Booker Proposes Getting a Day Off to Get Your Vote On
Saying there is a need for a “new Voting Rights Act,” U.S. Sen. Cory Booker promised a number of voting reforms if he became president in 2020, including making Election Day a national holiday and restoring the voting rights of ex-felons. “During my presidency, we will fight to protect and expand every American’s right to…
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Newark Residents Hope Cory Booker Will Represent Them In The White House
NEWARK—Kim Barnes voted for Cory Booker both times he successfully ran for mayor of Newark, the mostly black city here in New Jersey where the now senator is holding his hometown presidential campaign celebration. For Barnes, Booker is a native son, someone she remembers as never “forgetting where he came from.” For Barnes, it is…
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Cory Booker Addresses Whether Democratic Leadership Is Supporting Progressive Congresswomen Enough
In an excerpt from an interview with The Root, U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) acknowledged that some of the new congresswomen of color have been facing discrimination when he was asked if the Democratic leadership needed to do a better job of supporting progressive women of color like Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) The freshman congresswoman…
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Georgetown Students Agree to Pay Reparations. No, Really
Welcome to 2019—where whole-ass cities are suing their citizens for allegedly beating themselves up, affluent white folks are fucking off their privilege by scamming universities, a black kid from Atlanta has resurrected country music, and reparations are somehow trending without the need of a hashtag. But while presidential hopefuls such as U.S. Sen. Cory Booker…
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Make It Last Forever: Cory Booker Says Relationship With Rosario Dawson Is the Real Deal
Last month, senator and presidential hopeful Cory Booker teased the possibility of meeting actress Rosario Dawson at the White House altar in her white dress (or whatever coloring of dress she chooses). Now he’s doubling down on his declarations of love for Ms. Dawson, telling a New York morning show that the couple is looking at…
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Cory Booker Shares Frustrations Over Presidential Candidates’ Focus on Race When Talking to Black Voters
“I call out racism, not just when I’m running for president. I want those candidates who are in this race who are calling out that racism when they speak to black audiences…to go to white churches and call it out. Not when you’re speaking to black audiences or a black interview. I want you to…
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Exclusive: Sen. Cory Booker Introduces Senate Bill to Study Reparations
Presidential candidate and U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) told The Root in an exclusive, hour-long interview at his home in Newark, N.J., that he unequivocally supports reparations for black people and that he is introducing a Senate version of the House bill on Monday that will form a commission to study reparations. Booker’s bill, Commission…
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Beto O'Rouke on Reparations: 'I Would Sign That Into Law'
Thus far, the list of Democratic candidates who could very well be our next president is lengthy. Bernie Sanders has returned from the grave to throw his name back in the hat, Cory Booker has proven himself a viable candidate—or not, and Kamala Harris has been spreading the gospel of truth, leadership and optimism wherever…