[2020 Elections\Bloomberg’s Racism and Misogyny]
Bloomberg was New York City mayor from 2002 to 2013. He presided over the notorious, illegal “Stop-and-Frisk” program. The NYPD conducted more than 5 million stops and interrogations.
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[Action for Opportunity Coalition\Economic Opportunity\Poverty]
Hunger Fee America’s Joel Berg: “Here’s a startling statistic: In the primaries and general elections of 2008, 2012, and 2016, there were more than 50 Presidential candidate debates, yet not a single question on poverty, hunger, or homelessness was asked.”
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[2020 Elections\Democratic Socialism]
Rev. Jackson: “When you think of democratic socialism, remember the programs that Republicans and conservatives and the corporate lobbies denounced as socialistic when they were first considered: Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid…”
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[Future Hope Column]
Glick: It’s time for all good women and men to come to the aid of their country. We are unstoppable, another world is possible. The Bernie Sanders victory in Nevada on Saturday is such a big deal. It is huge. It is historic.
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[Supreme Court News\Comcast Case v. NAAOM]
Senator Harris: “Just one year after the end of the Civil War, Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1866 to remove barriers to contracting and Black economic advancement.“It ensured that newly freed slaves enjoyed the same rights as other citizens. This case threatens to limit the effectiveness of our oldest civil rights law and could prevent countless victims– particularly Black people and people of color– from pursuing claims of race discrimination in our courts.
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[New York News\Criminal Justice]
Despite the growing call to end solitary from community members, the Public Advocate, City Council Members, the Council Speaker, leading presidential candidates, and countless others across the city, state, and country, Mayor de Blasio has said he is “not there yet.” Instead, the Mayor has actively worked to undermine even minimal efforts to reduce solitary.
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[Middle East News]
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, on Saudi war in Yemen: “U.S. logistical support, spare-parts transfers and intelligence sharing for the Saudi dictatorship’s airstrikes make us complicit in this nightmare. By passing our bill earlier this year, the House and Senate have spoken: America’s involvement in Saudi Arabia’s war is unconstitutional and must end immediately.”
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