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Joe Biden Former vice-president crosses delegate threshold in latest round of primaries as he campaigns largely from home Joe Biden speaks about Donald Trump’s response to protests across the US, in Philadelphia on Tuesday. Photograph: Joshua Roberts/Reuters Joe Biden has officially captured the Democratic presidential nomination, crossing the delegate threshold to represent the party in […] More
Republicans, including the president, have opposed the additional funds. But their expiration could bring ‘incredible suffering’ Coronavirus – latest US updates Coronavirus – latest global updates People wait in line to get care packages with food donations from the Food Bank for New York City in Brooklyn on 15 May. Photograph: Alba Vigaray/EPA James Phillips […] More
For at least the past 30 years, the strategy of the Democratic Party in the US has consistently focused solely on winning elections by arguing that its oligarchic loyalties are less servile than those of the Republicans. Since Bill Clinton’s presidency in the 1990s, the party has never strayed from that orientation, even after repeatedly […] More
Former Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has said he thinks his supporters will vote for Joe Biden in November’s US election, despite a former aide’s warning that Biden was not consolidating Sanders supporters. In a memo released last week, former Sanders adviser Jeff Weaver said Sanders supporters were “currently unsupportive and unenthusiastic” about Biden and […] More
The fight is on for progressives to push Biden to the left. They might just win Progressives should know that Biden does not have a set ideology – which means his policies are still very much in flux and in play ‘It is true that Biden was never a very progressive Democrat, but neither was […] More
The fight to vote New York Critics had said decision to call off presidential primary amounted to voter suppression, and could alienate Sanders supporters A supporter waves Bernie Sanders signs during the ‘Bernie’s Back’ rally in Queens, New York, on 19 October 2019. Photograph: Yana Paskova/Reuters A federal judge has reinstated New York’s June Democratic […] More
The Democratic Party in the US has once again undertaken its mission to remove the biggest obstacle to achieving the promise of efficiency in democratic government. It consists of preventing people — in this case, its own voters — from having a voice in democracy. Can America’s Progressive Movement Thrive Without Bernie Sanders? READ MORE […] More
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders quit his presidential bid in early April and endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden soon thereafter. Sanders’ campaign suffered heavily from a coalition of his centrist opponents and could never recover from the surprise poor showing on Super Tuesday, making it just a matter of time before he abandoned the race […] More
