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Sanders campaign to ask for ‘partial recanvass’ of Iowa results Help us cover the critical issues of 2020. Consider making a contribution 3.16pm GMT With just one day to go until the New Hampshire primary, the New York Times is out with a new report on why and how the Iowa caucuses became such a […] More
I support Sanders because I believe his campaign is currently the best hope for helping marginalized Americans In 1977 I co-authored the Combahee River Collective Statement – a document that emphasized the overlapping forms of economic and social oppression faced by black women. The Combahee Statement coined the term “identity politics”, and it was instrumental […] More
What the presidential hopefuls and their teams are eating on the campaign trail – and what it tells us about them If the Democratic primaries were a sporting event, they would look something like an ultra-marathon followed by a series of punishing wind sprints. Campaign staff spend a full year door-knocking, phone-banking and organizing in […] More
Senator, who trails Pete Buttigieg by just two delegates, plans to ask for tally to be checked Bernie Sanders’ campaign plans to ask for a “partial recanvass” of the results of last week’s Iowa caucuses. A campaign aide confirmed the plans on Sunday night, ahead of a Monday deadline for candidates to ask the Iowa […] More
Sanders maintains lead over other candidates, according to CNN poll, while Biden under pressure to revive campaign Leading Democratic presidential candidates have stepped up attacks against each other ahead of the New Hampshire primary, with Joe Biden saying Bernie Sanders’ democratic socialism would turn off voters in moderate states in a general election against Donald […] More
In a break from Obama’s big-tech data-gathering era, Bernie Sanders’ team prizes trust and empowerment The Iowa caucuses this week were a tale of two political technologies. There was Shadow Inc’s disastrous app for tallying votes, funded by a team drawn from Obama-era politics and technology, which failed due to impossible timelines, a lack of […] More
Sabirah Mahmud was in a Biden video. Ayanna Lee was in an ad for Warren. Neither of them consented, nor do they support those candidates With the 2020 election well under way in the US, political advertisements with messages of hope and inclusivity have been flooding social media feeds and inboxes all across the country. […] More
Democratic presidential candidates clashed in a televised debate in New Hampshire on Friday night at the end of a week dominated by the Iowa caucuses chaos and Donald Trump’s acquittal. Attacks were focused against Pete Buttigieg and Bernie Sanders, the two candidates who declared victory in Iowa, as the hottest topics discussed were healthcare and race Democratic […] More
