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Remembering Charlotta Bass, the First Black Woman to Run for VP in 1952
Journalist and political activist Charlotta Bass joined the Progressive Party ticket in 1952 on an anti-racist platform.
Dying Medicare for All Activist Urges Biden to Adopt Universal Health Care
“Everyone living in America should get the health care they need,” says activist Ady Barkan.
Julián Castro Ran on Police Reform Platform But Wasn’t Asked to Give DNC Address
The Democratic National Convention faces criticism over the lack of diversity in its primetime programming this year.
Rep. Ro Khanna: Democrats Must Support Medicare for All
"I cannot vote for this platform that does not have universal health care as a right,” says Khanna.
Expert: Israel and UAE Deal Is Being Falsely Characterized as a Peace Deal
Rashid Khalidi says the agreement “makes the chance of a just, equitable and sustainable peace much, much, much harder.”
In First Address as VP Candidate, Harris Slams Trump’s Handling of Pandemic
“The case against Donald Trump and Mike Pence is open and shut,” Harris says.
Kamala Harris’s “Top Cop” Record Faces New Scrutiny Amid BLM Protests
There’s a great deal of frustration with Harris amid the largest protest movement in U.S. history.
Lebanon’s Government Resigns Amid Public Rage Over Beirut Blast
Despite public outrage toppling the government, structural change may be harder to attain.
Lebanese Government Faces Collapse Amid Protests Over Blast, Economic Crisis
The Beirut explosion has intensified public outrage over long-standing government dysfunction.
Mary Trump on Her Uncle, President Trump, and Why He Must Be Ousted
Mary Trump discusses the president’s mishandling of the coronavirus pandemic and his long history of lies.