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Is Bernie Sanders the new Teddy Roosevelt?

February 23, 2020 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2016 Election, 2020 Election, Candidates, Democrats Leave a comment

Is Bernie Sanders channeling Teddy Roosevelt? Having recently re-watched Ken Burns’ in-depth biography, The Roosevelts, I am struck by the similarities—both in substance and

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America needs a new vision of foreign policy

May 20, 2016 Adam Levin 2016 Election, Bernie Sanders, Foreign Policy, Hillary Clinton One comment

The 2016 election cycle continues on its baffling way, but foreign policy issues have largely been neglected, with a few exceptions like ISIS. Each

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Sanders, Clinton, Nevada and squabbling liberals

May 19, 2016 Steve Sorkin 2016 Election, Bernie Sanders, Democrats, Hillary Clinton One comment

What happened at the Nevada Democratic Convention is awful and inexcusable, and Sanders needs to apologize; demand that his supporters stop such terrible, hateful,

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10 awesome things we accomplished that were bigger than Medicare-for-All

May 17, 2016 Stacy Mergenthal 2016 Election Leave a comment

Bernie Sanders has some pretty great ideas about what America should look like. Medicare-for-all and tuition-free college are two of his biggest proposals. Those

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Bernie Sanders’ idealism is exactly what we need

January 28, 2016 Susan Cunningham 2016 Election, Democrats, History, Progressive people Leave a comment

As much as I admire economist Paul Krugman, I am disappointed that he has joined the camp of those who believe Americans are no

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Voting rights watch: Is the pendulum swinging back toward democracy?

September 1, 2015 Gloria Shur Bilchik Civil Rights, Democracy, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

It has been very disconcerting to watch voting rights erode in America over the past 30 years or so. For those of us naïve

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Glass-Steagall: Warren and Sanders bring it back into focus

May 13, 2015 Madonna Gauding Congress, Economy, Financial reform 4 comments

Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren are putting a new focus on the Glass-Steagall Act, which was, unfortunately, repealed in 1999 and led directly

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