2020 Election

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• 7/14/19
  

  5 Times Presidents Lost Big in the Midterms But Won (or nearly won) Reelection

  by Donne Levy

  While presidents have previously overcome midterm election losses, Trump isn’t following any of the previously established paths to rebound and win reelection. 

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• 7/17/19
  

  Billionaires and American Politics

  by Lawrence Wittner

  Big money politics in America has always existed, but the influence of billionaires has become increasingly influential in recent years.

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  7/10/19
  

  Democrats’ Ominous Shift on School Segregation

  by Brett Gadsden

  It’s not just Joe Biden—the party has backed away from its commitment to fighting segregation in the public schools.

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  7/6/19
  

  ‘Do You Support Busing?’ Is Not the Best Question

  Issues of educational inequality raised by a 1970s-era practice remain relevant today, but language can obscure what’s really at stake.

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• 7/9/19
  

  The 2020 Election Presents a Unique Opportunity to Elect a “New Generation of Leadership”

  by Ronald L. Feinman

  Promoting change and uniqueness in political leadership could result in higher voter turnout and potentially would enhance efforts to address the challenges of the 21st century.

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• SOURCE: Jezebel
  6/3/2019
  

  On Busing, Joe Biden, and the 'Pervasiveness of White Backlash to School Desegregation'

  Jezebel spoke with Brett Gadsden, a history professor at Northwestern University and the author of Between North and South: Delaware, Desegregation, and the Myth of American Sectionalism about how to understand Biden’s position as part of white backlash to desegregation efforts, the ongoing resegregation of American life, and the reality that, as he put it, “racial segregation is the norm, not the exception.”

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• 7/2/19
  

  The 2020 Election and Presidential Age

  by Ronald L. Feinman

  We could have the oldest President in American history at inauguration with Sanders, Biden or Warren, or the youngest President in American history with Buttigieg, Gabbard, Swalwell or Moulton.

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• SOURCE: Vox
  6/28/2019
  

  Joe Biden’s record on school desegregation busing, explained

  The former vice president once called busing “an asinine policy.”

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• SOURCE: Bustle
  6/30/2019
  

  7 Presidential Campaign Logos That Went Down In History, For Better Or Worse

  Some unforgettable presidential campaign logos from over the years show politics and design are more intertwined than you'd think.

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  6/21/19
  

  Which of the F.D.R. Wannabes Actually Understands New Deal Liberalism?

  by Jonathan Alter

  Suddenly, Franklin D. Roosevelt is all the rage. But many Democrats don’t understand what his legacy means.

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• 6/27/19
  

  What Historians Are Saying: 2020 Election Democratic Primary Debates

  Tweets, retweets, and likes by historians discussing the Democratic Primary Debates.

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• SOURCE: WUSA9
  6/23/19
  

  What not to do at presidential debates: The biggest gaffes in history

  With the debates getting underway on Wednesday, take a look back at some of the biggest gaffes in debate history.

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• 6/23/19
  

  How Estes and Ike Transformed the New Hampshire Primary – And How JFK Defined It

  by Patrick Lacroix

  The New Hampshire primary isn't just important because it's the first presidential primary. 

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• SOURCE: LA Progressive
  6/10/19
  

  How to Select a Democrat to Beat Trump in 2020

  by Walter G. Moss

  In a Democratic presidential candidate for 2020 we want someone who possesses the major wisdom virtues, virtues that will assist him/her to further the common good. In addition, we need someone with a progressive unifying vision. 

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• SOURCE: The New Yorker
  6/10/19
  

  Ta-Nehisi Coates Revisits the Case for Reparations

  “When I wrote ‘The Case for Reparations,’ my notion wasn’t that you could actually get reparations passed, even in my lifetime,” Coates says.

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  5/17/19
  

  Mayor and ‘Foreign Minister’: How Bernie Sanders Brought the Cold War to Burlington

  Referendums, rallies, a trip to Nicaragua — all were part of his effort to infuse left-wing activism into local politics.

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• 5/19/19
  

  From 37 to 79: Age and Presidential Campaigns

  by Ron Faucheux

  When Buttigieg was born, Biden had already served nine years in the U.S. Senate. When Sanders was born, Franklin Roosevelt was president.

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• SOURCE: New Yorker
  4/13/19
  

  How the Presidential Memoir Evolved

  by Jill Lepore

  Jill Lepore on the "Confessions of a Presidential Candidate."

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• 5/5/19
  

  Capitalism? Socialism? How about Just a Fair and Moral Economy?

  by Walter G. Moss

  The terms "capitalism" and "socialism" have too much historical baggage. 

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• 4/30/19
  

  What Historians Are Saying: 2020 Election

  Historians join the conversation on the 2020 presidential race, and other updates.