2020 Election

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• SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle
  9/12/19
  

  Why do we keep talking about Joe Biden's age?

  by Jonathan Zimmerman

  Age is seen as a weakness that we unfairly ascribe to millions of people. And that prejudice enfeebles all of us, no matter how old we are.

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• 9/15/19
  

  Autocrats do not need a majority to destroy democracy. A divided opposition helps them.

  by Claudia Koonz

  Trump is not a despot. But neither were Mussolini and Hitler early on.

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• 9/8/19
  

  The American Left Needs a Contemporary Thad Stevens

  by Van Gosse

  Protest, “resistance,” and speaking truth to power are no longer enough. Leftists need to think about how to wield power in our complex political system and Thad Stevens offers a valuable blueprint. 

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• 9/8/19
  

  The Democratic Presidential Candidates’ Ivy League Problem – and the Party Divide It Signals

  by Daniel K. Williams

  Every Democratic presidential nominee for the past thirty years has had a degree from either Harvard or Yale. 

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  8/27/19
  

  Democratic candidates are finally talking about domestic terrorism. Here’s why that matters.

  by Alaina E. Roberts

  When Beto O’Rourke referred to the Tulsa massacre, he was correcting the record on racial violence.

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• 8/11/2019
  

  We Need a Unifier in 2020

  by Walter G. Moss

  Many of America's enlightened leaders have advised against divisive politics. In 2020, we would do well to remember that.

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  8/7/2019
  

  What 1860 and 1968 can teach America about the 2020 presidential election

  There are lessons that can be learned from examining this election’s parallels with two previous presidential elections – 1860 and 1968 – both of which left America deeply divided.

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• 8/6/19
  

  The Constant Threat of Mass Shootings Requires Increased Protection for Presidential Contenders

  by Ronald L. Feinman

  In the not-so-distant past, two presidential candidates running for office in the midst of American chaos and division were shot.

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  7/30/19
  

  How did the presidential campaign get to be so long?

  by Rachel Caufield

  While other countries set strict limits on the length of campaigns, American presidential races have become drawn-out, yearslong affairs. It wasn’t always this way.

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• 7/28/19
  

  Joe Biden is a Product of His Time

  by Donne Levy

  When assessing past attitudes, it is important to recognize that most people are influenced by the thinking of the day.

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• SOURCE: CNN
  7/24/19
  

  2020 election is a test America can't afford to fail

  by Nicole Hemmer

  If the American system re-elects Trump, then something is deeply wrong with either our system or ourselves.

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• 7/28/19
  

  Dear Moderators of the Presidential Debates: How About Raising the Issue of How to Avert Nuclear War?

  by Lawrence Wittner

  That question might seem overwrought but, in fact, the U.S. government and others are increasing the role that nuclear weapons play in their “national security” policies. 

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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.”