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April 21, 2016

Commentary

Do Black Candidates Matter to Progressives?

By Sharon Kyle, JD Editorial Board

the only thing as white as a room full of Republicans is a room full of progressives.

I'm a progressive. When California holds its primary election, I’m voting for Bernie Sanders. As a Black woman, Bernie’s unwavering stance on so many issues impacting…

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The African World

Why Progressives Need a National Electoral Strategy—and Fast

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. Editorial Board

when most progressives think about electoral politics they think less about strategy and more about a particular candidacy or set of candidacies, more often than not candidacies that have not emerged out of the progressive movements.

Every electoral cycle gives me the sense of “Groundhog Day” within progressive circles. It feels as if the same discussion take places over and again. No…

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