September 11, 2020 / By mobanmarket
A generation of post-millennials is poised to enter the electorate as perhaps the most liberal age cohort ever, fueled by unprecedented diversity and expansive views of the role of government. On issues ranging from the treatment of racial minorities to climate change to diversity in society, the post-millennial generation — dubbed Generation Z by demographers — […]
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-CortezAlexandria Ocasio-CortezAttorney says 75-year-old man shoved by Buffalo police suffered brain injury How language is bringing down Donald Trump Highest-circulation Kentucky newspaper endorses Charles Booker in Senate race MORE (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday ripped former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz over his possible independent presidential bid, suggesting his lack of political experience pointed to a […]
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A campaign manager of a failed judicial campaign in Nevada wrote that his candidate lost because it was a “difficult year to be a man and defeat a woman.” David Thomas wrote in a letter that Mark Bailus’s loss to his female opponent, Mary Kay Holthus, was a result of the political climate, The Las Vegas […]
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Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) on Tuesday endorsed his colleague Sen. Bernie SandersBernie SandersThe Hill’s 12:30 Report: Milley apologizes for church photo-op Harris grapples with defund the police movement amid veep talk Biden courts younger voters — who have been a weakness MORE (I-Vt.) for president, hours after Sanders announced his candidacy. “We have a strong field of […]
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Massive camps are being built in Assam, India to house 1.9 million people in the state whose citizenship is now in question due to the country’s National Register of Citizens (NRC) law. The NRC requires people who the government suspects of migrating illegally into India to prove their citizenship and family ties to the country […]
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A Democratic Senate primary battle in Massachusetts is raising the hackles of climate activists, who feel that Rep. Joe Kennedy’s challenge to Sen. Edward Markey is putting a target on one of the lawmakers most in touch with the danger of the climate crisis. “Running against Ed Markey is running against the climate change movement,” […]
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At the first-ever Youth Climate Action Summit at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Saturday, climate leader Greta Thunberg was joined by more than 600 young activists who were able to appeal directly to the U.N. secretary-general a day after helping to galvanize an estimated total of four million people at the Global Climate […]
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit dismissed an appeal by former wrestlers suing WWE for claiming the company didn’t protect them from repeated head injuries and concussions that could have resulted in CTE and other physical and mental health ailments. In doing so, they affirmed the ruling by a Connecticut district court […]
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Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was declared the recipient of the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday morning. The Nobel committee said the prize was awarded to Ahmed for his “efforts to achieve peace and international cooperation, and in particular for his decisive initiative to resolve the border conflict with neighbouring Eritrea.” According to the […]
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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey on Wednesday announced that the social media site would no longer have paid political advertisements, a move sure to shake up the digital landscape that earned him praise from progressives. “Wow,” tweeted activist Edward Snowden. “Big move by @jack, and a bigger contrast to @Facebook’s increasingly problematic policy positions.” In a series of […]
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