Administration officials called the plan the most significant effort to bring down costs and strengthen the middle class in generations.
Democrats
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Letter to the Editor: ‘Where are the tough, good guys?’
‘The time for pointless intraparty political debates and craven cowardice is over!’
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Democrats and phony politics
The U.S. political duopoly is like professional wrestling with phony villains and phony heroes.
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MN Legislature fails to deliver significant police reform
Last year, legislators passed some police reforms measures after the murder of George Floyd, but much of the police reform has not lasted.
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How new voters, Black women transformed Georgia’s politics
It was Georgia’s changing electorate that put Democrats in office.
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Warnock, Ossoff win Georgia runoffs; Democrats take control of U.S. Senate
In a historic upset, both Democratic candidates Rev. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff have flipped Georgia.
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Georgia Senate races will decide the fate of Biden’s presidency
Voter turnout is reportedly lagging in the more rural and conservative areas of Georgia and is higher in more traditionally Democratic areas of the state.
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In 2020 Black people lose again
This is a deeply racist country, and the Make America Great Again theme still resonates for millions of people.
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Congresswoman, South Central residents bewildered by Ice Cube/Trump relationship
‘We can’t say we understand why he would roll like that knowing the damage 45 has done to Black people, to Hispanics, to our women and children.’
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Democrats need bold agenda
The Democrats need to argue the case for the bold agenda that this country desperately needs, and challenge Trump for his policy failures.
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Black voters might hold Democrats accountable for police violence at the polls
The deaths of Black Americans in suspicious or outright brutal circumstances has now become nauseatingly prevalent,.
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Tom Perez wins DNC chairmanship over Keith Ellison
Former Labor Secretary Tom Perez bested Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) to become Democratic National Committee (DNC) chairman Feb. 25 at the party’s winter meeting in Atlanta, Georgia. Ellison came up short in the second-ballot tally with 200 votes to Perez’ 235. During his acceptance speech, Perez asked to suspend the rules to appoint Ellison deputy chair. Rep. Ellison, the […]
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Trump challenges — can Democrats respond?
Donald Trump spoke truth when he asked Blacks in Milwaukee, Friday, August 19, 2016, what has the Democratic Party done for Blacks, and then appealed to the Black vote by asking, “What the hell have you got to lose?” These are great questions offering a challenge to Black America. The answer to “lose” for both […]
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Black contractors: Democrats take us for granted
While Democrats scramble to secure the African American community’s support post-Obama, Black contractors complain that they are not getting their fair share of the party’s campaign spending. Among $514 million that Democrats spent on consultants during the 2010 and 2012 election cycles, only $8.7 million (just 1.7 percent) went to minorities, according to a June […]