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Biden: ‘I’m part of a movement to elect Biden’ not stop Bernie Sanders
In a web exclusive part of Lawrence OâDonnellâs interview with Joe Biden, Biden talks about his plan to lead Democrats to victory in November. He also reacts to the fallout from Donald Trumpâs deal with the Taliban.
Black voters seek to flex political power on Super Tuesday – San Antonio Express-News
HOUSTON (AP) — Martha Whiting-Goddard believes there’s power in voting — she’s seen it firsthand. Her great-grandfather, the Rev. John Henry “Jack” Yates, was one of a handful of freed slaves who founded Antioch Missionary Baptist Church in 1866, Houston’s oldest African American Baptist church. The church has historically helped shape the city’s political discourse, ushering powerful African American political leaders through its doors such as Booker T. Washington and women’s suffrage movement organizers. Parishioners here are planning to band together again Tuesday to shape the course of American history. They are heading to the polls to decide which Democrat should take on President Donald Trump in the fall in what many black voters say is the most important election of their lifetimes. The Super Tuesday contest in Texas and a swath of other states with substantial black populations are the biggest opportunity yet for minority voters from coast to coast to weigh in on the tumultuous Democratic primary. And for people like Whiting-Goddard, it’s a reminder of their power. “For black people, we have someone in power that’s kind of put us back in time and so we need to look to the future,” the 70-year-old said. “Voting was the one right that we recognized long ago that we had that was important.” Black voters have already helped transform the Democratic race. Nearly two thirds of non-white voters in South Carolina backed Joe Biden on Saturday, according to AP VoteCast, a wide-ranging survey of more than 1,400 voters in the state’s Democratic primary. They revived what had been a lagging campaign into one that has quickly emerged as the leading moderate alternative to progressive Bernie Sanders. Biden is looking to Houston to help keep the…
First on CNN: Deval Patrick ends 2020 presidential campaign
Deval Patrick, the former Massachusetts governor who in November made a late entrance into the Democratic 2020 race, ended his campaign on Wednesday, according to a statement provided to CNN.
Biden wins South Carolina, aims for Super Tuesday momentum
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Joe Biden scored a thundering victory Saturday in South Carolina’s Democratic primary on the strength of African American support, a decisive win that could force moderate…
Opinion | Toddlers eat shiny objects. Does Trump understand that?
Under the Trump administration, safety standards no longer include foreseeable misuse of products like trendy desk magnets. Will Congress change the law to protect children?
Pete Buttigieg’s next test: Winning over minority voters
So far, Pete Buttigieg has made it look easy. The once little-known former mayor of a midsize Midwestern city vaulted over a former vice president and several U.S. senators in the Iowa…
First on CNN: Deval Patrick ends 2020 presidential campaign
Deval Patrick, the former Massachusetts governor who in November made a late entrance into the Democratic 2020 race, ended his campaign on Wednesday, according to a statement provided to CNN.
The Case For Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren doesn’t reject incremental improvements while pressing for big structural change, writes Julie Wittes Schlack.