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Feb 27 2020
News
3 in 4 Democrats would support a socialist for president: poll
As the Democratic Party primary field lurches to the left on a number of policy issues, it is being reflected among Democratic voters -- with three in four Democrats saying they would back a socialist for president, according to a new poll released this month.
The Gallup poll found that 76 percent of Democratic voters would vote for a socialist. Only 17 percent of Republicans say they
Fox News (Online News)Jun 20 2019
News
The 2020 Nevada caucuses — and growing political power of the West — explained
The diverse, working-class state of Nevada is a key 2020 battleground.
Las Vegas, a town known for its glitzy casinos and 24-hour parties, is becoming a top destination for a deluge of Democratic presidential candidates. Already, Nevadans have received 68 visits from a flock of 2020 Democrats.
In past presidential cycles, Nevada has traditionally been an afterthought, sandwiched
VoxFeb 19 2020
Opinion
It’s time to give the elites a bigger say in choosing the president
Only a fraction of the Democratic primary electorate has voted so far, but the nomination season is off to a rocky start. Independent Bernie Sanders seems to be leading in popular votes, while upstart Pete Buttigieg is ahead in the delegate count. And there’s also the question of whether either one — or any of the other candidates — can bring the party together moving forward.
The
Washington PostApr 17 2020
News
Isolated from peers, teens find new paths to community amid pandemic
The pandemic lockdown is depriving teenagers of their social groups and casting a shadow over their college and job futures. How can parents help teens cope with the isolation and uncertainty?
Isabella Flood Wallin, a sophomore in the suburbs of Seattle, misses her freedom.
She’d take a bus to school and use it to move freely around the city, going with her friends to the
Christian Science MonitorJun 13 2019
News
Latest Polling and Dems 2020 Update
On Tuesday, Quinnipiac released a poll in which “several Democratic challengers lead President Donald Trump, with former Vice President Joseph Biden ahead 53 - 40 percent.” (Quinnipiac)
Last Thursday, Democratic candidate Joe Biden “declared that he no longer supports a long-standing congressional ban on using federal health care money to pay for abortions.” This came days after his
The Flip SideMar 13 2016
News
Cruz Takes Delegates in Wyoming, and Rubio Wins in Washington, D.C.
Senator Ted Cruz won the most delegates awarded in the Wyoming Republican conventions on Saturday, while Senator Marco Rubio narrowly beat Gov. John Kasich in Washington, D.C., on the last day of voting before Tuesday’s make-or-break primaries in five large states.
Hillary Clinton prevailed in the Northern Mariana Islands, the only Democratic contest of the day. In Guam, Republicans
New York Times (News)Apr 25 2015
News
Bill Clinton Steps Down From Position at Laureate International Universities
Former President Bill Clinton’s role at a for-profit higher education company will end Friday, just as his wife has begun questioning some of the industry’s practices from the campaign trail.
Since 2010, Clinton has been honorary chancellor of Laureate International Universities, part of Laureate Education Inc. the world’s largest chain of for-profit colleges. His departure has nothing
Breitbart NewsOct 04 2015
News
Donald Trump: Obama ‘great divider’ on guns
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump on Sunday said that President Obama made himself a “great divider” of Americans by pushing for more gun-control laws in response to last week’s mass shooting at an Oregon community college.
“He’s a great divider and, you know, you have a big issue between the Second Amendment folks and the non-Second Amendment folks, and he is a non-
Washington TimesApr 11 2015
News
The ghost of Lehman Brothers haunts American higher education
The ghost of Lehman Brothers is still haunting colleges and universities around the country, continuing to extract money from institutions even though the financial firm itself is long dead.
When Lehman Brothers Holdings declared bankruptcy in 2008, it was the fourth largest investment bank in the United States. The giant’s collapse was felt in all corners of the global economy, but at
SalonOct 24 2019
News
When Will the Democratic Presidential Primary Finally Slim Down?
The 2020 Democratic presidential primary features the largest field of candidates in modern electoral history. But the field is also narrowing faster than in previous campaigns. About a quarter of candidates who entered the race have already ended their campaigns. That is double the 1976-2016 median rate of 12% who had quit running at this point in the campaign, 100 days ahead of the Iowa
Wall Street Journal (News)