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Former DNC Chair Howard Dean Recalls His 2003 Run for President
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Former DNC Chair Howard Dean Recalls His 2003 Run for President

Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior CorrespondentFebruary 20, 2020

“First, when you have a foreign government helping one of the parties, that’s a major problem, and it makes it more difficult,” Dean stated. “What Vladimir Putin is trying to do is not so much to support a person, but he’s really trying to eliminate any idea of truth. He’s attacking the country in a very clear and more dangerous way. He’s gone further than they even did during the Cold War. So, these are pretty big problems that we have to figure out how to overcome.”

Will A Woman Be President In 2020?
Dr. Maulana KarengaOpinion

Will A Woman Be President In 2020?

Julianne Malveaux, NNPA Newswire ContributorJanuary 30, 2020

Though polls are not a definitive measure of who will win an election, Warren and Klobuchar tend to poll more weakly than the men in the race – Vice President Biden, Sanders, and former Mayor Pete Buttigieg. Have we come such a long way since 2016 that a woman is electable? Can so-called progressive men who want to get 45 out of the White House overcome their gender bias to vote for a woman?

Considering King In Critical Times: Daring to Oppose War and Practice Peace
Dr. Maulana KarengaOpinion

Considering King In Critical Times: Daring to Oppose War and Practice Peace

Dr. Maulana KarengaJanuary 16, 2020

As we weave our way through the daily dose of lies and illusions, hype, hatred and hypocrisy from the White House, we must constantly question and be actively concerned about the relative sanity and real danger of those who continuously fake “imminent threats” and cry wolf to make war, and then try to wash away their sins of savagery with the dishonest indictment and blood of others.

Harris Exit Points to Hurdles Facing Minority Candidates
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Harris Exit Points to Hurdles Facing Minority Candidates

Errin Haines, Associated PressDecember 6, 2019

The California senator abruptly withdrew from the race on Tuesday after her once-promising campaign failed to coalesce around a message that would resonate with voters. And without clear support from voters, Harris couldn’t raise the money needed to keep going.

Trump Directed Ukraine Quid Pro Quo, Key Witness Says
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Trump Directed Ukraine Quid Pro Quo, Key Witness Says

Lisa Mascaro, Mary Clare Jalonick and Eric Tucker Associated PressNovember 22, 2019

Ambassador Gordon Sondland declared to impeachment investigators Wednesday that President Donald Trump and his lawyer Rudy Giuliani explicitly sought a “quid pro quo” with Ukraine, leveraging an Oval Office visit for political investigations of Democrats. But he also came to believe the trade involved much more.

Harris and Blumenthal Demand Entire Trump Cabinet Cooperate with Ongoing Investigations, Protect Whistleblowers and Inspectors General
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Harris and Blumenthal Demand Entire Trump Cabinet Cooperate with Ongoing Investigations, Protect Whistleblowers and Inspectors General

Sentinel News ServiceOctober 11, 2019

U.S. Senators Kamala D. Harris (D-CA) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), both former state attorneys general, on Wednesday sent a letter to every Trump cabinet official calling on them to cooperate with all ongoing and future investigations related to the potential wrongdoing by the President of the United States, preserve all evidence relevant to their departments, and protect whistleblowers and the independence of inspectors general.

Impeaching a President
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Impeaching a President

Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire CorrespondentOctober 4, 2019

“An impeachment process is a viable option for the current House of Representatives given that the hearings will force several people in or close to the Trump Administration to testify before Congress under oath,” said D. Gilson, a writer who has taught popular cultural studies.