Zaid Jilani
Write about polarization for UC Berkeley Greater Good Science Center. Co-host of Extremely Offline, podcast about better conversations between political tribes
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Bernie Sanders Calls for Eliminating Americans’ Medical Debt
On top of his “Medicare for all” proposal, Mr. Sanders’s new plan would wipe out an estimated $81 billion in existing medical debt and ignore such debt in credit scores.
Democratic Candidates Are Misrepresenting Michael Brown’s Death
Calling it a murder betrays the cause they hope to advance.
Chinese Fund Backed by Hunter Biden Invested in Technology Used to Surveil Muslims
The flurry of media reports about private investment in China’s increasingly sprawling surveillance state left out a prominent investor: Hunter Biden.
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Elizabeth Warren stumps for Democrats where Obama isn't so hot
Senate candidates in West Virginia and Kentucky, where the president is unpopular, are welcoming the liberal Warren because of her populist message
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In 2014 for instance, conservative Democrats were happy to have Warren come and campaign for them and she was happy to do it. Sanders is a lot more distinct in terms of how he manages himself in politics, has much cooler relations
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What the gifted education fight is really about
As a member of Mayor de Blasio’s School Diversity Advisory Group, I feel compelled to say something blunt about those attacking one of the core recommendations of our recent report. Criticisms of the panel’s call to rethink gifted education in New...
Why Cal State L.A. turns the most low-income students into top earners
Sure, a degree from Harvard or Stanford can change a low-income student's future. But consider the twist in this story by Josh Kenworthy: It turns out that public education, done right, is actually better at hoisting low-income kids into high-paying...
Farhad Manjoo is mistaken about Obama’s "biggest mistake"
Congress, not neoliberalism, hamstrung Obama’s presidency.
Idea: Make State Legislatures Full-Time Jobs
Reader Sayu Bhojwani thinks we should make state legislatures full-time jobs.
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Rep. Emanuel Cleaver talking about why he endorsed Joe Biden.
"I supported the crime bill,” Cleaver said. “We had the Crips and the Bloods, a Jamaican gang ... crack cocaine had exploded.”
A Jamaican gang?
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Amazon.in Bestsellers: The most popular items in Books
Amazon.in Bestsellers: The most popular items in Books
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On the best selling list of books on Amazon India right now, F Scott Fitgzerald on there
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The Seven Stages of Establishment Backlash: Corbyn/Sanders Edition
The script used by U.K. and U.S. elites to demonize both Jeremy Corbyn and Bernie Sanders is remarkably similar.
Black Leaders Sign Letter Condemning Attacks by Sanders Supporters
In a draft letter obtained by Splinter on Thursday, dozens of prominent black progressive leaders condemned the “hateful, violent, and racist threats” they said have been leveled by “self-identified [Bernie] Sanders supporters” against black...
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Working Families Party engages in some good old fashioned nutpicking -- wherein you take a handful of partisans and portray them as representative of your political opponents. Didn't take them long to adapt the same strategies as team Clinton did in 2016
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Georgia Democrats Embrace Medicare-For-All Plans That Would Destroy Private Health Insurance
Georgia’s Democrat Senate candidates continue to race to the left on healthcare, embracing radical Medicare-for-all proposals that would eliminate private health insurance and raise taxes on working families. Yesterday, Clarkston Mayor Ted Terry,...
How Progressive is Elizabeth Warren?
America’s second favorite Senator has been campaigning for Hillary Clinton for weeks now after having said almost nothing about Bernie Sanders, which has some voters asking where her allegiance really lies
Kavanaugh authors defend the integrity of their work
Authors of a new book on Brett Kavanaugh take their readers behind the scenes on his confirmation process. About Rising: Rising is a weekday morning show wit...
NYT Reporters Say Kavanaugh Asked Them To Lie In Exchange For An Interview
Reporters Robin Pogrebin and Kate Kelly said that Justice Brett Kavanaugh agreed to speak to them as long as they publicly said he declined the interview.
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Didn't Kavanaughs representative basically ask for an off the record with the reporters, something that's extremely common in reporting?
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Andrew Yang: No apologies for the Asian jokes
During his unlikely rise, Yang has taken heat for playing up Asian stereotypes
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Chris Rock, Dave Chapelle and many other public figures built mega careers off of light hearted self deprecating jokes. Andrew Yang has to be destroyed for far milder material, that, at worst, promotes positive expectations rather than negative ones?
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Bernie Sanders Proposes Reparations—for Defrauded Homeowners
Yesterday, the Bernie Sanders campaign rolled out its latest major policy prescription, known as “Housing for All.” In it, he enumerates a list of sweeping reforms to the housing sector:
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Bernie Sanders proposes reparations -- the kind that are tangible and have a clear line of damages and payouts.
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Watch out, 70% of us have done something that could put us in jail
Conventional wisdom would tell us that most normal folks will never have an interaction with police like the one Eric Garner had that ultimately led to his death. Yale Law School professor Stephen Carter warned that might not necessarily be the...
Photo Shows Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Dressed Up in Brownface
Trudeau said he had also dressed in blackface during a high school talent show.