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Harris will "play important role in unifying" Democrats, says She the People founder

by David Brancaccio , Daniel Shin and Erika Soderstrom
Aug 12, 2020
Aimee Allison says women of color "see themselves in the campaign more deeply" now.
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Elections 2020

Biden selects California Sen. Kamala Harris as running mate

by Associated Press
Aug 11, 2020
Harris is making history as the first Black woman to compete on a major party's presidential ticket.
Former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Kamala Harris speak after a Democratic debate in 2019. Biden announced Harris as his running mate Tuesday in the 2020 Presidential election.
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Biden announces plan for economic investment in communities of color

by Associated Press
Jul 28, 2020
It's a plan to ensure that post-pandemic economic recovery is built around promoting racial equality.
Biden wants to take $30 billion and funnel it into a “Small Business Opportunity Fund" designed to leverage $5 of private investment for minority owned enterprises for each $1 in public funds allocated.
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How being a presidential "front-runner" helps with fundraising

by Kimberly Adams
Feb 25, 2020
The research shows what you might expect: donor want to back a winner
The Democratic presidential primary debate on Feb. 19, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Presidential campaigns are dramatically crowding out TV ad space

by Kimberly Adams
Jan 31, 2020
More than 100,000 political ads have aired in Iowa so far, up 65% on 2016.
Six of the remaining Democratic presidential hopefuls at the seventh Democratic primary debate of the 2020 presidential campaign season in Des Moines, Iowa, on Jan. 14, 2020.
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Some Democrats don't want corporate money. That's not stopping corporations.

by Kimberly Adams
Jan 16, 2020
Companies don't want to miss out on the 2020 race.
Six of the remaining Democratic presidential hopefuls at the seventh Democratic primary debate of the 2020 presidential campaign season in Des Moines, Iowa, on Jan. 14, 2020.
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Democratic presidential candidates make their pitch to labor unions

by Kimberly Adams
Oct 4, 2019
Most of the leading Democratic presidential candidates will be in Los Angeles on Thursday and Friday, trying to woo union members.
Democratic presidential candidates on stage at the second round of primary debates in July in Detroit.
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The economic issues Native American voters care about most

by Kimberly Adams and Rose Conlon
Aug 19, 2019
The first presidential forum on Native American issues happened this week.
Marie Jones, a member of the Navajo Nation, receives her monthly water delivery in the town of Thoreau on June 06, 2019 in Thoreau, New Mexico.
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Here's how it works if you're undocumented and need health care

by Andy Uhler
Jul 9, 2019
If a person without authorization to be in the U.S. can afford it, they can purchase nongovernment-subsidized insurance. But few jobs pay enough.
Medical students give a check-up to a Jamaican migrant worker on a H2A visa at a Connecticut apple orchard and farm on October 11, 2017 in Middlefield, Connecticut.
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Would forgiving student loans benefit the neediest?

by Ben Bradford
Jun 26, 2019
Progressive economists dispute who would benefit most from erasing higher-education debt.
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