Adolph Reed on Sanders, Coates and Reparations

Interview segment from Doug Henwood‘s Behind the News, 1/21/16.

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Why Precisely Is Bernie Sanders Against Reparations?

The Vermont senator’s political imagination is active against plutocracy, but why is it so limited against white supremacy? By Ta-Nehisi Coates.

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On Reparations. By Adolph Reed

Reed considers why the reparations movement has moved from the margins toward the center of political discourse in the black community, and explores differences in approach to the issue that have emerged between cultural nationalists, pan-Africanists, and others...

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Bernie Sanders and the Liberal Imagination

What is doable and what is morally correct are not always the same things. By Ta-Nehisi Coates.

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Loaded Dice

Thomas Chatterton Williams reviews “Between the World and Me” by Ta-Nehisi Coates. (Dec. 3)

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Meet the New Harry and Louise

Vox’s attack on Bernie Sanders is sold as a policy critique. It’s actually a dishonest exercise in managing the Democratic Party base. By Seth Ackerman.

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It’s time to start taking Bernie Sanders seriously

Like most journalists, I've been covering Bernie Sanders's 2016 primary campaign as fundamentally more about making a point than about electing a president. He's out there to talk about his issues, to shift the terms of the debate, and to force Hillary Clinton to... By Matthew Yglesias.

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Is Nominating Bernie Sanders a Worthwhile Gamble?

Hillary Clinton's supporters have yet to make a persuasive case that Sanders is too great a risk. By Brian Beutler

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Is Bernie Sanders the New Barack Obama?

Eight years ago, Iowa was the place where the inevitable Hillary Clinton presidency became evitable. The woman who had, since the ’90s, defined the Democratic Party’s horizons was now a figure of its past, pitted — hopelessly, it turned out — against a figure of hope... By Jonathan Chait.

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