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News In the wake of protests, here’s how you can help
After yet another police killing of an unarmed black man, protesters across the United States are demanding criminal justice reform on behalf of George Floyd and others who have died at the hands of law enforcement. Organizations and activists are mobilizing on several fronts. They’re working to protect the protesters, to reform policing, to change…
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Fast Forward Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez endorses challenger to 16-term Rep. Eliot Engel
(JTA) — U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a progressive Democrat in her first term, has endorsed the Democratic primary challenger in her home state of New York facing veteran congressman Eliot Engel. In a late-night series of tweets Wednesday, Ocasio-Cortez backed Jamaal Bowman, an African-American educator, over Engel, a 16-term lawmaker who heads the powerful House…
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Fast Forward John Eaves wants to be the first black and Jewish member of Congress
(JTA) — John Eaves can name plenty of people in Congress who look like him. And there’s a fair share who share his faith. But not a single lawmaker shares his two identities: an African-American and a Jew. Eaves, who previously served as county commissioner of Fulton County, Georgia, hopes to break that barrier by…
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Fast Forward Lawmaker: Being a ‘Republican in NY’ is like being an Israeli soldiers in Six Day War
(JTA) — A New York City lawmaker told a Jewish audience that she knows what it was like for Israeli soldiers to fight in the Six Day War because she’s “a Republican in New York City.” Nicole Malliotakis, who represents Staten Island in New York’s state Assembly, made the comments on Thursday night during a…
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News We went to South Carolina ahead of Saturday’s primary. Here’s what some voters had to say about the Democratic race.
South Carolina’s primary election on Saturday is another important hurdle in the wild race that is the Democratic campaign for president. While only 63 delegates of more than 4,000 nationally are at stake, the balloting is a key test for at least two of the remaining candidates. For Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, who is…
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Fast Forward Hundreds of Jews sign a public declaration of support for Elizabeth Warren
(JTA) — Hundreds of Jews from across the country have signed a declaration of support for Elizabeth Warren in the latest effort to influence Jewish voters in the Democratic primaries. Among the some 850 signatories to the #JewsforWarren declaration are Joshua Malina, the “Scandal” actor who starred in a Hillel get-out-the-vote campaign video in 2018;…
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Fast Forward Survey shows Jewish Americans will vote for any Dem over Trump
(JTA) — No matter who is running on the Democratic presidential ticket in 2020, he or she is likely to get the Jewish vote by a wide margin, according to a new survey. The survey, released Friday by the Jewish Electoral Institute, found that two-thirds of Jewish voters said they would choose any Democratic candidate…
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Fast Forward Bernie Sanders wins decisive victory in Nevada caucuses
(JTA) — Bernie Sanders swept to victory in the Nevada caucuses, becoming the undisputed front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination. Sanders, the independent senator from Vermont, finished Saturday’s caucus with about 47 percent of the vote, followed by former Vice President Joe Biden with 19 percent and, in third place, former South Bend, Indiana mayor,…
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