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What job could be next for the Democratic presidential candidates?

August 20, 2019

Running for president isn’t easy. And it’s especially tricky if you have to decide in the middle of the campaign whether it’s better to stay in or quit the race to run for another office.

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The death of Michael Brown, legal facts and Democratic messaging

August 14, 2019

Two Democratic presidential candidates recently observed the fifth anniversary of Michael Brown’s death by police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Mo. -- a case that sparked the Black Lives Matter movement as well as days of unrest locally.

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Andrew Yang’s universal basic income proposal, explained

August 12, 2019

Andrew Yang says the next president needs to do almost the opposite of Donald Trump, and "the opposite of Donald Trump is an Asian man who likes math." Yang, a 44-year-old entrepreneur running for the Democratic nomination, also has a big idea that has become the central element of his campaign: giving every American $1,000 a month.

Donald Trump said he’s done more for African Americans than any president. Historians disagree

August 1, 2019

President Donald Trump has often claimed credit for African American economic success, such as touting the African American unemployment rate on his watch. But amid swirling controversies over his tweets attacking Rep. Elijah Cummings and his heavily African American district in Maryland, he took it to a new level during July 30 remarks to reporters at the White House.

The Democratic 2020 presidential field, by the numbers

July 30, 2019

As the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates prepare for their second round of debates, we decided to take a closer look at the 23-candidate field’s underlying demographics.

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Did Ilhan Omar marry her brother? Her hometown newspaper investigated and told us what they found

July 18, 2019

For years, critics of Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., have raised questions about her marriages and made the explosive claim that she had married her brother. 

Does the U.S. women’s soccer team bring in more revenue but get paid less than the men?

July 11, 2019

The United States Women’s National Soccer Team recently won the Women’s World Cup for the fourth time. But the team’s compensation remains the subject of considerable controversy.

The Democratic debate resurrected controversy over busing. But is it an issue today?

July 3, 2019

Perhaps the biggest moment of the recent Democratic debate in Miami came when California Sen. Kamala Harris attacked former Vice President Joe Biden on a controversial policy from decades ago: integrating segregated schools by busing.

Is the U.S. economy working for everyone? What the data shows

July 2, 2019

During the recent Democratic presidential debates, most of the candidates at one point or another rejected the notion that the economy is going gangbusters, taking issue with one of President Donald Trump’s most frequent talking points.

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Who is Joe Sestak? A bio of the Democratic presidential candidate

June 28, 2019

Joe Sestak spent 31 years in the Navy, retiring as an admiral. He then ousted a Republican U.S. House incumbent from Pennsylvania. But after winning re-election once, Sestak twice failed in U.S. Senate bids, in 2010 and 2016. In late June 2019, Sestak joined roughly two dozen other Democrats running for president.

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Who is John Delaney? A bio of the Democratic presidential candidate

June 24, 2019

Today’s large 2020 Democratic presidential field was born when businessman and then-Rep. John Delaney declared his candidacy way back in July 2017.

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Who is Seth Moulton? A bio of the Democratic presidential candidate

June 21, 2019

Seth Moulton served four tours of duty in Iraq as a Marine, then won election three times to a U.S. House seat in Massachusetts, representing the district where he grew up.

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