But last month, I registered a shift. In me. In the people I know. Even on Twitter. An odd thing has happened. For the first time since the presidential election, some of us have started to feel…hopeful? The sensation is so novel, I didn’t recognize it at first. But it began with that old nemesis…
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In the past few weeks Republicans have passed some of the most extreme bans on abortion since Roe v. Wade became the law of the land in 1973. In Alabama, governor Kay Ivey signed a law that would ban abortion from the moment of conception and onward. In Georgia, a woman could be punished for…
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On New Years’ Eve 2018, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) became the first major candidate to enter the race for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. With her announcement, Warren kicked off a landslide of women pursuing the top office in the country—with senators Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) following close behind. Before Warren, 69,…
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Earlier this week Kamala Harris entered the 2020 presidential race. Her announcement was the expected conclusion to the will-she-won’t-she conversation that has surrounded her since she was elected to the Senate in 2016, announced her well-timed memoir in 2018, and raised millions to support progressive candidates in the midterm elections in November. As was true…
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Democrat Elizabeth Warren just made a big first step toward formally announcing her candidacy for President of the United States in 2020. The U.S. senator from Massachusetts filed papers on Monday (December 31) to form an exploratory presidential committee, the first of the rumored Democratic candidates to do so. This move allows her to legally…
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Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren had a little surprise for the audience at a town hall meeting in her state on Saturday: She made her first public announcement that she was considering running. “After November 6, I will take a hard look at running for president,” Warren, a Democrat, told the crowd, according to CBS. Previously,…
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