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Battenfeld: Far left, MassGOP unlikely allies in battle against Question 3
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Far left leaders Michelle Wu, Ayanna Pressley and the weak MassGOP are unlikely allies this year in a bid to reject the all-party primary system ballot question — facing off against former Govs. Charlie Baker and Deval Patrick. Question 3 would scrap the current party primary system for statewide and federal elections that for now at least guarantees the lowly GOP has a candidate in the general election. But Wu and Pressley and Sen.
Ask and All: A rallying cry to the nation
As the 2024 presidential election cycle heats up, candidates are highlighting what they intend to offer the American people — such as lower taxes, a secure border, and higher wages for striking workers. Given Americans’ entrepreneurial spirit, candidates might consider what they will ask of them. A good place to start is a new call to service to inspire Americans to work together on public challenges across politics, race, and regions of the country.
A different understanding of American patriotism
American democracy cannot be great until it is good, says lawyer, Harvard professor and former governor of Massachusetts Deval Patrick. A self-identified patriot, Patrick stands behind the fundamental values and civic ideals that he believes make the US unique -- and outlines how the country has strayed from those same edicts.
Approving Kristen Clarke's nomination should be a no-brainer
Kristen ClarkeKristen ClarkeSenate narrowly advances Biden civil rights nominee OVERNIGHT ENERGY: Supreme Court sides with oil companies in Baltimore case| White House environmental justice advisers express opposition to nuclear, carbon capture projects | Biden administration to develop performance standards for federal buildings Approving Kristen Clarke's nomination should be a no-brainer MORE is so eminently qualified to lead the civil rights division at the U.S. Department of Justice that...
Voter Suppression: Bad for Democracy, Bad for Business
Voter Suppression: Bad for Democracy, Bad for Business | RealClearPolitics
As The Former Governor Of Massachusetts, I Believe Universal National Service Would Help Us Heal - Blavity
Cropped shot of a diverse group of people holding out their hands. / Photo Credit: Getty Images If you’re interested in sharing your opinion on any cultural, political or personal topic, create an account here and check out our how-to post to learn more. Opinions are the writer’s own and not those of Blavity's. ____ If the pandemic has taught us anything, it’s that people need other people. Membership in community helps us see our stake in our neighbors’ dreams and struggles, as well as our own.
The Greatest Threat To Our Democracy Is Inaction
Last week our democracy was assaulted — again. With the urging of the president himself, who with his family and political allies baited the crowd with lies and then unleashed them on Congress. Insurrectionists stormed the Capitol building, smashed windows, ransacked offices, and threatened members. This was more than political dissent. This was domestic terrorism.
Democrats Are Learning to Listen
Nearly overshadowed by the pro-Trump mob assault on the Capitol last week were two great political outcomes that hold an important underlying lesson for Democrats — we win when we listen. Voters in Georgia last week elected Rafael Warnock and Jon Ossoff in the runoff elections for the United States Senate, swinging control of the Senate to Democrats.
America, Choose Ye This Day Whom You Will Serve
Republican politics, in the times of Donald Trump, keep sinking to ever deeper lows. The attacks on Reverend Raphael Warnock’s faith in the Georgia senate race are the latest sign of decline.
Govs. Weld And Patrick: This Is Why We Support Ranked-Choice Voting
Imagine being a candidate for office in 2020. Our country is deeply split. Overlaying crises play out daily in the news. Trust in government is at a staggering low. Your job is to convince enough people to vote for you to send you to city hall, the state legislature or Washington, DC. In our current system, what is your incentive to connect with voters beyond your base, to build coalitions or bridge divides? There is none.
Being American with Deval Patrick and Special Guest, Writer & Author Anand Giridharadas on Apple Podcasts
Being American with Deval Patrick and Special Guest, Writer & Author Anand Giridharadas
Deval Patrick: 'Policing In America Has To Change For Peace In America To Exist'
Enough. You can’t sleep peacefully in your own bed. Not if you’re Breonna Taylor. You can’t go jogging. Not if you’re Ahmaud Arbery. You can’t even walk home snacking on a bag of candy. Not if you’re Trayvon Martin. You can’t do ordinary things and live an ordinary life. Not if you’re Black in America. Enough already.
Being American with Deval Patrick on Apple Podcasts
1 episode Former Governor of Massachusetts Deval Patrick will launch a new podcast series on what it means be American in 2020 and beyond.
Patriotism in Black
Photo by Cooper Baumgartner on Unsplash If love of country is about more than symbols and ceremony, Black America has a lot to teach about patriotism. My father-in-law used to unfurl an American flag every morning and mount it in a bracket outside the front door of the family’s small detached house in the Hollis neighborhood of Queens, New York. He left his childhood home in Vicksburg, Mississippi at 16 and lied about his age to join the Navy and fight the Axis in World War II.
Voting by mail is safe and easy. That's why Trump doesn't want voters to do it. | Opinion
Deval Patrick Published 10:00 a.m. ET Aug. 11, 2020 Ever get the feeling that Republicans don’t believe they could win a fair fight? From hyper-political gerrymandering to unlimited dark money, from reductions in the number of polling places to the “purging” of voter rolls for non-participation, Republicans have been working hard to make it harder for citizens to vote.
Evil Is Never Necessary In America
Photo by Michael Vadon via Flickr Over the weekend Senator Tom Cotton (R-Ark), in defense of his opposition to teaching the history of slavery and white supremacy in America’s schools, cited the Founders’ claim that slavery “was the necessary evil upon which the union was built.” Tolerance of slavery was in fact the price exacted by the South and agreed to by the North to reach the constitutional compromise that created America. Whether truly necessary is hard to accept.
'A Clear Example Of How To Behave': Deval Patrick Remembers John Lewis
I’ve been reading all the wonderful tributes to John Lewis over the last couple of days, how they chronicle the many ways he was a champion for justice. Bloody Sunday on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma is a stand out for me. I remember watching the grainy black and white TV images of that confrontation, the state troopers charging the marchers, beating them, gassing them, some on horseback trampling them.
Re-Fund Our Communities
The vicious killing of George Floyd has focused long-overdue attention on the frequent brutality of policing in many American communities. It has even led to calls to “Defund the Police.” Taken literally, that demand is jarring, especially to those in or seeking public office.
Suppressing the vote is yet another threat to Black Americans’ full emancipation
In Texas, enslaved people waited two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation to be freed. When it comes to voting, Black Americans are still waiting. On this day in 1865, Union soldiers led by Major General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, and informed the local populace that the civil war had ended and slavery had been permanently abolished — freeing the last 250,000 people still enslaved in the United States.
America Is Awakening To What It Means To Be Black.
Today’s outcry over violence and injustice against Black Americans feels different. The videotapes of police in Los Angeles beating Rodney King senseless in 1991 and of police in New York choking Eric Garner to death in 2014 were each met by shock. But after protests and even a riot, the officers in both cases were exonerated, and we all seemed to settle again into an uneasy truce. Official violence against unarmed Black men continued.
I’m with Joe
Friends, This is a moment of profound consequence in America. At a time when our democracy is at risk, our economy is not working for many Americans, and our role in the world is unsteady, America needs a unifying and experienced leader, who can and wants to make life better for everyone everywhere. Joe Biden is that leader. I am today proud to endorse him for the Democratic nomination for President. As Governor of Massachusetts, I worked closely with President Barack Obama and Vice President Biden.
Deval Patrick, last black candidate in 2020 race, drops out
Posted: Wednesday, February 12, 2020 11:36 am | Updated: 11:47 am, Wed Feb 12, 2020. WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, the last remaining African American candidate in a Democratic presidential field once defined by its diversity, ended his 2020 campaign Wednesday after his late bid failed to catch fire or resonate with voters.
Addressing the Climate Crisis
Solving the climate crisis is a matter of human survival, as well as a moral imperative — we must take immediate action to head off catastrophic damage to our planet’s climate. As President, I will treat the climate crisis with the urgency it demands from the first day forward, as a matter of both domestic and international leadership.
The Leadership Agenda
Our Leadership Agenda is my plan to rebuild American stature and influence in the world on the strength of our diplomatic, economic, military and intelligence resources — and most importantly our values. I believe American leadership should be steady, reliable, firm and consequential.
An Equity Agenda for Black Americans
Today, to honor the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., we are announcing this Equity Agenda for Black Americans. Drawing upon our full policy platform, this proposal makes specific commitments to address the barriers to opportunity, wealth, justice and equality that Black Americans continue to experience, and that as a result continue to make the American experiment incomplete.
Opinion | Here’s a key moment from the Iowa debate — and what I would have said
In the debate, we heard a lot of talk about electability — about who is best positioned, on experience, track record and ideology, to beat President Trump. That’s the question that every voter is asking, and that’s what I have to offer. I’m the only candidate in this race who has won two elections in a swing state that is a third Democratic, a third independent and a third Republican. That’s different from running in Massachusetts or Vermont.
Should U.S. gun laws change? 2020 candidates offer different opinions
Advertisement Should U.S. gun laws change? 2020 candidates offer different opinions Share Updated: 4:12 PM EST Jan 14, 2020 Some candidates for president think significant changes are needed for American gun laws, including legislation targeting assault weapons and the creation of a national gun licensing database.
The Democracy Agenda
Fixing the Building Blocks of our Democracy For too long, we’ve treated our democracy like it could withstand infinite abuse without breaking. For our democracy to work for all citizens that must change. Our Democracy Agenda is about ending the many abuses and barriers that have crept into our political system to engineer outcomes at odds with the public will. The building blocks of our democracy should be more responsive to the people, and enrich the social fabric of our nation.
A Pathway to the American Dream
Opinion-Editorial Politics Community Activism Nevada I have had the opportunity to personally live the American Dream, and I am running for president to ensure the path to that dream is open to everyone, everywhere. I grew up in poverty on the South Side of Chicago, in my grandparents’ crowded two-bedroom tenement. I went to big, broken, overcrowded, under-resourced, sometimes violent public schools, schools with beleaguered yet often inspiring teachers.
A Pathway to the American Dream
I have had the opportunity to personally live the American Dream, and I am running for president to ensure the path to that dream is open to everyone, everywhere. I grew up in poverty on the South Side of Chicago, in my grandparents’ crowded two-bedroom tenement. I went to big, broken, overcrowded, under-resourced, sometimes violent public schools, schools with beleaguered yet often inspiring teachers. My early lessons were never about blind optimism.
Renewing the American Dream: Policy Platform of Deval for All 2020
This election season has been rich in policy proposals — from health care to immigration to taxes. Fellow Democrats up and down the ballot are offering many important and bold solutions to our Nation’s biggest and most persistent challenges. At the same time, most people don’t live their lives in policy silos, but instead at the intersection of multiple policy and personal choices; not in policy abstractions but at the point where policy touches people.
Election Night - Deval Patrick - Medium
Well, what a night! What to say?! First, yesterday was better than the day before. Control of the House is now in responsible hands. And many of those hands are black and brown hands, women’s hands, the hands of servant leaders. That’s historic and that’s good for America. Second, it’s encouraging to see that Democrats can compete anywhere as Democrats.
Enough Trump Bashing, Democrats
PATRICK: Democrats have given Republicans yet another chance. What happens next will tell us all whether we can depend on Republican congressional leadership and the president not only to keep their word but also to govern. TRIPPI: The reality is that much of the country has come to see Washington as a hostile, hyperpartisan, divisive place filled with bitterness and chaos — and incapable of finding common ground on things like DACA that a vast majority of Americans agree on.
Bridgewater State Covers For Prof Whose Anti-Trump Rants Lit Up Social Media
An English professor at a public Bay State university who recently made headlines after a student shared a series of his expletive-filled anti-Donald Trump social media posts will not be losing his position anytime soon, according to a statement released by Bridgewater State University.
Think Cops Are Racist Killers? Think Again.
According to certain fringe groups, that is. But I’d suggest the majority of Americans are pretty sick and tired of this narrative. Put on the news and what do you see? Stories about police-involved shootings. And riots, of course. Because the two go hand in hand. Thank God there are groups out there like Law Enforcement Today that are working to report on the real stories. Let’s talk about police use of force. It’s time to systematically destroy the argument that cops are racist killers.
Want the Feds To Run Local Public Schools? Make 'Em Get A Permission Slip from Parents
As the dean of a prominent graduate school of education noted in an article published several years ago: “Schools are not the major cause of the achievement gap.” He also noted how ineffective most education reforms have been and how little improvement we have seen. It is understandable that as the head of an education school, he didn’t want to see reform efforts transferred to other institutions. He still thought it was worthwhile to try to reform schools.
Conservatives: What They Are and What They Aren't
We all live in a moment in history where it is all-politics-all-the-time. Everything from our health to our wealth, from the womb to the tomb, is viewed through the lens of our increasingly divisive politics. The resulting distortions are many. The most serious is language, the very tool we use to make sense to one another. The meaning of the word “conservative” has been a major victim.
Baker and Trump Actually Share One Attribute: 'Nixonian Habits'
In his marvelously insightful book, A Man and His Presidents: The Political Odyssey of William F. Buckley Jr., Alvin S.
Secret Recordings Ruling Makes Massachusetts Malefactors Safe from Project Veritas … For Now
BOSTON — Efforts by members of the undercover reporting outfit Project Veritas to unleash their brand of guerrilla journalism on the politicians, activists, and movers-and-shakers that dominate Massachusetts were dealt a serious blow in court earlier this month.
When Pro-Life Promotes True Choice
The concepts of pro-life and pro-choice are routinely placed in opposition to each other, dueling philosophies competing for adherents. Pro-life prioritizes the protection of innocent human life above other claims; pro-choice demands individual autonomy above all else. In brief form, that sums up each position. For obvious reasons, the political tension between the two is rarely minimized.
Different Kind of Republican Looking To Replace McGovern in Congress
A Shrewsbury Republican kicked off his bid against U.S. Representative James McGovern last weekend and is pledging to bring a personal approach to issues like immigration and opioid addiction. Jeffrey Sossa-Paquette, who owns a child care center, held his campaign launch in Leominster on Saturday.
Amherst College Leftists Strike Again, This Time On 9/11 With Flag Denouncing America
AMHERST — Days after left-wing activists apparently plastered the windows where student Republicans at Amherst College were holding the year’s first meeting with fliers denouncing the Ku Klux Klan, campus progressives upped the ante in their quest for social justice, in the form of a banner denouncing America on the 16th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks.
Trump Announces Nomination for U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts
BOSTON — The senior litigation counsel in the Massachusetts U.S. Attorney’s Office has been nominated for the top federal prosecutor job in the state, the White House announced late Friday. Andrew Lelling has worked for 12 years in the U.S. Attorney’s office, according to the White House. If confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Lelling would replace Acting U.S. Attorney William Weinreb who took over after Carmen Ortiz resigned in January.
This weekend: Let’s stand up to Scott Brown, Deval Patrick and the Israel Lobby
This weekend, let’s stand up to the pro-Israel lobby and corrupting influence over American foreign policy and domestic politics. Democracy’s nemesis, The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), is coming to Boston for a summit of its 1% donors (only supporters who have more than $3,600 annually can attend!).
Deval Patrick: Program key to boosting R.I. economy
By Deval Patrick A decade ago, Massachusetts ranked 47th out of 50 states for job growth. We had suffered the largest labor force shrinkage in the nation and we were losing manufacturing jobs twice as fast as the rest of the nation. Our population was in steady decline. And then came the Great Recession.
How Democrats really feel about free and fair trade
If you’ve been following the 2016 presidential election at all, you’ve heard plenty about free trade and its impact on our economy – for months trade has been center stage for both nominees. While the focus on trade has provided a real platform for Americans to voice their concerns about past deals, it has also politicized the discussion overall — and left the impression that Democrats in particular oppose the major trade agreement currently on the table, the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Fall 2022
—Billy Delfs for the National Endowment for the Humanities Andrew Delbanco is delivering the 2022 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities. HUMANITIES: The Magazine of the National Endowment for the Humanities
Andrew Delbanco: Appreciations from Former Students
Feature Five former students praise the 2022 Jefferson Lecturer in the Humanities HUMANITIES, Fall 2022, Volume 43, Number 4 James Bundy For five semesters at Harvard College, I was a desultory, even discouraged, English major. That changed in 1979, when I heard Andrew Delbanco lecture in English 70; his energy and wit inspired me to ask him to guide my junior spring tutorial in the novels of Herman Melville.
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