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With Another Win in South Carolina Primary, 'Medicare for All Is Four for Four'

Supporters of "Medicare For All" demonstrate outside of the Charleston Gaillard Center ahead of the Democratic presidential debate on February 25, 2020 in Charleston, South Carolina. South Carolina holds its Democratic presidential primary on Saturday, February 29. (Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

A Step Away From Fascism and 'Toward a Brighter More Just Future': 100+ Black Writers and Scholars Endorse Bernie Sanders

Jon Queally, staff writer

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) marches with supporters to early vote on February 27, 2020 at Winston-Salem State University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Sanders continues to seek support for the Democratic nomination ahead of Super Tuesday. (Photo: Brian Blanco/Getty Images)

"When so much is at stake, not only for Black people but for all people, and all life on the planet, we feel it imperative that we step outside of our classrooms and go beyond our campuses, to speak out on the current presidential election."

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'Careful What You Wish For': Trump Urges GOP Voters to Back 'Crazy Bernie' in Democratic Primary

Jon Queally, staff writer

U.S. President Donald J. Trump delivers remarks at a Keep America Great Rally in North Charleston, South Carolina, United States on February 28, 2020. (Photo: Kyle Mazza/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

"It's pathetic and unacceptable that, while reports of coronavirus infection...

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"The Public Doesn't Really Decide": MSNBC Guest Under Fire for Saying Voters Won't Choose Dem Nominee

Eoin Higgins, staff writer

Democratic operative Anton Gunn is under fire for comments made on MSNBC wherein he suggested the party elite should have more of a voice in the presidential primary nominating process than the public.

Anton Gunn, a longtime South Carolina political operative, is on the board of...

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Ahead of South Carolina Primary, Grassroots "I'm a Medicare for All Voter" Campaign Faces Down Big-Dollar Industry Ad Blitz

Supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)

Rising Number of Democrats Say Sanders Most Likely to Beat Trump as Senator Surpasses Biden in Black Voter Support

'Audience Full of Rich People'? $1,750+ Ticket Prices for Democratic Debate Spark Disgust

Supporters hold Bernie placards as Democratic presidential hopeful Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders speaks during a Get Out to Caucus Rally at Springs Preserve Amphitheater in Las Vegas, Nevada, on February 21, 2020. (Photo: Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images)

Amid Establishment Onslaught, New Sanders Ad Declares: 'There Are More of Us. We Are Stronger. We Will Wait No Longer'

'Air of Desperation,' Says Sanders Campaign, as Democratic Establishment Launches All-Out Effort to Stop Bernie

South Carolina Democrat Who Endorsed Biden Said She's Switching to Sanders Because He Fights 'For the Least, the Fallen, the Left Behind'

A small group of activists rally against the Republican healthcare agenda outside of the Metropolitan Republican Club, July 5, 2017 in New York City

Outrage After South Carolina Gets Trump OK to Attack Medicaid With Work Requirement Policy

Regardless of Party, Poll Shows 66% of Key Early State Voters Support 'Ending Production of Fossil Fuels'

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) delivers remarks at a campaign function in the Marvin Center at George Washington University on June 12, 2019 in Washington, D.C.

'Justice and Safety for All': Sanders Uses Criminal Justice Forum to Push Case for Systemic Overhaul

Organizers in Washington D.C. with D.C. Abolition Coalition and the D.C. Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee deliver the demands of South Carolina Prisoners to the local United Nations Office.

'No Other Path to Redress': South Carolina Prisoners Appeal to UN After State and Federal Officials Ignore Pleas for Livable Conditions

Majority of Democrats in Early Voting States 'Think Donald Trump Belongs in Prison, Not the Oval Office,' Poll Shows

Literal Sh*t Storm: Warnings of Major Manure Threat as Hurricane Dorian Barrels Toward North Carolina Factory Farms

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ACLU

Federal Court Blocks South Carolina Witness Requirement That Would Put Voters at Risk During COVID-19 Pandemic

Public Citizen

Public Citizen’s Legal Motion Could Reveal Specifics of Mulvaney’s Land Deal in South Carolina

Free Speech for People

“Friend of Court” Brief by Election Security Experts Highlights Major Flaws in South Carolina Election Systems

ACLU

ACLU Challenges Unconstitutional Debtors’ Prison Practices in South Carolina County

ACLU

ACLU Challenges South Carolina ‘Disturbing Schools’ Law

NAACP

LDF and South Carolina Leaders Ask U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch to Open Federal Investigations in the Aftermath of the Police Killing of Walter Scott and the Emanuel Nine Massacre

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Adolph Reed Jr., Willie Legette

South Carolina, Neoliberalism's Stranglehold, and the Mystique of the 'Black Vote'

David Goodner

Why Bernie Sanders Is Winning

Olivia Rosane

As Dorian Lashes the Carolinas, the Bahamas Grapple With 'Unimaginable' Losses

Juan Cole

Lindsey Graham Disregards Violence Toward Women, and His State Is a Women's Murder Capital

Chase Strangio

Legislatures Gear Up to Target Transgender People. We Gear Up to Fight Back.

Chris Kromm

From Charleston to Orlando, Sanctuary and Struggle in the South

Richard Eskow

For Nine Souls in Charleston, One Year Later

Robert Borosage

South Carolina: Clinton’s 'Firewall' Holds

Derrick Z. Jackson

Hillary Clinton’s Black Conversion

Cornel West

Why Brother Bernie Is Better for Black People Than Sister Hillary