Climate, environment, and energy issues were on the ballot as referenda in states nationwide—and corporations suffered losses in unexpected places, including Louisiana and Florida.
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American voters doubled down in 2020 on white supremacy ruling from the White House. We talk about why the election was so close and whether the Democratic Party's insistence on courting right-leaning white voters instead of leftist voters was the right strategy.
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From progressive insurgents and petty tyrants to Kim Klacik, TRNN Baltimore Editor and Managing Editor Lisa Snowden-McCray speaks with Maryland State Senator Jill Carter and local musician DDm about the wild world of Baltimore politics.
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TRNN Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez talks with Executive Producer and host of Rattling the Bars Eddie Conway about prisoners' right to vote, or lack thereof, and about the obstacles ex-prisoners face in securing their voting rights, particularly in Florida.
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TRNN Editor in Chief Maximillian Alvarez talks with Parker Molloy, Media Matters editor at large, about why mainstream media keeps getting played by Trump.
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TRNN reporters Taya Graham and Stephen Janis revisit red counties and blue cities in Pennsylvania to speak with voters, poll-watchers, and organizers about fears and rumors of vote tampering, and to investigate whether the grassroots progressive movement has made successful inroads in the past two years.
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It's Election Day 2020 on Burn It Down! We’ll be looking at the unexpectedly interesting mayoral race in Portland, plus crucial races in Arizona and how the Latinx vote could shift tonight’s outcome.
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The divisions between leadership, rank and file, and politicized law enforcement would be exposed by a contested election, says veteran Danny Sjursen, and the military institution may not survive in the form it has today.
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Join Cornel West and Tricia Rose of The Tight Rope and The Real News Network staff for our live election coverage on Tuesday, November 3rd, from 7pm-1am ET.
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In an interview with The Real News, author and academic David Orr says the Global North has a moral obligation to assist the developing world in confronting global warming—And Biden’s presidency could be the last chance to do so.
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