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☆ Why some Christians are angry about Trump’s ‘God Bless the USA’ Bible
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-28 | by ( Aj Willingham | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

He says things like the “God Bless America” Bible overlook the many, many Christians who do not agree with Trump’s politics or the blending of patriotism with faith. He was among the imprint’s writers who tried to discourage them from publishing the “God Bless the USA” Bible when the idea was first introduced. “I am reminded of how we closed every Marine Corps boot camp chapel service with Lee Greenwood’s ‘God Bless the USA’,” he told CNN. The FAQ section of the “God Bless America” Bible website clarifies that no proceeds from the sales of the Bible will go towards Trump’s presidential campaign. CNN has reached out to EliteSource Pro, the marketing company behind the “God Bless the USA” Bible, for more information.

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☆ Opinion | Joe Manchin Would Like Your Attention, and He Is Not Alone
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-06 | by ( Jamelle Bouie | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

2024 seems to be quite the year for third-party presidential candidates. There’s Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is running as an independent alternative to President Biden and President Donald Trump. There is Cornel West, professor of philosophy at Union Theological Seminary, who is also running as an independent. And later this year, we may have another entrant — Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia, who will retire from the Senate in January, at the end of his term. Manchin, a conservative Democrat, seems to think he’d be the perfect standard-bearer should the effort materialize.

Persons: Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Biden, Donald Trump, Cornel West, Jill Stein, Joe Manchin, Privately, Edward, Isaac Dovere, Joe Biden, Mother Jones, Trump’s, — Organizations: Union Theological Seminary, Green Party, Senate, CNN, West Virginia Democrat, Democrat Locations: West Virginia

☆ Black and Jewish Activists Have Allied for Decades. What Now?
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-18 | by ( Daniel Bergner | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +5 min

The cover of that edition of S.N.C.C.’s newsletter called attention to police killings of Black men, with the headline: “Cops Run Wild. Where Will They Strike Next?” Black and Palestinian resistance to repression were bound together. The theology claims that an immense fraud has been perpetrated by Jews upon Black people. Yet in recent years, a new bond between Black and Jewish activists has emerged, catalyzed, in part, by the confluence of civil rights protests and attention to the Palestinian plight. The alliance is “growing and exciting,” Nyle Fort, a Black activist and assistant professor of African American and African diaspora studies at Columbia, told me.

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☆ Left-wing philosopher Cornel West launches long-shot 2024 presidential bid
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-05 | by ( Tim Reid | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] Political activist Cornel West announces his candidacy for the U.S. presidency via social media, as the candidate for the People's Party, June 5, 2023, in this still image obtained from a social media video. CornelWest via REUTERSJune 5 (Reuters) - Cornel West, a progressive political activist and philosopher, announced on Monday that he is launching a third-party 2024 bid for the U.S. presidency. "I want to reintroduce America to the best of itself – the dignity, courage and creativity of precious everyday people," West declared on his People's Party website. Bush to Democrat Bill Clinton, as Perot siphoned off a chunk of Republican voters in the nearly 20 million votes he received. In 2000, many analysts believe Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore would have beaten Republican George W. Bush if Green Party candidate Ralph Nader had not run.

Persons: Cornel West, West, Joe Biden, Ross Perot's, George H.W, Bush, Bill Clinton, Perot, Al Gore, Republican George W, Ralph Nader, Nader, Tim Reid, Alistair Bell Organizations: U.S, People's Party, REUTERS, Twitter, White, Democratic, Party, Republican, Green Party, Union Theological Seminary, Harvard, Princeton, Thomson Locations: America, Florida, New York

☆ Cornel West, Progressive Scholar, Announces Third-Party Bid for President
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-05 | by ( Maggie Astor | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Cornel West, the progressive activist and professor, announced a presidential campaign on Monday with the People’s Party, a third party led by a former campaign staff member for Senator Bernie Sanders. “I enter in the quest for truth, I enter in the quest for justice, and the presidency is just one vehicle to pursue that truth and justice — what I’ve been trying to do all of my life,” Dr. West said in a campaign video posted on Twitter. In the video, Dr. West said he had decided to run as a third-party candidate because “neither political party wants to tell the truth about Wall Street, about Ukraine, about the Pentagon, about Big Tech.” He called former President Donald J. Trump, the front-runner for the Republican nomination, a “neo-fascist,” and President Biden a “milquetoast neoliberal.”Dr. West has taught at Yale, Princeton and Harvard and is currently a professor of philosophy at Union Theological Seminary. He is known for his progressive activism, including his sharp criticism of former President Barack Obama.

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