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Technology and Politics Are Inseparable: An Interview with Cory Doctorow
JANUARY 30, 2021 CORY DOCTOROW’S NEW NOVEL, Attack Surface, is inseparable from the zeitgeist — both are riven by insurrection, corruption, misinformation, and inequality — and the near-future it portrays illustrates how technology and politics are inseparable. The story follows a self-taught hacker from San Francisco who helps build the American digital surveillance apparatus out …
Anti-lynching bill: Emotional debate erupts over anti-lynching legislation as Cory Booker and Kamala Harris speak out against Rand Paul amendment
As the memorial service for George Floyd was beginning in Minnesota, Paul, who has been holding up popular bipartisan legislation to make lynching a federal crime, came to the Senate floor in Washington to add an amendment to the anti-lynching legislation and then pass it. He argued the bill as written is overly broad and …
Here’s Why Kamala Harris and Cory Booker Can’t Break Through the Democratic Primary Field
Black voters—how to engage them and motivate them—is a looming danger for the Democratic party. The debate at Tyler Perry’s studios in Atlanta laid bare a stark reality for the party: Its current four frontrunners are all white and its candidates of color are understandably frustrated by that. After all, it’s not as if this …
A Cory Lewandowski Senate Run Would be a Test Case for Trump World
Hi. Welcome to On Politics, your guide to the day in national politics. I’m Lisa Lerer, your host. [Get On Politics delivered to your inbox.] Corey Lewandowski: fired Trump campaign manager, pugilistic politico, lobbyist. Future U.S. senator? Mr. Lewandowski is reportedly considering a campaign in New Hampshire to challenge the Democratic incumbent, Senator Jeanne Shaheen. …
Cory Booker escorts 5 migrants across US border to thwart Trump admin policies
Presidential candidate Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) escorted 5 migrants seeking refugee status across the border in order to thwart immigration enforcement policies of the Trump administration. Sabrina Singh, the national press secretary for the Booker campaign, announced the effort on her social media account Wednesday. “Today @CoryBooker crossed the U.S. border from Juarez to El …
Joe Biden Called Cory Booker. But Apologize? It’s Not the Biden Way.
WASHINGTON — From his treatment of Anita Hill in the 1990s to his unwelcome hugs of women, from his recent flip-flop on abortion funding to his latest remarks about segregationists, Joseph R. Biden Jr. has spent the early months of his third presidential bid doing a lot of explaining, justifying and pushing back. The one …