![]() When my colleague Andrew Prokop profiled Sanders last year, he pointed out astutely that Sanders's career has been "laser-focused on checking the power of the wealthy above all else." Sanders believes in racial equality, sure, but he believes it will only come as the result of economic equality. These simply aren't issues Sanders is passionate about in the way he's passionate about economic injustice. And his appearance at Netroots Nation in July left many attendees frustrated: Sanders answered questions about racial issues by pivoting back to economic ones. They're not on the issues page of his website. ![]() He didn't mention those issues in his campaign launch in May. ONE GROUP OF PROGRESSIVES HEARS THEIR MOST DEEPLY HELD BELIEFS ABOUT AMERICA IN BERNIE SANDERS'S AGENDA - BUT THERE'S ANOTHER GROUP THAT DOESN'Tīernie Sanders doesn't speak to those concerns. They're concerned about the treatment of unauthorized immigrants, and about protecting voting rights (an issue like campaign finance where progressives are worried the integrity of the political system is at stake - and where the outcome doesn't look good for them). They're extremely concerned about racial bias in policing, and about ending mass incarceration. ![]() For other progressives - many of them black or Latino - economic inequality is important, but so is racial inequality. Related #BernieSoBlack: why progressives are arguing about Bernie Sanders and raceīut there's a reason I say "those progressives" instead of just "progressives": because not everyone in the Democratic base shares those particular passions, or those passions alone. ![]()
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