Obama, Clinton and the “Deep Down.”

Sunday, March 23, 2008 Every Sunday CUIP’s president Jacqueline Salit and strategist and philosopher Fred Newman watch the political talk shows and discuss them. Here are excerpts from their dialogue on Sunday, March 23, 2008 after watching “The Chris Matthews Show” and “This Week with George Stephanopoulos.” Salit: I’d like to talk about how Barack […]

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Top Notes – This Week in Presidential Politics (June 1– 7, 2019)

Each week I curate a set of “Top Notes” of media coverage on the 2020 presidential elections. Read it to keep up to date on latest developments. – Sarah Lyons, Director of Communications, Independent Voting June 1– 7, 2019 Candidate Activity Summary (FiveThirtyEight, 6/7/10) More than half of the Democratic field crowded into San Francisco […]

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Top Notes – This Week in Presidential Politics (May 18– 24, 2019)

Each week I curate a set of “Top Notes” of media coverage on the 2020 presidential elections. Read it to keep up to date on latest developments. – Sarah Lyons, Director of Communications, Independent Voting May 18– 24, 2019 Question: Who will emerge in course of 2020 as leader of progressive movement? Sanders and Warren […]

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Top Notes – This Week in Presidential Politics (May 11 – 17, 2019)

Each week I curate a set of “Top Notes” of media coverage on the 2020 presidential elections. Read it to keep up to date on latest developments. – Sarah Lyons, Director of Communications, Independent Voting May 11 – May 17, 2019 Shultz – “His decision will be based on how the Democratic field shakes out […]

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Top Notes – This Week in Presidential Politics (May 3 – 10, 2019)

Each week I curate a set of “Top Notes” of media coverage on the 2020 presidential elections. Read it to keep up to date on latest developments. – Sarah Lyons, Director of Communications, Independent Voting May 3 – May 10, 2019 Summary What 2020 DP presidential candidates are doing and saying (Summary compiled by FiveThirtyEight, […]

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Top Notes – This Week in Presidential Politics

Every week I curate a set of “Top Notes” of media coverage on the 2020 presidential elections. Read it to keep up to date on latest developments. – Sarah Lyons, Director of Communications, Independent Voting   February 15 – February 27, 2019 Eyes on 2020 – (Letter to Editor/ Randy Fricke, CO) The national office […]

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Top Notes – This Week in Presidential Politics

Every week I curate a set of “Top Notes” of media coverage on the 2020 presidential elections. Read it to keep up to date on latest developments. – Sarah Lyons, Director of Communications, Independent Voting   February 2 – February 16, 2019 Schultz – A handful of people from an independent voters group gathered outside […]

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Top Notes – This Week in Presidential Politics

Every week I curate a set of “Top Notes” of media coverage on the 2020 presidential elections. Read it to keep up to date on latest developments. – Sarah Lyons, Director of Communications, Independent Voting   January 31 – February 6, 2019 Howard Shultz Steve Shultz (campaign advisor) – “Let’s look at what Howard Schultz […]

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$2 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America

After two decades of groundbreaking research on American poverty, Kathryn Edin noticed something she hadn’t seen before — households surviving on virtually no cash income. Edin, whose deep examination of her subjects’ lives has “turned sociology upside down” (Mother Jones), teamed with Luke Shaefer, an expert on surveys of the incomes of the poor.  The […]

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Bonnie Reiss, We Were Lucky to Know Ya’

First published by IVN April 11, 2018   I lost a friend last week, Bonnie Reiss. She died of lung cancer at 62. The disease spread quietly until it emerged full force a year ago. Its grip was relentless. And it would not let go. Bonnie was a political woman, with a long resume of remarkable accomplishments. […]

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