Joe Biden

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  Accessed 11/13/19
  

  The gravest danger to American democracy isn’t an excess of vitriol—it’s the false promise of civility.

  by Adam Serwer

  "The idea that we’re currently experiencing something like the nadir of American civility ignores the turmoil that has traditionally characterized the nation’s politics, and the comparatively low level of political violence today despite the animosity of the moment." Serwer cites historian Manisha Sinha.

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  9/27/19
  

  Spies in the White House Have a History of Running Wild Without Congressional Oversight

  A former congressional staffer says withholding damning evidence from Congress and using civilians to carry out presidential or intelligence agency agendas links the Ukraine crisis to other scandals.

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• SOURCE: Madman of Chu
  9/14/19
  

  The Biden Problem

  by Andrew Meyer

  Why Biden's "record player" answer was so concerning. 

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• SOURCE: The Intercept
  9/17/19
  

  How Joe Biden has Historically Played a Role in Mass Incarceration in the United States

  by David Stein

  The Intercept reveals the untold story of how Joe Biden pushed Ronald Reagan to ramp up incarceration — not the other way around.

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  September 15, 2019
  

  No, record players won’t solve inequality

  by Mical Raz

  And other things Joe Biden got wrong about the education gap.  

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  9/17/2019
  

  Joe Biden isn’t the only Democrat who has blamed black America for its problems

  by Marcia Chatelain

  Well-meaning liberals have long failed to recognize their own role in systems of oppression.

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• SOURCE: Time Magazine
  9/13/19
  

  The Violence Against Women Act Was Signed 25 Years Ago. Here's How the Law Changed American Culture.

  Joe Biden’s “proudest” legislation during his time in the Senate left an imprint on modern women’s rights discussion.

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• SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle
  9/12/19
  

  Why do we keep talking about Joe Biden's age?

  by Jonathan Zimmerman

  Age is seen as a weakness that we unfairly ascribe to millions of people. And that prejudice enfeebles all of us, no matter how old we are.

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• SOURCE: In These Times
  8/22/19
  

  Article on History of Failed Bipartisanship Features Quotes from Manisha Sinha, Eric Foner, Corey Robin, Thomas Frank, Nancy Maclean, and Rick Perlstein

  by Branko Marcetic

  Biden wants to bring the parties together. But for 50 years, that's meant the Right winning every time.

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• SOURCE: Time
  July 30, 2019
  

  Why Joe Biden’s First Campaign for President Collapsed After Just 3 Months

  by Olivia B. Waxman

  Joe Biden ran for President in 1988. Read why the campaign only lasted three months.

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• 7/28/19
  

  Joe Biden is a Product of His Time

  by Donne Levy

  When assessing past attitudes, it is important to recognize that most people are influenced by the thinking of the day.

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• 7/14/19
  

  Say It Ain't So Joe: Strategies of Segregation in Ventura County

  by Frank P. Barajas

  The desegregation busing laws that Joe Biden opposed in the 1970s have given way to "a more insidious segregation" in this California community today.

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• SOURCE: Jezebel
  6/3/2019
  

  On Busing, Joe Biden, and the 'Pervasiveness of White Backlash to School Desegregation'

  Jezebel spoke with Brett Gadsden, a history professor at Northwestern University and the author of Between North and South: Delaware, Desegregation, and the Myth of American Sectionalism about how to understand Biden’s position as part of white backlash to desegregation efforts, the ongoing resegregation of American life, and the reality that, as he put it, “racial segregation is the norm, not the exception.”

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• SOURCE: Vox
  6/28/2019
  

  Joe Biden’s record on school desegregation busing, explained

  The former vice president once called busing “an asinine policy.”

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• SOURCE: Vox
  6/20/19
  

  The controversial 1994 crime law that Joe Biden helped write, explained

  The 1994 “tough on crime” law remains a big topic of debate in 2020 Democratic debates. Here’s what you need to know.

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• SOURCE: Washington Examiner
  4/26/19
  

  Vice presidential chances: How history bodes for Biden

  Joe Biden has a political imperative as he embarks on his 2020 presidential bid — to be more like Ronald Reagan circa 1980 and less like Jeb Bush in 2016.

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• SOURCE: Washigton Post
  4/25/19
  

  Biden is leading the polls. But his other presidential bids were disasters.

  Here’s what went wrong for Biden in 1987 and 2007.

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  4/17/19
  

  Abraham Lincoln, Joe Biden and the politics of touch

  by Mark M. Smith

  No one was better at tactile politics than Abraham Lincoln.

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• 3/10/19
  

  Three Unexpected Deaths That Shaped Presidential History

  by Ronald L. Feinman

  Unexpected tragedy in the lives of three political leaders—John F. Kennedy, Jr., Paul Wellstone, and Joe Biden—demonstrate the profound impact of chance on political history. 

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• 9/23/18
  

  Another Remarkable Thing About the 2020 Presidential Election is that 4 of the Potential Candidates Would Be Over 80 in Office

  by Ronald L. Feinman

  And that would be a first in our history.