Elizabeth Warren Wants to Know Why HUD Hired Someone Known for Racist Blog Posts
John Locher/AP On Monday, Democratic presidential candidate and Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren sent a letter to Ben Carson criticizing the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s decision to hire Eric Blankenstein, a former Consumer Financial Protection Bureau official with a history of writing racist blog posts. “I am gravely concerned that Mr. Blankenstein has been…
Sanders and Warren Have Very Different Plans to Fix Student Debt
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) holds a news conference to discuss his college affordability legislation in Washington on Monday June 24, 2019.Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call via AP Bernie Sanders just took his long-running war against the high cost of college to a whole new level: He’s introducing a bill to cancel all $1.6 trillion outstanding student…
Elizabeth Warren Just Unveiled a Plan to Close the Racial Wealth Gap
Jack Kurtz/Zuma Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) released a plan Friday to close the racial wealth gap by issuing $7 billion in grants to entrepreneurs of color. The grants could be used for startup capital to support an estimated 100,000 new minority-owned businesses, potentially creating 1.1 million jobs. “Every American should have a fair shot at…
Elizabeth Warren Has a Plan for Winning the White House, and Right Now It’s Working
Sen. Elizabeth Warren at a campaign rally in VirginiaCliff Owen/AP Elizabeth Warren is having what political reporters like to call “a moment.” This policy maven seeking the White House has risen to third place in the Real Clear Politics national polling average of Democratic voters, trailing frontrunner Joe Biden and second-placer Bernie Sanders but surpassing…
Elizabeth Warren Raises the Pressure on the Military to Take Climate Change Seriously
Spencer Platt/Getty Images Of all the federal agencies in Trump’s Washington, the Department of Defense might be the one least equipped to dismiss climate change given its obvious danger to the safety of coastal bases and troops. But the military’s tendency to prioritize more immediate threats has been a recurring problem, especially when the current…