Bernie Sanders: The Case to Defund the Pentagon

Bernie Sanders Politico
It is time to rethink what we value as a society and to fundamentally transform our national priorities. Cutting the military budget by 10 percent and investing that money in human needs is a modest way to begin that process.

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Janice Miller Potter Chiron Review
New England poet Janice Miller Potter reminds us of the social costs of having a “president of lies,” a “president of shamelessness.”

What the Bronx ‘Bible Belt’ Election Results Tell Us

Ginia Bellafante The New York Times
Will older, socially conservative voters care so much about culture-war issues in the midst of a pandemic? This Bronx election suggests political patterns might evolve more broadly among older voters in places like Florida and the Sun Belt.