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Rallying behind Sanders bill, groups say "we will never stop fighting" for Medicare for All

Dissonance created by a certain conception of identity: if we believe that “women and people of color” are defined entirely by their identities, it becomes impossible to understand how anyone who shares the identity could reject a candidate who fits that identity. Once the distinction between perspective and identity is erased, voters of color become an undifferentiated hive mind incapable of political independence.

Will Democratic Sen. Cory Booker and Sen.-elect Kamala Harris lead a charge against the confirmation of a nominee with a racist past?