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New(er)Left
New(er)Left offers incisive news analysis and sharp political commentary from the perspective of a young progressive activist. This blog’s main focus is on U.S. and international politics, often with an emphasis on issues that impact children, teens, and young adults.
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Bill Clinton is coming to my county on Wednesday!
2008-01-15 01:24:54
Wow! I just found out that former President Bill Clinton will be visiting us up here in Humboldt County, CA later this week — to stump for his wife, of course. The email I received says that he will be at our local Democratic Central Committee office at noon, but I guess that’s been changed. [...] ...
Bill Clinton
County
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Hillary makes another Republican-like attack on Obama
2008-01-14 08:58:49
Last month, one of my favorite bloggers, Eric — who writes a local blog up here where I live, in Northern California — wrote about one of the more creative conservative attacks against Barack Obama. His post was based on this information, which he found on the Media Matters site. The basic gist of it [...] ...
Republican
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Schwarzenegger’s proposed cuts could hit the young especially hard
2008-01-12 00:49:15
I know that most of my readers are non-Californians, so please forgive me for departing into state politics. I encourage you to read this, even if you don’t live here, because I think it’s pretty interesting, but in case you get bored, I’ve included a fantastic picture of our idiotic governator for you to [...] ...
Proposed
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Final thoughts on the NH Democratic Primary
2008-01-10 16:11:44
To me the most important aspect of the NH primary was the amazing youth turnout. Just as in Iowa, it rose significantly. The youth turnout rate — if we take “youth” to mean any voter under the age of 30 — was 43%. In 2004 it was only 18%. Once again, the youngest voters (ages [...] ...
Democratic
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German voters not fond of right-wing offensive against youth and immigrants
2008-01-10 11:46:34
On Monday I wrote about the anti-immigrant and anti-youth rhetoric that Roland Koch, the extremely conservative governor of the German state of Hesse, has been subjecting the German public to. His hateful and reactionary statements are being supported by the country’s chancellor, Angela Merkel. Together, they have been proposing a controversial plan to increase penalties [...] ...
German
Immigrants
Voters
Youth
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An unfortunate surprise in New Hampshire
2008-01-09 12:43:46
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Status
Candidate
Votes
Vote %
Del*
Precincts
Clinton
110,550
39%
9
96%
reporting
Obama
102,883
37%
9
Edwards
47,803
17%
4
Richardson
12,987
5%
0
Kucinich
3,845
1%
0
Biden
616
0%
0
Gravel
397
0%
0
Dodd
195
0%
0
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I really thought the pouting thing was going to hurt Clinton. I had hoped that it might even be her “Dean scream.” It was certainly worse than what he did. She was taking a swipe at Obama — implying that if he wins the presidency the country might “fall backwards” — while she [...] ...
Hampshire
New Hampshire
Surprise
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Six years of leaving children behind
2008-01-09 08:58:25
Those of us who are involved in the workings of the public education system know especially well the problems created by the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). At best it has been an annoyance, at worst a disaster.
Six years ago today the Bush Administration (with the help of more than a few foolish Democrats [...] ...
Children
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A cute fluff piece, but it’s actually kind of cool
2008-01-08 00:42:34
The Kansas City Star recently ran an article about Katie Glueck, a high school senior who just got a job as a political correspondent for Cosmo Girl. This would be your typical “local girl makes it big” newspaper fluff piece, if it wasn’t for the fact that it’s about a teenage girl getting a job [...] ...
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German conservatives use racist and ageist rhetoric
2008-01-07 12:31:04
Koch (a true bigot) and Merkel (a shameless opportunist)
The governor of the German state of Hesse, Roland Koch, stirred up a hornet’s nest last week by harshly criticizing the country’s immigrant community and young immigrants in particular. Koch, who is a member of the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU), said that immigrants should follow the [...] ...
German
Racist
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Some thoughts on the youth vote, with David Von Drehle
2008-01-05 23:03:47
Yesterday, when I wrote about the fantastic youth voter turnout in Iowa, I began my post by mentioning an article by David Von Drehle, Editor-at-large for Time magazine. He had predicted that youth voter turnout would be about the same as always, despite Barack Obama’s efforts to reach out to young people. He also argued [...] ...
Vote
Youth
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An empowering victory for young people
2008-01-04 15:00:16
Just yesterday Time ran an article by David Von Drehle that dismissed young voters as relatively unimportant. Von Drehle argued that Obama knew young voters weren’t going to be a major factor in Iowa and that his outreach to them was really just a clever marketing strategy designed to send a message to older voters.
Barack [...] ...
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