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“IT’S VERY FRUSTRATING”: GABBARD SUPPORTERS PROTEST CNN TOWN HALL EXCLUSION

“I’m here showing solidarity and support for a candidate who CNN is not letting speak,” said Nitya Pool, a protester wearing one of the recently-made black T-shirts the campaign was selling on site.

FLAVIANA SANDOVAL February 6, 2020

THE OTHER PROTEST: PRO-TRUMP TRUCK FLASHES HIGH-WATTAGE TV CLIPS ABOUT DEMS OUTSIDE NEW HAMPSHIRE CLIMATE TOWN HALL

While college students interviewed presidential hopefuls at a town hall on energy and climate change, supporters of President Donald Trump staged a high-wattage protest outside. Giant flatscreens, attached to a pro-Trump PAC’s black truck, flashed TV news clips meant to embarrass leading Democratic candidates.

ERICK TRICKEY February 6, 2020

REQUESTING EQUITY: STUDENTS PRESS CANDIDATES TO REMEMBER POOR PEOPLE IN CLIMATE POLICIES

“We have to make sure that money goes right back to people, to help with their heating and their cooling bills, or we’re never going to get it passed.”

ERICK TRICKEY February 6, 2020

THRIVING IN CHAOS: A DISORIENTED CAMPAIGN KICKS OFF IN NEW HAMPSHIRE

Klobuchar went on to tell the crowd that her campaign exceeded expectations: “I think the answer for all of this is that you want a president who has the presence of mind that can thrive in chaos.”

PATRICK COCHRAN February 5, 2020

FROM SPECK TO SPECTACLE: A POLITICAL HISTORY IN THREE NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARIES

At this point in 1952, incumbent President Harry Truman was on the fence about seeking another term, and other big-name Dems were unwilling to succeed his increasingly unpopular presidency.

PATRICK COCHRAN February 5, 2020

MANCHESTER DIVIDED EVENT SCHEDULE

The Shaskeen Pub will host the BINJ pop-up newsroom and reporters from across the country from Feb. 5 – Feb. 11, and has a schedule packed with music, comedy, podcast tapings, and other events for a week of political pandemonium.

BINJ ONLINE January 27, 2020

A CONFERENCE ON SOCIALISM

Sherri Mitchell Questioning capitalism? Learn more about an increasingly popular alternative. April 19, 2017 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS Last year, a Harvard University survey concluded that a majority of young Americans between 18 and 29 years old rejected capitalism, and fully one-third now support socialism as an alternative. Despite this

JASON PRAMAS April 19, 2017

PLAY TO WIN: UK LABOUR PARTY LEADER SHOWS THE AMERICAN LEFT HOW TO MOVE BEYOND SYMBOLIC POLITICS

September 29, 2016 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS Last week—as is the case many weeks every fall and spring in Boston—notices of small scripted protests by an array of area progressive nonprofits, unions, and student groups got me thinking about the rut the anti-corporate American left has been stuck in for

JASON PRAMAS September 29, 2016

MASSROOTS

Photos via Boston For Bernie unless otherwise noted | Graphic by Kent Buckley The relatively short but nonetheless inspirational history of Boston for Bernie Ed. note: I commissioned this recorded narrative, compiled by a journalist-supporter of Bernie Sanders who peripherally volunteered for Boston For Bernie, not out of political motivation

PATRICK COCHRAN July 28, 2016