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| Julián Castro will not rule out reparations to descendants of slaves | Julián Castro will not rule out reparations to descendants of slaves |
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| The Democratic presidential candidate Julián Castro will not rule out direct payments to African Americans in reparation for the legacy of slavery – a stand that separates him from his 2020 rivals. | The Democratic presidential candidate Julián Castro will not rule out direct payments to African Americans in reparation for the legacy of slavery – a stand that separates him from his 2020 rivals. |
| Joe Biden tops 2020 Iowa Democratic presidential poll ahead of Sanders | Joe Biden tops 2020 Iowa Democratic presidential poll ahead of Sanders |
| “If under the constitution we compensate people because we take their property, why wouldn’t you compensate people who actually were property,” the Obama-era housing secretary and former mayor of San Antonio told CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday. | “If under the constitution we compensate people because we take their property, why wouldn’t you compensate people who actually were property,” the Obama-era housing secretary and former mayor of San Antonio told CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday. |
| Castro was among a pack of 2020 candidates to speak this weekend at the South by Southwest Festival in Austin, Texas, in one of the biggest gatherings of the Democratic field yet. | Castro was among a pack of 2020 candidates to speak this weekend at the South by Southwest Festival in Austin, Texas, in one of the biggest gatherings of the Democratic field yet. |
| Other candidates are discussing the benefits of tax credits and other subsidies rather than direct payments for the labor and legal oppression of slaves and their descendants. The Vermont senator Bernie Sanders, for example, wants to put resources such as Medicare for All and tuition-free college into distressed communities. | Other candidates are discussing the benefits of tax credits and other subsidies rather than direct payments for the labor and legal oppression of slaves and their descendants. The Vermont senator Bernie Sanders, for example, wants to put resources such as Medicare for All and tuition-free college into distressed communities. |
| Booker first made a name as the hands-on mayor of Newark. Known for his focus on criminal justice reform and impassioned speeches on immigration, he has though been criticized for ties to Wall Street. | |
| Buttigieg wants to be the first openly gay millennial president. A Harvard graduate and Rhodes scholar, he became the youngest mayor of a mid-size US city at the age of 29. As a Navy Reserve lieutenant he deployed to Afghanistan while serving as mayor. | |
| Castro casts himself as an antidote to Trump and the adminstration's hardline immigration policies. The grandson of a Mexican immigrant and raised by single mother, the 44-year-old Democrat is one of the most prominent Latinos in Democratic politics. | |
| He has delivered his message of pragmatism to voters in all 99 of Iowa’s counties since he officially kicked off the race in July 2017. The multimillionaire banking entrepreneur wants to build a big-tent party that appeals to independents and moderate Republicans. | |
| An Iraq war veteran who has vowed to run a campaign focused on issues of “war and peace”. Gabbard made history as the first Samoan American and the first Hindu elected to Congress. But she has drawn criticism for meeting with Syria’s president Bashar al-Assad, and progressives are wary of her past conservative views on on social issues. | |
| Years before the #MeToo movement, the New York senator was leading efforts in Congress to combat sexual assault in the military and on college campuses. The former corporate lawyer has embraced a slate of economic ideas supported by the party’s progressive wing. | |
| Harris is one of Trump’s fiercest critics, and has built a national reputation grilling administration officials during their confirmation hearings. A former state attorney general and the daughter of immigrants from India and Jamaica, Harris believes she has the unique profile to take on Trump. | |
| Before he served two terms as governor of Colorado, the 67-year-old Democrat worked as a geologist for a petroleum company. After a lay off, he switched careers and opened a successful brewpub in Denver that helped to revitalize the city’s downtown. | |
| Inslee is running as the “only candidate who will make defeating climate change our nation’s number one priority”. As the country experiences more powerful hurricanes, scorching wildfires and submerged coastlines, polls show public concern is growing. | |
| On Election Night 2018, Klobuchar coasted to a third term as senator in a state Trump almost won. Next morning she was on every short list of potential presidential candidates. Supporters say her success with rural voters makes her a formidable candidate in the Rust Belt, while her calm demeanour provides a clear contrast with Trump. | |
| Sanders turned a long-shot, anti-establishment bid for the presidency into a “political revolution” that energized the party’s progressive base. His political career began nearly 40 years ago, but it wasn’t until his 2016 run that Sanders became a national figure as a new generation of Democrats – and 2020 contenders – embraced his populist economic policies. | |
| Her sharp criticism of Wall Street and big corporations has made Warren a favorite among progressive activists, and she will campaign on a message of a rigged economic system and income inequality. | |
| This is not the spiritual guru and a new age author’s first foray into politics: in 2014, she mounted an unsuccessful congressional bid in California. Her entry adds some star-power to the race that may attract more celebrities. | |
| A former tech executive and entrepreneur running the longest of long shot campaigns centered on the perils of automation. His central plank is a plan to give every American adult a salary of $1,000 per month, paid for by a tax on companies that benefit the most from automation. | |
| Lauren Gambino and Sam Morris | |
| Castro said he did not think that was the proper argument against reparations. | Castro said he did not think that was the proper argument against reparations. |
| “It’s interesting to me,” he said, “that when it comes to Medicare for All, healthcare, the response there has been, ‘We need to write a big check’. That when it comes to tuition-free or debt-free college, the answer has been, ‘We need to write a big check.’ | “It’s interesting to me,” he said, “that when it comes to Medicare for All, healthcare, the response there has been, ‘We need to write a big check’. That when it comes to tuition-free or debt-free college, the answer has been, ‘We need to write a big check.’ |
| If we compensate people because we take their property, why wouldn’t you compensate people who actually were property? | If we compensate people because we take their property, why wouldn’t you compensate people who actually were property? |
| “And so, if the issue is compensating the descendants of slaves, I don’t think that the argument about writing a big check ought to be the argument that you make, if you’re making an argument that a big check needs to be written for a whole bunch of other stuff.” | “And so, if the issue is compensating the descendants of slaves, I don’t think that the argument about writing a big check ought to be the argument that you make, if you’re making an argument that a big check needs to be written for a whole bunch of other stuff.” |
| He did not say that if elected he would push for direct compensation to descendants of slaves, saying instead he would appoint a commissioner or taskforce to make recommendations. | He did not say that if elected he would push for direct compensation to descendants of slaves, saying instead he would appoint a commissioner or taskforce to make recommendations. |
| On Saturday night, a Des Moines Register/CNN/Mediacom Iowa poll concerning the Democratic field put Castro at 1% support. The poll winner, former vice-president Joe Biden, at 27%, has not yet declared his candidacy. | On Saturday night, a Des Moines Register/CNN/Mediacom Iowa poll concerning the Democratic field put Castro at 1% support. The poll winner, former vice-president Joe Biden, at 27%, has not yet declared his candidacy. |
| Castro told CNN he was “articulating a strong, compelling vision for the future of this country” and said he could tell he was “going to gain traction”. | Castro told CNN he was “articulating a strong, compelling vision for the future of this country” and said he could tell he was “going to gain traction”. |
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