National Action Network annual conference, hosted by Al Sharpton


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OnTheIssues.org excerpts:  (click on issues for details)

Civil Rights     Bernie Sanders: Supports commission investigating reparations for slavery.     Bernie Sanders: Deal with racial issues as part of health care reform.     Cory Booker: Supports commission investigating reparations for slavery.     Elizabeth Warren: Supports commission investigating reparations for slavery.     John Hickenlooper: Supports commission investigating reparations for slavery.     Kamala Harris: Supports commission investigating reparations for slavery.     Kamala Harris: Judicial appointments should reject separate but equal.     Kirsten Gillibrand: Supports commission investigating reparations for slavery.

Corporations     Bernie Sanders: Top 1% income inequity makes no sense.

Crime     Al Sharpton: Demand investigation after shooting of Breonna Taylor.     Al Sharpton: Demand investigation after police shooting of Breonna Taylor.     Andrew Cuomo: Equal justice requires bail reform; eliminate the money.     Kamala Harris: Private prisons are about profit, not dealing with crime.     Pete Buttigieg: Death penalty is racist; mandatory minimums too.

Drugs     Joe Biden: Treating crack, powdered cocaine differently was an unjust.

Education     Bernie Sanders: Free public college; support for historically black schools.

Government Reform     Bernie Sanders: End voter suppression; make it easier to vote.     Joe Biden: Commit to appointing a Black woman to the Supreme Court.

Health Care     Bill de Blasio: Everyone has a right to health care.

Homeland Security     Kamala Harris: Domestic terrorism as national security priority.

Jobs     Bernie Sanders: End racism in hiring, redlining, & disparate pay.     Bernie Sanders: Equal pay for equal work: anything else unacceptable.

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