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Booker Introduces Bill To Study Slavery Reparations
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) has introduced legislation calling for a study of reparations, the policy of compensating the descendants of American slaves first proposed at the end of the Civil War. "I’ve been unapologetic in my belief that this can’t just be about acknowledging the past. It needs to be about actually confronting racist policy that persists right now in the present. Because if we don’t, we cannot guarantee that our future will be any different than our past," said Booker, one of several candidates seeking the Democratic nomination for president in 2020. Some form of…
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Cory Booker Announces 2020 Presidential Run
Democratic Sen. Cory Booker is running for president in 2020. Booker -- who grew up in Harrington Park -- made the announcement Friday in a video. “I believe that we can build a country where no one is forgotten, no one is left behind ... where we see the faces of our leaders on television and feel pride, not shame,” Booker said. “Together, we will channel our common pain back into our common purpose. Together, America, we will rise.” His contenders include Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Sens. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), former Barack Obama Cabinet …