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After fracturing a toe on a root four weeks ago while running a loop around Lake Overstreet, I had my first opportunity to watch the race in person.

Saturday was the culmination of more than a year of planning. Most of the course was on the St. Marks Rails to Trail linear park and Highway 98.

Updated 2 hours ago The Democratic Establishment Is Going All Out To Beat Nina Turner And the left is desperate to get her over the finish line in Ohios special primary election. Getty Images/Facebook Nina Turner, left, is locked in a heated congressional primary with Shontel Brown. The outcome of the race could affect the direction of the Democratic Party. Moderate Democratic groups, donors and even some Republicans are flooding Ohio’s 11th Congressional District with millions of dollars in ...

The COVID-19 Vaccine Patent Waiver Fight Is Far From Over The waivers timing and scope, plus the transfer of technological know-how and development of manufacturing infrastructure, will all be fiercely debated. Getty Images President Joe Biden and U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai are under industry pressure to make a COVID-19 vaccine intellectual property waiver as narrow as possible. The Biden administration’s announcement last Wednesday that it planned to support waiving intellectual...

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Updated May 03, 2021 Pharma-Backed Democrats Rally Opposition To Vaccine Patent Waiver Reps. Scott Peters (Calif.) and Ron Kind (Wis.) echoed pharmaceutical industry talking points in a letter drafted to President Joe Biden. Getty Images Democratic Reps. Scott Peters (Calif.), left, and Ron Kind (Wis.), sit on committees that regulate the pharmaceutical industry and are among the biggest recipients of industry cash. Two House Democrats are soliciting support for a letter calling on President Jo...

Updated 2 days ago Nina Turner’s Dark Money Pledge Sparks Accusation Of Hypocrisy The former Ohio state senator previously ran a progressive group that technically raised “dark money.” Nina Turner, the former Ohio state senator turned progressive icon, is calling on her rivals in the Democratic special election primary for Ohio’s 11th Congressional District to join her in swearing off “corporate special interest dollars funneled through super PACs and Dark Money groups....

Updated 1 hour ago House Democrats In Safe Seats Ask DCCC Donors For Help Fending Off Progressive Challenges Reps. Jimmy Gomez (Calif.) and Veronica Escobar (Texas) made their pitch during a party-sponsored video call with donors. Getty Images Reps. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.), left, and Veronica Escobar (D-Texas) used a video call with Democratic donors to ask for help against progressive primary challengers. Two House Democrats in safe Democratic seats used a party-sponsored video call with donors...

The founder of a women’s self-defense group from Queens takes on a Manhattan Democrat with a mixed record on progressive priorities.

Updated 1 day ago Progressive Organizer Odessa Kelly To Challenge Conservative Tennessee Democrat The left-wing Justice Democrats’ first primary target this election cycle is Rep. Jim Cooper, a budget hawk. Odessa Kelly Campaign Odessa Kelly, head of the liberal group Stand Up Nashville, is running for the Democratic nomination in Tennessees 5th Congressional District, which includes metropolitan Nashville. Nashville community organizer Odessa Kelly announced on Monday that she is mounting a ...