Senators Amy Klobuchar and Elizabeth Warren, the leading female candidates in the 2020 Democratic primary race, are polling in fifth and sixth place nationally. Michelle Bernard, President of Bernard Center for Women, Politics and Public Policy, tells MSNBC’s Ali Velshi why she believes female candidates are treated differently in politics than their male counterparts. Video […]
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The 5th 2020 Democratic Presidential Primary Debate: Kamala Harris Showed Up for Black Women
Harris won the debate when she fired off these seventeen words: “A criminal is living in the White House,”“Justice is on the ballot,” and “Show up for me.”
The 4th 2020 Democratic Presidential Primary Debate—Black Women, and Victims of Police Brutality, Were Ignored Again.
If the Democrats are to win this election, it will not be by flipping Trump voters; it will be because they gave their own side reasons to leave home or work, go to the polls, possibly fight off attempts to suppress their votes, stand in long lines and vote in droves.
Two years after Charlottesville, Trump stokes divisions with…
Trump’s White House is enmeshed in the politics of race exactly two years after the violent marches at Charlottesville. Meanwhile, Trump is fueling conspiracy theories about the death of Jeffrey Epstein. Michelle Bernard, Phil Rucker, and Annie Karni, discuss. VIDEO HERE: Date: August 12, 2019
Election 2020: Democratic Debate Preview | Pol Watchers’ Key Issues
June 26, 2018 Jeff D’Alessio With the Illinois primary still another 265 days away, the Democrats’ process of picking a nominee to run against Donald Trump takes center stage tonight with the first of back-to-back two-hour, 10-candidate debates in Miami (8-10 p.m., NBC). For a preview, Editor JEFF D’ALESSIO asked political junkies on both sides […]
The Partisan Comparisons of Al Franken and Roy Moore
Al Franken’s sexual misconduct allegations vs. Roy Moore’s sexual abuse allegations—are politics confounding the issues? Michelle Bernard joins Joy Reid and her panel debate this controversy. VIDEO HERE: Air Date: November 26, 2017
“The New York Times” Slammed for Warm Nazi Sympathizer Profile
Michelle Bernard joins MSNBC’s “AM Joy” to discuss The New York Times‘ coverage of a Nazi sympathizer, white supremacist, and marcher in the Charlottesville rally and asks whether in doing so, The Times is guilty of normalizing racism. VIDEO HERE: November 26, 2016
Is Donald Trump Advised by Conservative News Pundits?
Michelle Bernard joins MSNBC’s “AM Joy” to discuss whether allegations that Jeanine Pirro, Sean Hannity and other conservative media personalities have Donald Trump’s ear on far-reaching subjects. VIDEO HERE: Air Date: November 26, 2017
Trump, the NFL, and the History of the National Anthem
Michelle Bernard joins Joy Reid and her panel to discuss how our national anthem, written by a British slave holder, has an odd history that might change the framework of the Colin Kaepernick controversy. VIDEO HERE: Air Date: October 1, 2017
Does Trump Have Empathy for Puerto Rico?
Michelle Bernard joins Joy Reid and her panel discuss the widespread shock at what many see as a lack of empathy in Donald Trump’s tweets about Puerto Rico. VIDEO HERE: Air Date: October 1, 2017