Bloomberg Makes Debate Stage, Facing Democratic Rivals for 1st Time

KATHLEEN RONAYNE / The Associated Press Feb 18, 2020 Wednesday's prime-time event will be a stark departure from Bloomberg’s highly choreographed campaign. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Michael Bloomberg’s Racism Goes Well Beyond Stop-and-Frisk

Ilana Novick / Truthdig Feb 17, 2020 In 2011, he told "PBS NewsHour" that many black and Latino men “don’t know how to behave in the workplace.” Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Stop and Frisk Gets Renewed Attention in Bloomberg Candidacy

REGINA GARCIA CANO and JENNIFER PELTZ / The Associated Press Feb 16, 2020 Many of those accosted by police during the tactic's surge in New York, 80% of whom were black or Latino, remain psychologically affected. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Elites Turn to Bloomberg and Remove Their Masks

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Feb 14, 2020 We've already seen the damage a racist billionaire president can do to our democracy. How can Democrats even consider nominating another? Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Michael Bloomberg’s Stop-and-Frisk Apology Tour Is Too Little, Too Late

Amy Goodman and Dennis Moynihan Feb 13, 2020 The former mayor of New York City spent years pursuing and defending a racist policy. For Democratic voters, it should be disqualifying. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Michael Bloomberg’s Defense of Racist Policing Unearthed in Audio

Ilana Novick / Truthdig Feb 11, 2020 “The way you get the guns out of the kids’ hands is to throw them up against the walls and frisk them.” Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Who Invited Michael Bloomberg to the Primary?

Jacob Bacharach / Truthdig Dec 10, 2019 Polling suggests voters want no part of him, but that won't stop the former mayor of New York from humiliating himself on a national stage. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

New York’s Other Hopelessly Corrupt Candidate

Conor Lynch / Truthdig Dec 5, 2019 He trades on his hometown’s “progressive” credentials but made NYC’s inequality issues worse—as he’d do on a national scale. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

The New ‘Black Codes’

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Dec 2, 2019 The post-Civil War laws that oppressed blacks aren’t dead. They have just been updated for 21st-century America. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Michael Bloomberg Launches Democratic Presidential Bid

STEVE PEOPLES / The Associated Press Nov 24, 2019 Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders slam the former New York City mayor for trying to buy the presidency, as it were. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Bloomberg Apologizes for ‘Stop-and-Frisk’ Police Practice

BRIAN SLODYSKO / The Associated Press Nov 18, 2019 Efforts by ex-New York mayor mulling a Democratic presidential run to undo damage to a generation of people of color are met skeptically. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

After Two Fatal Police Shootings, Trump Calls for ‘Nationwide Stop-and-Frisk’

By Nika Knight / Common Dreams Sep 22, 2016 The widely condemned police practice was abandoned in New York City after a federal judge struck it down as unconstitutional, finding that it disproportionately targeted minorities. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )