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Cornel Ronald West (born June 2, 1953) is an American philosopher, theologian, political activist, politician, social critic, and public intellectual. [12] West was an independent candidate in the 2024 United States presidential election and is an outspoken voice in left-wing politics in the United States .
West's donors include Republican megadonor Harlan Crow, [47] who some have theorized may have donated to the campaign in the hope that West would hurt Democrats' electoral chances. [48] West defended Crow but ultimately returned the donation after public pushback. [49] [50] By August, the campaign reported being $17,000 in debt.
George has been a frequent conversation partner with Cornel West, a leading left-wing public intellectual, and the two are considered close friends. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] [ 13 ] They have appeared together at colleges and universities around the country, arguing for civil dialogue and a broad conception of campus freedom of speech as essential to the ...
West first gained fame for his book “Race Matters.” The slim, powerful volume was published in 1993, on the one-year anniversary of the civil unrest that swept through Los Angeles after a jury ...
Cornel West is leaving the Green Party to run for president as an independent. “I’m running as an Independent candidate for President of the United States to end the iron grip of the ruling ...
The campaign employed that model recently in Utah, where West held a rally with an independent candidate for mayor of Salt Lake City, who said he would turn over his organization to West’s ...
Dr. Cornel West published the book ‘Race Matters’ in 1993 following the Los Angeles riots, which examined the crisis of black leadership in the United States. “We need to take a critical look at ‘We the People’ through the lens of these complicated issues and make connections about the deep questions of quality of life in this country ...
Presidential candidate Cornel West is an author, activist, professor and philosopher affectionately known by some as "Brother West." At Union Theological Seminary, West is the Dietrich Bonhoeffer...