Cornel West – Academic & Activist, 2028 Presidential Election 2028 Candidate

Cornel West

INDEPENDENTMassachusetts
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Academic & Activist

Presidential

Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma and raised in Sacramento, California; grandson of a Baptist minister. Harvard magna cum laude graduate who earned his PhD in philosophy from Princeton at age 27, becoming one of America's most prominent public intellectuals. Married four times; two children.

Policy Focus

Radical Democracy

Racial JusticeWorkers' RightsPeace

Policy Positions

Racial JusticeReparations for Black Americans, dismantle systemic racism
Workers' RightsLiving wage, universal union membership, end corporate greed
PeaceEnd all foreign wars, cut military budget by 50%, invest in communities

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Career Timeline

1984Published first major work, became leading public intellectual
1993Published Race Matters, national bestseller
2002Left Harvard for Princeton in public dispute
2016Campaigned for Bernie Sanders, later endorsed Jill Stein
2023Launched independent presidential campaign
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