register and vote sign in Union Square, photo by Robin L. Frankel
Raise Your Vote looked up each candidates’ platforms on their respective websites. Here are the candidates’ respective stances on selected issues in their own words. Continue reading
Bernie Sanders, Photo by Robin L Frankel
Bernie Sanders spoke to 500 voters as part of a panel at First Unitarian Congregational Society in Brooklyn Heights on Saturday, April 16, 2016.
The other members of the panel were Linda Sarsour, a Muslim activist. Cornel West, a professor of Philosophy, and Sara Luria, a reform Rabbi.
The round-table discussion that touched on many topics. Continue reading
Amye Blum, photo by Robin L Frankel
Amye Blum, 59, is a poll worker in Midwood.
“I went into the library, [where there was] a table set up, I filled out an application and waited for them to call me,” said Blum, about how she got started. Continue reading