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FILE - Progressive activist Cornel West speaks at a demonstration in Union Park outside the Democratic National Convention, Aug. 21, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Third-party candidate Cornel West loses bid to get on Pennsylvania’s presidential ballot

By Mark Scolforo - Associated Press

Progressive activist Cornel West speaks at a demonstration in Union Park outside the Democratic National Convention Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Judge disqualifies Cornel West from running for president in Georgia

By Jeff Amy - Associated Press

Cornel West speaks at a campaign rally for Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., in Detroit, March 6, 2020. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Cornel West survives Democratic challenge in Wisconsin, will remain on state’s presidential ballot

By Scott Bauer - Associated Press

Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein, center, links arms with others while surrounding pro-Palestinian protesters as police show up to their encampment on the campus of Washington University, Saturday, April 27, 2024, in St. Louis, Mo. Dozens were arrested during the protest. (Christine Tannous/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)

Green Party’s Jill Stein musters challenge in Biden’s native Pennsylvania

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Melina Abdullah, co-founder of Black Lives Matter-Los Angeles, smiles as supporters gather outside the gated Hall of Justice to protest Los Angeles District Attorney Jackie Lacey, in downtown Los Angeles, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) ** FILE **

Cornel West taps Black Lives Matter activist Melina Abdullah as vice-presidential running mate

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden exchange points during the first presidential debate Sept. 29, 2020, at Case Western University and Cleveland Clinic, in Cleveland, Ohio. President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have officially secured the requisite numbers of delegates to be considered their parties’ presumptive nominees. The designation allows the candidates to coordinate directly with the national Democratic and Republican parties, although they aren't considered official nominees until the summer conventions.(AP Photo/Morry Gash, Pool, File)

Independent candidates spoil the odds in narrow rematch of Trump, Biden

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Harvard Professor Cornel West speaks at a campaign rally for Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., at the Whittemore Center Arena at the University of New Hampshire, Feb. 10, 2020, in Durham, N.H. The 2024 presidential election is drawing a robust field of independent, third-party and long-shot candidates. Scholar and progressive activist Cornel West is now running as an independent. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Cornel West downplays spoiler worries, targets moral decay in presidential bid

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Harvard Professor Cornel West speaks during ceremonies on campus where W.E.B. Dubois Medals were awarded for contributions to black history and culture, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola) **FILE**

Cornel West warns major parties they have ‘good reason to be afraid’ of third-party candidates

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Harvard Professor Cornel West speaks at a campaign rally for Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., at the Whittemore Center Arena at the University of New Hampshire, Feb. 10, 2020, in Durham, N.H. Progressive activist Cornel West will run for president in 2024 as an independent, not as a member of the Green Party, his campaign said Thursday, Oct. 5. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) **FILE**

Cornel West makes the switch from Green Party to independent

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Harvard professor Cornel West speaks at a campaign rally for Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., at the Whittemore Center Arena at the University of New Hampshire, Feb. 10, 2020, in Durham, N.H. West says he will run for president in 2024 as a third-party candidate. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

Biden eyes growing general election threat from Green Party’s Cornel West

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Harvard professor Cornel West speaks at a campaign rally for Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., at the Whittemore Center Arena at the University of New Hampshire, Feb. 10, 2020, in Durham, N.H. West says he will run for president in 2024 as a third-party candidate. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

Public intellectual Cornel West announces bid for presidency

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

Harvard professor Cornel West is shown here in this July 2016 file photo. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Marc Lamont Hill CNN firing meets backlash on left

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Democracy and freedom of thought: An interview with Dr. Cornel West and Dr. Robert George

By Julie Silverbrook

Dr. Cornel West (right) participates in a rally in New York against violence by police on Oct. 24, 2015. Hundreds marched up Sixth Avenue. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Cornel West endorses Green Party nominee, calls Hillary Clinton a ‘disaster’

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

President Obama (right) shakes hands with Princeton University Professor Cornel West (center) and poet Sonia Sanchez (left) after delivering remarks at the National Urban League's 100th anniversary convention in Washington on Thursday, July 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) ** FILE **

Cornel West: ‘Black America in the age of Obama has been one of desperation’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Prince calls celebs on stage to party at NYC show

By NEKESA MUMBI MOODY - Associated Press

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