NEW JERSEY — Professor and author Cornel West, a progressive Black activist who studied and taught at New Jersey's Princeton University, will run for president next year on a third-party ticket. West, who helped found the Center for African-American Studies at Princeton, said he will run with the People’s Party in an announcement Monday via social media. He criticized both major political parties, including current president Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump, who are both running in 2024. “In these bleak times, I have decided to run for truth...

Cornel West, the noted scholar who has straddled the lines of academia and activism for decades, on Monday announced his third-party candidacy for president in the 2024 election. The current esteemed member of the faculty at Union Theological Seminary made the unexpected announcement on social media, where he laid out the foundation of his candidacy. “I am running for truth and justice as a presidential candidate for the People’s Party to reintroduce America to the best of itself – fighting to end poverty, mass incarceration, ending wars and ecological collapse,...

Cornel West unexpectedly announced Monday he is running for president as the candidate for a left-wing, populist third-party. “In these bleak times, I have decided to run for truth and justice which takes the form of running for president of the United States as a candidate for the People’s Party,” West said in a video posted on Twitter. “Neither political party wants to tell the truth about Wall Street, about Ukraine, about the Pentagon and Big Tech,” he added. West, whose work has focused on philosophy and Black history, gained...

Philosopher and scholar Cornel West announced on Monday that he was launching a 2024 presidential campaign with the People’s Party, a progressive third-party group. He will join an increasing number of long-shot candidates seeking the White House, including Democrats Marianne Williamson and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Cornel West, a progressive activist and scholar, announced a bid for the White House, saying he has opted to “run for truth and justice.” West on Monday tweeted a video announcing his campaign, sharing that he wants to “reintroduce America to the best of itself.” “In these bleak times, I have decided to run for truth and justice, which takes the form of running for president of the United States as a candidate for the People’s Party,” West said in the video. “I come from a tradition where I care...

Prominent civil rights activist and former Harvard Divinity School philosophy professor Cornel West is running for president, he announced in a social media post Monday. West is running as a presidential candidate not under the Democrat party but the People’s Party, which describes itself as a “major new independent party that will guarantee health care, housing, quality education, and peace to all.” “In these times, I have decided to run for truth and justice which takes the form of running for President of the United States as a candidate for...

Professor Cornel West announced his candidacy for the 2024 presidential race. The 70-year-old educator, whose resume includes stints at Harvard, Yale and Princeton, threw his hat into the ring in a video posted to Twitter Monday. “In these bleak times I have decided to run for truth and justice which takes the form of running for president of the United States as a candidate for the People’s Party,” the 70-year-old scholar said. West’s nearly three-minute announcement was made to a jazzy soundtrack. He called the presidency “just one vehicle” to...

Progressive activist Cornel West announced Monday his 2024 campaign for president with the People’s Party. “I have decided to run for truth and justice, which takes the form of running for President of the United States as a candidate for the People’s Party,” West said in a video announcement on Twitter launching his third-party presidential bid. “I enter in the quest for truth, I enter in the quest for justice, and the presidency is just one vehicle to pursue that truth and justice – what I’ve been trying to do...

SACRAMENTO – Cornel West, a well-known leftist commentator and Sacramento native, announced on Monday a run for U.S. president in 2024. West, 70, posted the announcement video to his social media channels. "In these bleak times, I have decided to run for truth and justice – which takes the form of running for President of the United States as a candidate for the People's Party," West said in the video. A graduate of John F. Kennedy High School in Sacramento, West also has a bachelor's degree from Harvard and a...

Cornel West, a left-wing activist and philosophy professor who has published a range of work on class and race, announced Monday he would run for president as a candidate for the People’s Party, billing himself as a populist alternative to the two-party system—which he has challenged throughout his career. West said he would prioritize fighting to end poverty by providing a “living wage” for all, health care for all and guaranteed housing. He also mentioned fighting mass incarceration and climate change as part of his platform. Included in his announcement...