Progressive philosopher Cornel West can be described as a number of things: a social critic, an actor, a radio host and a political activist. And as of this week, a candidate for president of the ...

Activist, theologian and academic Cornel West announced Monday that he is running for president in 2024 as a third-party candidate. “In these times, I have decided to run for truth and justice,” West ...

In an exclusive interview with The Nation, the candidate talks church, state, prophecy—and politics. Cornel West delivers a keynote speech as the 57th Commemoration of El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, ...

Nick Reynolds is a senior politics reporter at Newsweek. A native of Central New York, he previously worked as a politics reporter at the Charleston Post & Courier in South Carolina and for the Casper ...

Independent presidential candidate Cornel West named Cal State Los Angeles professor Melina Abdullah as his running mate on Wednesday, saying that her commitment to social justice and to prioritizing ...

Ivy League professor Dr. Cornel West, who recently launched a 2024 third-party presidential bid, said Thursday that both parties are too tied to corporate America to be able to advocate for ...

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, ...

Independent candidates like West need a VP pick to qualify in some states. Independent presidential candidate Cornel West announced his vice presidential pick on Wednesday as he seeks to gain ballot ...

We speak with Fordham University political science professor Christina Greer and theologian Cornel West about the January 6 committee’s recommendation that former President Donald Trump and his allies ...

Cornel West has weathered the storm of public life for more than four decades. In addition to authoring the seminal classics Race Matters and Democracy Matters, Dr. West has served as professor of ...

Cornel West speaks at the 2019 Hutchins Center Honors W.E.B. Du Bois Medal Ceremony at Harvard University on October 22, 2019. (Paul Marotta / Getty Images) By signing up, you confirm that you are ...

Left: Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., speaks during a campaign event at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023, in Miami. (AP ...