Elections

Cornel West Calls $500K in Tax Liens a ‘Distraction’

‘BELOW THE BELT’

During a radio interview Monday, presumptive Green Party nominee Cornel West didn’t dispute that he owes half a million dollars in back taxes to the IRS.

William Bredderman
William Bredderman 

Senior Researcher

Political activist Cornel West addresses the record of U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on African-American issues during a town hall in Flint, Michigan
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William Bredderman

William Bredderman

Senior Researcher

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