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Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is charting an unorthodox path to the White House. Bucking decades of political ritual, Bloomberg skipped formally participating in the first four contests of the Democratic primary and staked his ground on bringing in a big delegate haul on Super Tuesday, the day fourteen states vote.

Some states abuse their right to clean up the voter rolls, effectively purging people from the lists. Voter rights advocates say same day registration would protect voter access.

On Tuesday, Lynch urged voters to back the former vice president.

If Senator Elizabeth Warren doesn't earn many delegates today, her presidential campaign will have to rethink its future, King said.

A new PBS documentary details the discrimination that minority people faced living in public housing.

Is love really blind? Thompson walks us through Netflix's latest reality TV show.

Today:Andrea Cabral fills in for Margery. We talk with Imari Paris Jeffries of Embrace Boston about the politics of hope, and a need to fundamentally change our political habits – if you want to start eating better, you’ve got to stop buying potato chips.And, we subject you all to the New England jingles that live rent free in our brains. Who even gets those cars for kids? And what about Wachusett?

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