Party Affiliation: Green Party
Running Mate: Ajamu Baraka
Education & Professional/Political Experience:
BA in Psychology/Sociology/Anthropology from Harvard University (1973), MD from Harvard Medical School (1979)
Instructor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School (1982-2006), Staff Internist at Harvard Community Health Plan (1982-2006), Staff Internist at Simmons College Health Center (1991-2006) Associate at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (1992-2006) Co-Founder, Massachusetts Coalition for Healthy Communities (2003-2010)
Candidate for Massachusetts House of Representatives (Middlesex District 9, 2004), Candidate for Governor (2002, 2010), Candidate for the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (2006), Elected Member of Lexington Town Meeting (Precinct 2, 2005-2009), Candidate for President of the United States (2012)
Position on Issues:
- Economy, Taxes + Trade: guaranteed living wage with an indexed federal minimum wage of $15/hr, increased taxation on the highest earners with breaks for the middle and lower classes, opposes Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal
- Foreign Policy +National Security: cut military spending by at least 50% and close down military bases, end military intervention in sovereign nations, spearhead the movement for global nuclear disarmament
- Domestic Affairs: halt deportations of law-abiding undocumented immigrants, improve economic and social conditions abroad to reduce flow of immigrant refugees by ending the drug wars,
- Healthcare: supports Affordable Care Act with expansions – “Medicare for All” single-payer public health insurance program with universal access