Barney Frank, longtime Democratic congressman and advocate for the underdog, dies at 86
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The Economist
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Summary
An obituary for Barney Frank, the trailblazing Democratic congressman from Massachusetts who died at age 86. The article highlights how Frank's identity as left-handed, Jewish, and from a working-class background shaped his perspective and his lifelong advocacy for underdogs and marginalized groups throughout his political career.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledHe had never known what being in a majority was like, and Barney Frank enjoyed that.
First, he was left-handed, which accounted perhaps for the mess of spills and crumbs he left on himself after lunch, and for the cuts on his face because he tried to read while shaving.
Second, he was Jewish, which was hardly a career-favouring fact when he started out in politics, and not a great one as he was growing up in the heavily Catholic and Mafia-ridden city of Bayonne, New Jersey.
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