Boston, Massachusetts - Dr. Jill Stein is running to bring a new vision to the White House in 2024. Here's what you need to know about her third-party candidacy for president.

Jill Stein officially announced she was running for president with the Green Party on November 9, 2023, and secured the nomination on August 17, 2024.

Stein's entry into the 2024 race came after fellow presidential hopeful Cornel West decided he would no longer seek the Green Party nomination and instead run as an Independent.

Stein is no newcomer to politics. She has twice before run for president and activated more than 1.4 million voters in her last campaign in 2016.

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Her current bid for the White House may not be getting much attention in corporate media, but that doesn't mean she isn't a force to be reckoned with.

TAG24 NEWS is here to fill in the gaps with everything to know about Jill Stein's campaign and her plan for America should she win the presidency.

Jill Stein (73) is a renowned doctor, public health advocate, and political organizer with a track record of standing up for environmental protections, racial justice, and campaign finance reform.

Born in Chicago, Stein is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Medical School. She went on to practice internal medicine in the Boston area for 25 years.

It was during her time as a practicing physician that Stein began to notice the connections between toxic exposure and physical illness. This sparked her lifelong advocacy for climate protections and environmental justice, including protesting the "Filthy Five" coal plants in Massachusetts.

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Seeing the power of corporate lobbyists to stymy critical measures benefiting people and planet, Stein became a vocal advocate for campaign finance reform. She helped to pass the 1998 Clean Election Law ballot measure by a 2-1 vote, though it was later repealed by the Democratic-majority state legislature. The experience solidified Stein's decision to move away from two-party politics and strengthen her association with the Green Party.

Stein went on to found the Massachusetts Coalition for Healthy Communities and to receive numerous honors for her work, including the Clean Water Action's "Not in Anyone's Backyard" Award, the "Children's Health Hero" Award, and the Toxic Action Center's Citizen Award.

Her commitment to ending the corporate control of US politics inspired her to make two previous Green Party bids for Massachusetts governor, in 2002 and 2010, as well as for president, in 2012 and 2016.

Jill Stein has once again thrown her hat in the ring to offer a people-centered alternative to the Republican and Democratic parties.

She believes the status quo is no longer viable as the American people reel from multiple crises, including rising poverty, debilitating student and medical debt, food scarcity, homelessness, and climate collapse. Meanwhile, the US government spends billions of dollars to fund wars overseas.

"I'm running for president to offer that choice for the people outside of the failed two-party system," Stein says in her campaign announcement video.

"The ruling parties that got us into this mess aren't getting us out," she continues. "The Democrats have betrayed their promises for working people, youth, and the climate again and again, while Republicans don't even make such promises in the first place."

"We do have the power, and we can use it in this election to start building an America and a world that works for all of us."

Stein announced Professor Rudolph "Butch" Ware as her vice-presidential pick during an online rally on August 16, 2024.

Ware is an activist, educator, and associate professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His research and advocacy focus on African history, African-American history, and Islamic intellectual history, including the connections between Islam and the abolition of slavery, Sufi literature and Qur'an schooling in West Africa, and more.

"I'm honored and thrilled to welcome Butch Ware as my running mate and the Vice President we need at this moment in history. His personal experience overcoming systemic injustice, his deep knowledge of history and people’s movements, and his commitment to building a sustainable, just, peaceful world make Butch the ideal candidate," Stein shared on social media.

"This is truly a historic ticket bringing together a Jewish woman and Black Muslim man against genocide, endless war, climate collapse, and rampant injustice, and for an economy that works for working people, a livable future for our children, and an America and a world that works for all of us."

Stein's policy platform centers on expanding economic and social liberties, defending US democracy from corporate-backed threats, protecting the planet, and promoting peace and diplomacy in foreign relations. Her principles are outlined on her campaign website and on the Green Party website.

Here is where the presidential hopeful stands on some of the most pressing political issues of the day.

Stein supports tuition-free education from pre-K through college and opposes the expansion of the charter school system. She wants to abolish student debt, equalize public school funding, and guarantee free childcare.

Stein has called for comprehensive actions to address police brutality and mass incarceration targeting Black and brown communities. She supports ending the war on drugs, minimum sentencing requirements, "three strikes" laws, cash bail, qualified immunity for police, the incarceration of youth, and the death penalty. She has also advocated the creation of independent review boards to monitor police conduct and wants to ban private prisons and detention facilities.

Stein supports an end to US-influenced wars overseas and campaign finance reform to curb the influence of military contractors and lobbyists in American politics. She has pledged to cut military spending by 50-75% and close the majority of US military bases abroad while prioritizing diplomatic solutions to international conflicts in accordance with basic human rights and international law.

The Green Party candidate has been outspoken in support of Palestinian freedom amid Israel's US-backed genocidal assault on Gaza, including an end to US military aid to Israel. She has also demanded an end to NATO and US funding of the war in Ukraine.

Stein wants to end the embargo on Cuba as well as sanctions on Nicaragua and Venezuela, close the infamous Guantanamo Bay detention facility, and withdraw US troops from Syria and Iraq.

Stein supports addressing the root causes of migration across the Southern border, which include US intervention and destabilization, the war on drugs, harmful sanctions, and continued environmental destruction. She wants to end the criminalization of asylum, grant amnesty to every undocumented person in the US, expand services for refugees, and create a legal pathway to citizenship for immigrants. She advocates abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and establishing an Office of Citizenship, Refugees, and Immigration Services under the Department of Labor.

Stein has said her administration would implement a federal jobs guarantee and a minimum wage of at least $25 an hour as well as fund three weeks of paid sick leave, eight weeks of paid vacation per year, and one year of parental leave for all new parents. Her campaign calls for an Economic Bill of Rights that guarantees the right to a living wage job, housing, food, health care, education, and other basic needs.

Stein has been an outspoken proponent of organized labor and believes it should be easier for workers to form a union. To that end, she supports encouraging sectoral bargaining, repealing right-to-work laws, and ensuring at least 50% worker representation on corporate boards, as well as unionizing all federal employees.

The Green Party nominee also supports Medicare For All and abolishing medical debt, as well as taking the pharmaceutical industry into public control. Following COVID-19, she wants to create a national program to boost pandemic preparedness. She calls for the legalization and funding of research on cannabis as well as steps toward legalizing hallucinogens.

It comes as no surprise that climate action is a core principle of Stein's 2024 campaign given her Green Party credentials. The presidential hopeful supports a Green New Deal to address worsening environmental disasters and their disproportionate impact on people of color.

The Green New Deal calls for a 100% clean renewable energy transition by 2030, massive investments in green businesses and infrastructure, and an end to fossil fuel extraction, which will create millions of jobs and reduce fossil fuel-related diseases.

Stein supports guaranteeing access to emergency contraception and to abortion care, regardless of age or marital status. She also believes birth control and menstruation products should be available and cost-free through universal healthcare coverage.

Stein has called for the immediate publication of the Equal Rights Amendment to enshrine the equal rights of women and LGBTQ+ Americans in the US Constitution, as well as passage of the Paycheck Fairness Act to close the gender wage gap. She wants to decriminalize sex work.

Stein has a long history of advocacy for marriage equality and wants to extend full rights to LGBTQ+ Americans. Her platform calls for banning "conversion therapy," funding housing relief programs for LGBTQ+ youth, and declaring trans murder and suicide rates a national emergency. She has expressed support for the Equality Act, PRIDE Act, and Every Child Deserves a Family Act and said she wants to pursue measures against anti-LGBTQ+ hate crimes.

Stein has highlighted the need for a US truth and reconciliation commission as well as for reparations for Black Americans – including cash payments – to address past and present injustices. Her platform states that if elected, she will confer with Black leaders to determine the parameters, logistics, and eligibility requirements for reparations payments.

The Green Party nominee's policy plan also calls for major investments in historically Black colleges and universities, Black-owned businesses, food accessibility, clean water, housing programs, and more.

Stein has spoken about the importance of respecting treaties with Indigenous Peoples and ending attacks on Indigenous climate protectors. She has also shared her commitment to ratifying international human rights frameworks around Indigenous rights and to seeking free, prior, and informed consent of Indigenous Peoples before making decisions that impact their lands, waters, and ways of life. Her platform calls for the creation of a federal Land Back Commission and funding of the Indian Health Service with at least one clinic in each state.

Stein has expressed support for greater restrictions on firearm sales, including requiring background checks, banning assault rifles, and closing gun show loopholes. She also believes people with documented mental health issues or records of domestic abuse should not be allowed to purchase guns.

Stein has a tough path to the White House in 2024 as many media sources focus exclusively on the matchup between Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump – the nominees from each of the establishment parties.

Meanwhile, youth voters and voters of color are reporting increased dissatisfaction with the Biden-Harris administration and the Democratic Party, in large part due to their ongoing support for Israel's war on Gaza and failure to take bold enough action on climate and racial justice.

Growing desire for a third option may present an opportunity for Stein's campaign to pick up a record number of votes in 2024.

Whether the Green Party candidate can break through the two-party stranglehold in this election remains to be seen.

A strong challenge from Stein would, nevertheless, help to build a critical base of support for future Green Party contests.