Before a crowd in Raleigh, North Carolina, on Friday, Vice President Kamala Harris laid out her economic agenda — her first big policy proposal since President Joe Biden’s abrupt departure from the race in July. It was Harris’ latest effort during her warp-speed campaign for the White House to reintroduce herself to voters, who know […]
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Ilhan Omar Ends the Squad’s Losing Streak
U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota on Tuesday put a stop to the losing streak that the “Squad” of progressive Democrats in the House had been on this summer. Omar, the incumbent of Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District, beat her primary challenger, Don Samuels, a former Minneapolis City Council member who nearly defeated her in the […]
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Ayanna Pressley On Project 2025 and the DOJ
The tone of this year’s presidential election may have shifted since Joe Biden ended his reelection bid and passed the baton to Vice President Kamala Harris. But Democratic lawmakers are still sounding the alarm about what they say are the threats of a Donald Trump presidency. “People should stay woke,” Rep. Ayanna Pressley, a founding […]
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Newbern’s First Black Mayor Won in the Courts, but the Fight Is Far From Over
NEWBERN, Ala. — The sunrays beamed on Patrick Braxton’s forehead as he raised his right hand and placed his left on a Bible, held by his wife, Freda. He stood confidently, ready to execute his oath of office for all to see. That moment — on an early August afternoon — felt so familiar yet […]
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How Harris and Walz Are Trying to Shift This Election’s Vibes
“What do you have to say to the American people?” Megan Thee Stallion asks Vice President Kamala Harris in a TikTok video. “We are not going back,” Harris says, emphatically. Then, without missing a beat, Megan sticks out her tongue and makes her signature sound: ahhh. It’s a short clip — about 10 seconds, from […]
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Meet Kamala Harris’ VP Pick, Gov. Tim Walz
After feverish speculation, Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday picked Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate. Harris’ selection of Walz is the most significant decision of her rapidly evolving presidential campaign. It comes as the two prepare to introduce the new Democratic ticket via a tour through seven cities in battleground states: Philadelphia; […]
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Harris Faces Critiques of Her Identity, Along With Her Record
Last week, in a moment at the National Association of Black Journalists convention that’s gone viral, former President Donald Trump challenged whether Harris is really Black. He said that he didn’t know that she’s Black until some years ago, “when she happened to turn Black, and now she wants to be known as Black.” Two […]
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How Trump’s NABJ Interview Might Go Over With Black Voters
The strategy was simple. Donald Trump would attend a Black journalism convention in Chicago and go after Kamala Harris for her record. The former president’s advisers reportedly urged him to portray Harris as a “radical” and a “liberal prosecutor” from California who, as vice president, utterly failed to secure the southern border. This strategy would […]
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It’s Official! Kamala Harris Secures Democratic Presidential Nomination.
In less than two weeks, Vice President Kamala Harris has ascended to launching a record-breaking presidential campaign and gaining enough delegates to clinch the Democratic nomination for president. Harris’ campaign made the announcement on Friday, days before the Aug. 7 deadline, multiple news outlets reported. She ran unopposed in a virtual roll call that began […]
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Donald Trump’s Pants on Fire Claim That Kamala Harris ‘Became’ Black
In a contentious appearance at the National Association of Black Journalists annual conference in Chicago, former President Donald Trump argued with moderators over their questions and opened the conversation accusing Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democrats’ presumptive presidential nominee, of recently becoming Black. When asked whether he agreed with some Republicans characterizing Harris as a […]