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 […]
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How Black Women Are Approaching a Kamala Harris Candidacy
Camille McCallum is one of the thousands of Black women taking up the banner to support Vice President Kamala Harris — and she’s turning to TikTok to spread the word. Inspired by a call filled with 44,000 Black women from diverse walks of life, McCallum jumped onto social media within hours of the news that […]
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Medical Schools Face New Obstacle in Push to Train More Black Doctors
Originally published by KFF Health News. JACKSON, Miss. — Jerrian Reedy was 9 when his father was admitted to the hospital in Hattiesburg, about two hours northeast of New Orleans, after sustaining three gunshot wounds. Reedy recalled visiting his dad in the intensive care unit that summer in 2009, even though children weren’t typically permitted […]
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Obama Officially Endorses Harris for President
Former President Barack Obama endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to be the Democratic Party’s 2024 presidential nominee on Friday. The endorsement was made public on YouTube, where the Harris campaign posted a video of Obama telling her via a phone call that she has his support. Michelle Obama participated in the call, too. “We called […]
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After Years of Litigation, First Black Mayor in Rural Alabama Town Gets to Serve
Patrick Braxton is overwhelmed with gratitude. He’s been juggling a yearslong legal battle to serve as the lawful mayor of his hometown, Newbern, Alabama. After years of harassment, his rural town enters a new chapter: Its first Black mayor will finally get to serve. Braxton will be reinstated as mayor of Newbern, according to a […]
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Where Does Kamala Harris Stand on Key Issues Affecting Black Voters?
The Democratic Party’s likely presidential nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris, has delivered her first speech since President Joe Biden’s dramatic exit from the race. “I took on perpetrators of all kinds,” she said at her campaign headquarters on Monday, after making anentrance to Beyoncé’s song “Freedom.” “Predators who abused women. Fraudsters who ripped off consumers. […]
