"Don't Let Them Take Away Your Power": Obama Slams Trump at DNC & Warns U.S. Democracy Is at Risk & Abolitionist Derecka Purnell on Historic Kamala Harris VP Pick & Why Black Progressives Feel Torn & More
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"I Know a Predator When I See One": Kamala Harris Takes Aim at Trump, Accepts Historic VP Nomination ([link removed])
Senator Kamala Harris has formally accepted the Democratic vice-presidential nomination, becoming the first woman of color to run on a major party presidential ... Read More → ([link removed])
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"Don't Let Them Take Away Your Power": Obama Slams Trump at DNC & Warns U.S. Democracy Is at Risk ([link removed])
On the third night of the 2020 Democratic National Convention, party leaders argued that U.S. democracy is at risk if President Trump is reelected in November, with ... Read More → ([link removed])
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Abolitionist Derecka Purnell on Historic Kamala Harris VP Pick & Why Black Progressives Feel Torn ([link removed])
As Kamala Harris makes history as the first woman of color to run on a major party presidential ticket, many Black progressive women remain ambivalent, says ... Read More → ([link removed])
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Before Kamala Harris, There Was Charlotta Bass: Remembering 1st Black Woman to Run for VP in 1952 ([link removed])
Senator Kamala Harris is the first Indian American and first Black woman to be nominated for vice president on a major party ticket, but, as many historians have noted, ... Read More → ([link removed])


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