Kamala Harris
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For Her Historic Inauguration Event Wardrobe, Kamala Harris Has Chosen African American Designers
When Kamala Devi Harris is sworn in as the first female, Black and South Asian vice president on Wednesday morning, she will do so on a Bible owned by late Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, under the undoubtedly smiling eyes of the first Latina on the Supreme Court, Justice Sonia Sotomayor. Harris will also bring…
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Kamala Harris May Reshape How People View the Vice Presidency Forever
“The symbolism alone of having a Black woman vice president and going around the world—representing the Red, White, and Blue—I think it’s really going to, again, reinvigorate the world toward American values.” —Ravi Perry Ph.D., Chair of Political Science, Howard University text The day many thought would never arrive is finally here: Donald Trump’s presidency…
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Kamala Harris To Be Sworn in as VP on Thurgood Marshall's Bible by Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor
Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will be making more than one symbolic statement at her inauguration on Wednesday. According to ABC News, Harris will mark her historic inauguration as vice president by swearing-in on a bible that belonged to civil rights icon Thurgood Marshall, who was the first Black Supreme Court justice. Harris will be sworn…
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Don't Call Them 'Urban Issues': Why the Biden-Harris Administration Needs to Address Black Interests for What They Are
“To the extent that the Biden-Harris administration understands the power of their rhetoric and is willing to work with all kinds of groups throughout the country to ensure that African-American interests remain at the forefront of their agenda, that’s important.” — Ravi Perry Ph.D., Chair of Political Science, Howard University text Howard University professor Ravi…
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Anna Wintour Addresses Kamala Harris Cover Controversy, Says It Was Chosen to 'Reflect This Tragic Moment in Global History'
We asked what Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour was thinking when she chose what was widely panned as a dreadful choice for Kamala Harris’ first cover of the famed fashion magazine—and she has answered, claiming to have had only the best intentions. The response to the cover was overwhelmingly negative when it was leaked on Saturday…
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Skee-Why? Kamala Harris' 1st Vogue Cover Sparks a Slew of Questions—Namely, What Was Anna Wintour Thinking? [Updated]
The ongoing pandemic has forced some necessary pivots for all of us—the ways we work, play, communicate, and create have all dramatically changed in the past year, for better or for worse. The fashion industry has been among those forced to get especially creative, finding new ways to pare down typically lavish, personnel-heavy shoots in…
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Black People Risked Their Lives to Get Biden Elected. Here's What He Owes Us
Senators-elect Rev. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff are seen as manifestations of the New South, but it was Black women like LaTosha Brown who risked their lives mobilizing enough Black people in Georgia to make it happen. Their victories tilted the balance of power to Joe Biden, whose victory in the state and nationally similarly…
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It Was the Best of Times and the Worst of Times at the Same Damn Time: Top 10 Moments of Joy From 2020
If I could sum up 2020 in one phrase, it would be “whew, chile” (see also: “I hate it here” and “I’m tired of this church.”) As we near the end of this unprecedented year, I can’t help but reflect on all the tumultuous things that have transpired up until now. Actually, I take that…
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‘That Was Easy! I Barely Felt It’: Kamala Harris Receives 1st Dose of COVID-19 Vaccine
It’s been just over two weeks since the first doses of a COVID-19 vaccine were administered in the U.S. Since then, public officials have been getting their doses and publicizing the events in order to build America’s confidence in the safety and efficacy of the vaccine. Vice President-elect Kamala Harris did her part when she…
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Gov. Newsom Appoints California Secretary of State Alex Padilla to Replace Kamala Harris in U.S. Senate
Before becoming the first Black female vice president in U.S. history, Kamala Harris was the only Black woman in the U.S. Senate and only the second to serve in the Senate ever. So it should come as no surprise that Black people—including 28 civil rights leaders, Black Lives Matter officials and California’s Legislative Black Caucus—called…