Kamala Harris
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Viola, Kamala, Janelle and More Are Glamour's 2018 Women of the Year
What do Viola Davis, Kamala Harris, Janelle Monae, Naomi Wadler and 97-year-old park ranger Betty Reid Soskin have in common? Well, aside from all being incredibly dynamic and inspirational black women, they’ve been named Glamour’s 2018 Women of Year—alongside Chrissy Teigen; the other young female activists of March for Our Lives; Saudi Arabian women’s right…
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Several Democrats Walk Out of Hearing to Protest Brett Kavanaugh Vote Scheduled Friday
It’s clear now, if it wasn’t before, that the political theater disguised as a partisan investigation to get to the bottom of sexual assault allegations was a farce, and as such, four Democratic members of the Senate Judiciary Committee walked out of the hearing Friday morning. According to The Hill, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Richard…
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Kamala Harris Talks Brett Kavanaugh and Addresses Those 2020 Rumors
As one of two black women to ever serve in the US Senate, Sen. Kamala Harris knows how important her role is. And she knows why she has to ask the hard questions the public deserves answers to. Even when they make people squirm. Even if they’re US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, who recently…
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From Hater to Hopeful: How Netroots Nation Changed My Opinion of Kamala Harris
“You’re just a hater!” “She’s the only one who can carry black women!” “So you want Trump to get re-elected?” I hear these things all the time from my political friends. Usually right after I air-drop fifty-kajillion gallons of cold water on their fantasy of a Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) led Democratic ticket beating Donald…
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Three Black Senators Introduce Bill to Make Lynching a Federal Hate Crime
The Senate’s lone black members, Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Tim Scott (R-S.C.), introduced a bill Friday that would make lynching a federal hate crime. The bill is similar to one introduced earlier this month by Rep. Bobby Rush, Democratic congressman from Ill., which has 35 co-sponsors from the Congressional Black Caucus. The…
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Meeting in the Ladies’ Room: Tracee Ellis Ross to Interview Michelle Obama at United State of Women
Here’s a conversation we don’t want to miss: Black-ish actress and all-around brilliant bae Tracee Ellis Ross will interview our forever first lady, Michelle Obama, this Saturday, May 5, at the United State of Women Summit at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles—and we officially know how we’re spending this weekend. Now in its third…
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The Model Minority Is Not a Myth: It’s Ajit Pai
In the week after liberals clutched their organically grown pearls that our president would (openly) call the first black republic a “shithole,” many immigrants jumped on Twitter to quip about the shithole countries they come from. But immigrants come from various kinds of shitholes, some more palatable to white America than others. Ajit Pai and…
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Watch: Kamala Harris Had Time for the Homeland Security Secretary
Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen may have thought she was ready … but she wasn’t. She appeared in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee and claimed she did not know that Norway was predominantly white, and tried to save President Donald Trump’s statement about wanting more immigrants from there. She had the gall to…