WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Sen. Kamala Harris says busing students should be considered by a school district trying to desegregate its locations, but suggests it should not be federally mandated. She says she thinks of busing as “being in the toolbox” of way to desegregate schools. SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER: LIKE US […]
I need us to have a heart to heart for a few minutes. And not just about the presidential election – what I need us to understand is our political power. We choose the presidential candidate. Lots of people vote, but when it comes down to the Democratic primary, who we choose is going to […]
BALTIMORE (AP) — Two more members of the Congressional Black Caucus are backing Kamala Harris’s bid for the presidency: Reps. Bobby Rush of Illinois and Frederica Wilson of Florida. Endorsements from the caucus, which counts more than 50 members, could be influential in the Democratic presidential primary. With these two new supporters, Harris now has […]
Kamala Harris’ Blackness has been questioned by both Black and white people. They feel she’s not really Black because her parents are Indian and Jamaican. So, to settle this Chris Paul suggests anyone who feels that way walk up to a Jamaican person and tell them they’re not Black. If you’ve been bullying Kamala online […]
CHICAGO (AP) — Joe Biden strongly defended his civil rights record on Friday, pledging to be a “president who stands against racism” and defiantly dismissing any suggestions otherwise. Speaking to the Rev. Jesse Jackson’s Rainbow PUSH Coalition, the white former vice president was working to repair the damage from a blistering attack from California Sen. […]
After the second presidential debate, candidate Kamala Harris has raised a whopping $2 million for her campaign. The New York Times reports that Harris received donations from 63, 277 supporters, with 58 percent of them being people who never donated to her campaign before. The average donation was around $30. “It was the best day […]
MIAMI (AP) — Democratic divisions over race, age and ideology surged into public view in Thursday night’s presidential debate, a prime-time clash punctuated by a heated exchange between former Vice President Joe Biden and California Sen. Kamala Harris. It was one of several moments that left the 76-year-old Biden, who entered the night as his […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Kamala Harris nodded knowingly when a black woman at a weekend candidate forum recounted watching her mother face racial discrimination during her childhood. “You and I have a similar experience growing up,” said Harris, the California senator and former prosecutor who would be the first black woman elected president. “I don’t talk about it […]
Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris is stepping up her campaign outreach to the black community. The California senator is seeking to mobilize students and graduates of historically black colleges and universities — known as HBCUs — as well as the country’s nine black fraternities and sororities. The effort getting underway Wednesday includes adding a new […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Kamala Harris says that if she’s elected president, her Justice Department “would have no choice” but to pursue an obstruction of justice case against President Donald Trump after he leaves office. The California senator and some other Democrats in the 2020 race are stepping up their calls for congressional Democrats to […]
WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris says her experience as a prosecutor has given her insight into trying to improve the criminal justice system and distinguishes her among the crowded field taking on President Donald Trump. “We’ve got to hold this guy accountable by prosecuting the case in front of the […]
Kamala Harris says she would require states seeking to restrict abortion laws to first obtain federal approval. The Democratic presidential candidate and California senator says that if she won the White House, she would back legislation requiring states with a history of restricting abortion rights to receive clearance from the Justice Department to change abortion […]
