Black Women Mobilize to Back Kamala Harris for President
By Niquel Terry Ellis Jotaka Eaddy was sitting on her parents’ porch in South Carolina on Sunday afternoon when she got a text from an activist friend with a link to President Joe Biden’s letter announcing he was dropping out of the 2024 presidential race. Eaddy said she started texting in a group chat with other Black women political organizers, where she learned that Biden was endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris for president. Eaddy, founder of the grassroots group Win With Black Women, immediately jumped into organizing mode. If Harris had a chance to become the nation’s first Black female president, Eaddy said,
Trump’s Attack on Harris’ Identity Sparks Voter Backlash
By Char Adams After Donald Trump told journalists on Wednesday that his presidential opponent Kamala Harris “turned Black” for political gain, Trump’s comments have impacted the way many multirace voters are thinking about the two candidates. “She was only promoting Indian heritage,” the former president said during an interview at the National Association of Black Journalists convention last week. “I didn’t know she was Black until a number of years ago, when she happened to turn Black, and now she wants to be known as Black.” “Is she Indian or is she Black?” he asked. She’s both. Harris, whose mother was Indian
Kamala Harris Faces Uphill Battle as Democratic Nominee
By Jeremy Etelson The storm on the Democratic Party’s electoral horizon was never limited to President Biden staying in the race. Biden’s mental infirmity and the concerted denial surrounding it, while governmentally dangerous, were merely amplifying the severity of the party’s imminent political reckoning. Vice President Kamala Harris has now officially replaced Biden as the Democratic presidential nominee. But this succession does little to address the underlying challenges facing the political viability of the party. Democrats have lost their 5-point lead in national voter identification over the last three years, which was already a smaller margin than it had been at the beginning of the Obama era.
Trump Backs Out of ABC Debate With Harris
By Meg Kinnard Donald Trump says he is pulling out of a scheduled September debate with Vice President Kamala Harris on ABC and wants them to face off on Fox News, making it increasingly unlikely that the candidates will confront each other on stage before the November election. In a series of Truth Social posts late Friday, the Republican nominee and former president said his agreement to a Sept. 10 debate on ABC “has been terminated” because he will no longer face Democratic President Joe Biden, who ended his campaign last month after a disastrous performance in their first debate. Trump now says he
Kamala Harris Selects Tim Walz as 2024 Running Mate
By Mike Willis Vice President Harris and running mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz introduced themselves to a full house with plenty of applause in Philadelphia on Tuesday evening. Harris praised Walz’s accomplishments and set him up for a lightning-fast campaign: He “really does shine a light on a brighter future that we can build together.” She offered his credentials to a crowd that roared in approval at times. And Walz drew raucous applause for his support of Harris but also his sharp attacks on the Trump-Vance campaign. Harris ended weeks of speculation Tuesday by choosing Walz as her running mate. “Tim is a
Trump Targets Kamala Harris With Race and Gender Attacks
By Amanda Terkel In the roughly two weeks since President Joe Biden dropped his re-election bid and endorsed his vice president, Kamala Harris, to take his spot at the top of the ticket, Donald Trump has increasingly gone after his new opponent’s race and gender. Harris, whose mother was Indian and father is Jamaican, would make history if she is elected president. She’d be both the first female president and the first Asian American president. Trump no longer has another older white man to run against. At 59, Harris is roughly 20 years younger than Trump and has already been trying
Kamala Harris Nears VP Pick With Trusted Allies in Lead
By Alex Gangitano Vice President Harris and her team are interviewing running mate candidates before she announces her pick next week, and the top choices all have established relationships with Harris, which could influence her decision. In her time as attorney general of California, U.S. senator and vice president, Harris has gotten to know those who have been identified as front-runners to join her on the Democratic ticket: Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. The campaign has also vetted Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, and Harris has worked with them all. “She needs to find someone she vibes with. Who can help
Harris Launches $50M Ad Blitz Ahead of DNC
By Brett Samuels The Harris campaign on Tuesday announced it would spend $50 million on advertising in the weeks ahead of the Democratic National Convention and unveiled its first ad since the vice president became the party’s likely nominee. The campaign announced the ad titled “Fearless” will be the first in a series of paid media efforts ahead of the convention, which begins Aug. 19 in Chicago. The 60-second ad touts Harris’s record as a prosecutor and California attorney general, as well as her work as vice president in the Biden administration. “This campaign is about who we fight for,” Harris says
Georgia’s SB 189 Fuels Surge in Voter Challenges
By Maya Homan Candace Smith did everything right. During the May 2024 state primary in Georgia, the Atlanta attorney voted early, giving herself time to sort out any issues that might occur and ensure that her vote would be counted. But on Election Day, when she went to check her ballot status online, a warning popped up. Someone had submitted a challenge to her voter registration status. “I found it shocking,” Smith said, adding that she has been an active voter in Fulton County for decades, and that the challenge did not include any reason or evidence. “Nothing about it made any sense.”
Why Joe Biden Couldn’t Hold Back on Supreme Court Reform Any Longer
By Sherrilyn Ifill On Monday, President Joe Biden ended his resistance to calls for Supreme Court reform, announcing in the final months of his presidency his own proposal to reform the court. For years, Biden refused to join leading Democrats and many scholars of the court who had embraced the concept of expanding the Supreme Court, imposing terms limits, or otherwise restraining the power of an increasingly muscular and reckless conservative majority on the court. A wave of ethical scandals involving undisclosed lavish trips and gifts provided to multiple conservative members of the court, along with the open support by
