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Auburn University’s basketball coach is not a fan of Kamala Harris

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. Fanatic (n.) — a person exhibiting excessive enthusiasm and intense uncritical devotion toward some controversial matter (as in religion or politics). From Latin fanaticus “mad, enthusiastic, inspired by a god,” also “furious, mad,” originally, “pertaining to a temple,” from fanum “temple, shrine, consecrated place I am not a fan of America. I don’t hate my country. But, as a […]

September 3, 2024

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Kamala Harris’ historic run is a pinnacle moment for Howard University

WASHINGTON (AP) — As a young college student, Kamala Harris made the nearly 3-mile trip from Howard University to the National Mall to protest against apartheid in South Africa. In 2017, as a senator, she returned to her alma mater to deliver the commencement address. In July, when she received word that she would likely be the Democratic presidential nominee, she was wearing her Howard sweatshirt in the vice president’s residence. Howard, one of the nation’s best-known historically Black colleges, has been central to […]

September 3, 2024

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Could Mark Robinson’s extremism hand North Carolina to Kamala Harris?

Republicans are facing trouble in North Carolina amid recent polling that shows the party’s gubernatorial nominee, Mark Robinson, is trailing his Democratic opponent. What’s more, Democrats believe Robinson’s extreme candidacy could cause Donald Trump to lose the battleground state to the Democratic presidential nominee, Kamala Harris, in November. Robinson, North Carolina’s first Black lieutenant governor, has been the subject of many headlines as a result of incendiary comments he’s made about race, women and the LGBTQ community, among other things. […]

August 29, 2024

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No, the 1857 Dred Scott case does not make Kamala Harris ineligible for president

A Republican national organization shockingly and inaccurately argued that Vice President Kamala Harris is ineligible to run for president, citing a slavery-era Supreme Court decision that ruled Black people were not U.S. citizens. The National Federation of Republican Assemblies makes the argument in a newly adopted resolution, citing the 1857 Dred Scott v. Sandford case, among others, which ruled at the time that enslaved Black people were ineligible for U.S. citizenship. The NFRA, whose convention Donald Trump attended as a […]

August 29, 2024

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Kamala Harris’ historic rise is a tribute to the trailblazers who came before her

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. When I was growing up in the 1960s and 1970s, the idea of a Black person or a woman becoming president seemed like an impossible dream. Even when I went to work on Rev. Jesse Jackson’s 1984 presidential campaign, I realized his candidacy faced enormous obstacles. Despite being ahead of his time with proposals that once seemed radical but […]

August 28, 2024

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How do you pronounce Kamala? Her grandnieces explain at the DNC

The two young daughters of Kamala Harris’ niece Meena Harris helped actress Kerry Washington deliver a tutorial on pronouncing the vice president’s name. WASHINGTON (AP) — The final night of the Democratic National Convention included a tutorial on pronouncing Kamala Harris‘ name — featuring none other than the candidate’s great nieces. The actress Kerry Washington introduced the girls by saying “it’s come to my attention that there are some folks who struggle — or pretend to struggle — with the […]

August 25, 2024

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Could Kamala Harris inspire a new wave of Black women to run for office?

There is a new viral clip of Kamala Harris talking to two little Black girls as she campaigned during her first presidential run back in 2019. Harris, then a United States senator, kneels before the girls and focuses her attention on the younger one, whose eyes and head are shooting down to the ground — likely out of shyness while meeting a famous politician. “My sister’s name is Maya! Let me see you, Maya …” Harris says while gently tilting […]

August 24, 2024

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Oprah highlights Kamala Harris’ desegregation of school in powerful DNC endorsement speech

Dressed in royal purple, back in the city that launched her to superstardom, Oprah Winfrey delivered a Democratic National Convention speech that only the queen of television could give. During Wednesday night’s DNC keynote speeches, Winfrey officially endorsed Kamala Harris for president, calling on independents and undecided voters to get on board with the historic moment in politics. “I’ve always voted my values,” said Winfrey, who is a registered independent. “And that is what is needed in this election, now […]

August 23, 2024

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Watch: Lori Lightfoot on why women are rallying behind Kamala Harris

Hope is one of the many words echoing throughout the United Center in Chicago this week at the Democratic National Convention, and Lori Lightfoot, who once led the city as mayor, says women are ready for Vice President Kamala Harris to lead America. She spoke with theGrio’s senior White House correspondent, April Ryan. “Women of all stripes are rallying around her—very enthusiastic about her candidacy, and frankly because 2016 happened, what I hear from a lot of women is ‘we’re […]

August 22, 2024