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Kamala Harris: Breaking barriers as America’s first female vice president

Everybody knows Kamala Harris. She’s the current Democratic candidate for president, the first Black and South Asian vice president and the former attorney general of California. It’s an undoubtedly impressive resume, and even more so when you take into account how rare these achievements are for a woman of color in the historically white — and male-dominated halls of American government. But unless you’ve studied up on her life and career, there’s probably still a lot more you don’t know […]

todayNovember 11, 2024 2

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Watch NABJ-WHYY’s conversation with Vice President Kamala Harris

WHAT: The National Association of Black Journalists and Philadelphia’s WHYY will host an in-person conversation Tuesday with Vice President Kamala Harris at the WHYY studio. The studio audience will include NABJ members and journalism and communication students from local HBCUs. The moderators of the panel discussion include: Gerren Keith Gaynor, theGrio’s White House correspondent and managing editor of politics.Eugene Daniels, Playbook co-author and White House Correspondent for Politico.Tonya Mosley, co-host of NPR WHYY’s “Fresh Air with Terry Gross and Tonya Mosley.“ WHEN: The event […]

todaySeptember 17, 2024

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TheGrio to moderate NABJ-WHYY interview with Vice President Kamala Harris

Vice President Kamala Harris will participate in an interview on Tuesday hosted by the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) and WHYY. The interview will be moderated by theGrio’s very own White House correspondent and managing editor of politics, Gerren Keith Gaynor. Gaynor, who has covered Harris extensively throughout the Biden-Harris administration, will be joined by co-moderators Eugene Daniels, White House correspondent and Playbook co-author at Politico, and Tonya Mosley, co-host of NPR WHYY’s “Fresh Air.” The moderated conversation will […]

todaySeptember 16, 2024

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She’s the sitting vice president. She’s the candidate of change. How Harris is having it both ways

WASHINGTON (AP) — She’s the sitting vice president who has been in office for 3 1/2 years. She’s also the presidential candidate of just five weeks promising a “new way forward.” Kamala Harris is having it both ways as she hits the campaign trail after the Democratic National Convention, taking credit for parts of President Joe Biden’s record in rallies staged in front of Air Force Two while casting herself as a new leader who rails against “the politics of […]

todayAugust 26, 2024 1

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Vice President Harris stops by US Olympic basketball practice. Her message: ‘Bring back the gold’

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris was a surprise guest at the U.S. Olympic men’s basketball team’s practice Tuesday, and her message was clear. “Bring back the gold,” Harris said. Harris — who flew to Las Vegas on Tuesday for campaign appearances — addressed the team briefly at the end of its fourth and final training camp practice session. She has long said that she’s a Golden State Warriors fan; the U.S. team is coached by the Warriors’ […]

todayJuly 10, 2024 2

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Vice President Harris is ready to duke it out with Trump’s running mate

Vice President Kamala Harris came out swinging against her yet-to-be-named Republican vice presidential opponent, making it clear she’s ready to duke it out on the debate stage with whoever and whenever Donald Trump chooses his 2024 running rate.  “I’m planning on being at the CBS studios … in either July or August,” the vice president said over the weekend of the upcoming debate planned for this summer during an interview with Politico’s Playbook. “And let’s see if the other side […]

todayJune 10, 2024 2

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Vice President Harris drops F-bomb while talking about breaking barriers

Vice President Kamala Harris dropped the F-bomb on Monday while speaking about breaking barriers as the “first” to occupy her role inside the White House. Harris, the first Black American, first Asian American and first woman to serve as vice president of the United States, used the expletive during a moderated conversation for a leadership summit hosted by the Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies (APAICS).  The VP was asked by actor and comedian Jimmy O. Yang about what […]

todayMay 13, 2024 3

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Endorsement of Trump makes Tim Scott a contender to become Republican vice presidential nominee 

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. Tim Scott of South Carolina, the only Black Republican in the U.S. Senate, is a realist. He knows Donald Trump is virtually certain to be the Republican presidential nominee this year. So endorsing the former president — as Scott did Friday — is politically advantageous and makes Scott a contender to become Trump’s vice presidential running mate. The withdrawal […]

todayJanuary 22, 2024 1

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