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Kamala Harris

Vice President Kamala Harris visits the pharmacy of a Giant Food grocery store to promote the Biden administration's Federal Retail Pharmacy Program for COVID-19 vaccination on February 25, 2021, in Washington, D.C.
News
Politics & Elections

Progressives Dismayed Over Biden-Harris’s Unwillingness to Push $15 Minimum Wage

Advocates of the wage hike warn that the administration’s refusal to support it could hurt the Democrats in 2022.
by
Jon Queally,
Common Dreams
February 28, 2021
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Vice President Kamala Harris attends a virtual roundtable event with participants from local Black Chambers of Commerce on February 5, 2021, in Washington, D.C.
News
Economy & Labor

Progressives to VP Kamala Harris: “Use Your Power. Keep $15 in.”

The Senate parliamentarian’s opinion on the minimum wage hike is not binding, and Harris has the authority to ignore it.
by
Jake Johnson,
Common Dreams
February 26, 2021
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President-elect Joe Biden and his wife Dr. Jill Biden stand with Vice Presidential-elect Kamala Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff during a moment of silence at a COVID memorial event at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.,January 19, 2021.
News
Environment & Health

Biden Will Hold Candle Lighting Ceremony to Mark 500,000 US Deaths From COVID

The number of deaths due to COVID is equal to the combined number of U.S. deaths in World War II and the Vietnam War.
by
Chris Walker,
Truthout
February 22, 2021
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Vice President Kamala Harris is seen during a ceremonial swearing-in photo op for Sen. Patrick Leahy on February 4, 2021, in the Old Senate Chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.
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Politics & Elections

Biden’s $1.9 Trillion Stimulus Is Now Ready to Pass With or Without Republicans

The popular $1.9 trillion stimulus is now set up to be passed with a simple majority vote.
by
Sharon Zhang,
Truthout
February 5, 2021
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Vice President Kamala Harris participates in a ceremonial swearing-in of Secretary of State Antony Blinken in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building of the White House complex on January 27, 2021, in Washington, D.C.
Interview
Racial Justice

Reaching Beyond “Black Faces in High Places”: An Interview With Joy James

When Black politicians share a donor base with the DNC, we can’t expect transformative justice. We must keep organizing.
by
George Yancy,
Truthout
February 1, 2021
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Kamala Harris is sworn as Vice President by Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor as her husband Doug Emhoff looks on at the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2021, in Washington, D.C.
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Politics & Elections

Kamala Harris Sworn in as First Woman Vice President by Justice Sonia Sotomayor

Harris will serve as the tie-breaking vote in an evenly divided United States Senate.
by
Chris Walker,
Truthout
January 20, 2021
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President Joseph Robinette Biden smiles while seated in front of First Lady Dr. Jill Biden
Op-Ed
Politics & Elections

Facing Unprecedented Challenges, Joe Biden Becomes 46th US President

A bent and battered sort of democracy stands today.
by
William Rivers Pitt,
Truthout
January 20, 2021
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Three protesters wave Black Lives Matter flags during a protest
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Prisons & Policing

The Movement to Defund the Police Won’t Go Away When Biden Takes Office

Organizers plan to continue targeting city and state budgets to demand divestment from prisons and policing.
by
Meghan Krausch,
Truthout
January 16, 2021
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Vice President-elect Kamala Harris delivers remarks after U.S. President-elect Joe Biden announced nominees of his cabinet that will round out his economic team, including secretaries of commerce and labor, at The Queen theater on January 8, 2021, in Wilmington, Delaware.
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Politics & Elections

Kamala Harris Picks Member of World’s Largest Asset Firm as Top Economic Adviser

Michael Pyle is the latest member of BlackRock’s “shadow government” to be hired by the Biden-Harris administration.
by
Max Moran,
Sludge
January 10, 2021
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Vice President Mike Pence hands the West Virginia certification to staff as Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi listens during a joint session of Congress after working through the night, at the Capitol on January 7, 2021, in Washington, D.C.
News
Politics & Elections

Congress Certifies Biden’s Win, and Trump Grudgingly Says He’ll Accept It

The president continued to peddle false claims of election fraud in announcing his support of an “orderly transition.”
by
Chris Walker,
Truthout
January 7, 2021
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