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![A Boston Public School student prepares for a caravan protest in Boston, Massachusetts, on August 13, 2020.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/08/SEG3-CharlottaBass-1-400x300.jpg)
Remembering Charlotta Bass, the First Black Woman to Run for VP in 1952
Journalist and political activist Charlotta Bass joined the Progressive Party ticket in 1952 on an anti-racist platform.
![President Trump takes part in the signing of a proclamation on the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment during an event in the Blue Room of the White House in Washington, D.C. on August 18, 2020.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/08/2020_0818-trump-pardon--400x300.jpg)
Susan B. Anthony Never Sought Anyone’s Pardon, But Trump Did It Anyway
Anthony's crime was an act of civil disobedience. She said that “resistance to tyranny is obedience to God.”
![In this screenshot from the DNCC’s livestream of the 2020 Democratic National Convention, Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee former Vice President Joe Biden has a conference call with (L-R) Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, President and CEO NAACP Derrick Johnson, Eric Garner’s Mother Gwen Carr, Chief of Houston Police Art Acevedo and Social Justice Advocate Jamira Burley on August 17, 2020.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/08/2020_0818-dnc-convention-400x300.jpg)
The Convention’s First Night Was Filled With Sorrow — as It Should Be
Kristin Urquiza said of her father, who died of COVID, “His only preexisting condition was trusting Donald Trump.”
![A worker affixes a "ROAD CLOSED" sign to a barricade](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/08/2020_0817-dnc-400x300.jpg)
The 2020 Democratic Convention Could Be a Tech Debacle or an Ambitious Feat
This year’s Democratic National Convention will be a far cry from the four-day parties and gaudy spectacles of the past.
![Donald Trump with Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in background](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/08/2020_0814-trump-biden-400x300.jpg)
Trump’s New Racist Campaign Strategy Is Tweeting Mugshots of Black People
The effort to instill fear in voters about a future Biden presidency began the same day Kamala Harris joined his ticket.
![Sen. Kamala Harris joins fellow Democrats from the House and Senate to introduce new legislation at the U.S. Capitol, June 8, 2020, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/08/2020_0813-kamala-harris-400x300.jpg)
“Kinship” Isn’t Enough — Harris Must Be Accountable to Black People
Kamala Harris's relationship to Black communities, writ large, has taken on the character of “fictive kinship.”
![The Case Against Trump Is “Open and Shut”: Kamala Harris Slams President’s Handling of Pandemic](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/08/SEG1-Kamala-Speech-1-400x300.jpg)
In First Address as VP Candidate, Harris Slams Trump’s Handling of Pandemic
“The case against Donald Trump and Mike Pence is open and shut,” Harris says.
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We Can’t Let the Nomination of Harris Blunt Our Demands for Racial Justice
The road to the White House leads away from Black struggle. We must not take our lead from machine politics.
![Joe Biden tries to quell activists displaying signs at his campaign event](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/08/2020_0812-joe-biden-400x300.jpg)
The 2020 Race Is Down to Center-Right vs. Far Right
A center-right Democratic ticket is set to square off against the most brazenly fascist incumbent in U.S. history.
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Kamala Harris’s “Top Cop” Record Faces New Scrutiny Amid BLM Protests
There’s a great deal of frustration with Harris amid the largest protest movement in U.S. history.