August 16th, 2024
US election: does it matter who is the vice-presidential pick? In Tim Walz’s case, yes
EPA-EFE/Bisuayehu Tesfaye by David Hastings Dunn, University of Birmingham The fanfare and publicity surrounding Tim Walz for his first fortnight as Kamala Harris’s vice-presidential pick has sparked renewed interest as to whether the second person on the ticket makes any difference when it comes to the result of the election. The conventional wisdom on the … Continued
August 16th, 2024
Kamala, a common name in India, is associated with several deities and is a symbol of wisdom
Relief of the Hindu goddess Lakshmi from a temple in India. Godong/Universal Images Group via Getty Images by Archana Venkatesan, University of California, Davis Ever since Vice President Kamala Harris became a presence on the national scene, her name – a common one for women in India – has attracted a lot of attention, most … Continued
August 15th, 2024
E. Faye Williams: ‘When we fight, we win!’
(TriceEdneyWire.com)—Sometimes a writer has to figure out what to write about because it seems that not much is happening. Everything seems to be about the same old problems, but Vice President Kamala Harris, stepped up for us as soon as we began asking, “Who will go for us?” In the history of Black people someone … Continued
August 15th, 2024
Harris’ lead over Trump continues to increase in US national and swing state polls
AP/AAP by Adrian Beaumont, The University of Melbourne The United States presidential election will be held on November 5. In analyst Nate Silver’s aggregate of national polls, Democrat Kamala Harris leads Republican Donald Trump by 46.8–43.7 with 3.9% for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. In my previous US politics article on August 5, Harris led Trump … Continued
August 15th, 2024
‘Happened to turn Black’: how Donald Trump evoked a history of White authorities using their power to define race
Julia Nikhinson/AP by Kathryn Schumaker, University of Sydney In late July, former President Donald Trump told a room of Black journalists that Vice President Kamala Harris, his rival in the 2024 presidential election, “happened to turn Black” recently. “She was Indian all the way, and then all of a sudden she made a turn […] … Continued
Bishop William J. Barber II Shares His Thoughts About What He'd Like to See at The 2024 DNC
