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Tag: Kamala Harris

  • Prof Patty
  • February 13, 2021February 13, 2021

Southern Baptist leaders call Vice President Harris “Jezebel”

Anne Branigin Feb. 9, 2021 Two days after Vice President Harris was sworn in as the nation’s first female vice president, Tom Buck let it out. “I can’t imagine any truly God-fearing Israelite

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  • Prof Patty
  • December 15, 2020

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris Are TIME’s 2020 Person of the Year

Biden had the vision, set the tone and topped the ticket. But he also recognized what he could not offer on his own, what a 78-year-old white man could never provide: generational change, a fresh p

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  • Prof Patty
  • November 6, 2020November 6, 2020

Kamala Harris knows things no vice president has ever known

By Monica Hesse Oct. 30, 2020 at 6:00 a.m. EDT In the week before the country potentially elects its first female vice president, I’ve been trying to write a sweeping essay about progress and t

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  • Prof Patty
  • October 16, 2020

Kamala Harris Reading Guide: The Best Reporting on the Vice Presidential Candidate

Also read: Kamala Harris and the ‘Double Bind’ of Racism and Sexism Kamala Harris’s ‘Canadian Dream’ Her Voice? Her Name? G.O.P.’s Raw Personal Attacks on Kamala Harris How sexist, raci

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  • Prof Patty
  • October 12, 2020

Harris-Pence Debate Points That Stuck With Me

If you have a pre-existing condition, heart disease, diabetes, breast cancer, they’re coming for you. If you love someone who has a pre-existing condition, they’re coming for you. If you are un

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NY Times

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NPR

  • This week in science: elephant trunks, butterfly migration and a hot galaxy cluster
  • A 'medical situation' is forcing NASA to end mission at the space station a month early
  • These dogs can learn new words just by eavesdropping
  • How large is Greenland, really? Your map may be deceiving you
  • Sick young ants send out a 'kill me' scent to prevent deadly epidemics

The Progressive

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  • A Family’s Story of Displacement and Survival in Gaza
  • A Palestinian Family’s Intergenerational Saga
  • The Case of Free Speech v. Trump

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FactCheck.org

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Snopes.com

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