Ariana Figueroa, Iowa Capital Dispatch The Congressional Black Caucus met with President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris Thursday evening to urge the administration to use its executive power for law enforcement reform, following criminal charges for police officers in the killing of a Black man in Memphis, Tennessee. …
Read More »VP Harris in Florida: ‘Can we truly be free if a woman cannot make decisions about her life?’
Michael Moline, Florida Phoenix In a direct challenge to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Vice President Kamala Harris traveled to his backyard Sunday to announce that President Joe Biden was signing an executive order designed to guarantee access to abortion rights, including abortion-inducing medications. During a roughly 20-minute address in Tallahassee …
Read More »Prior to VP Harris’ Remarks In Florida Sunday, Biden Provides Statement On Abortion Rights
Diane Rado, Florida Phoenix Sunday, on what was going to be the 50th anniversary of the landmark Roe v. Wade decision on Jan. 22, 1973, President Joe Biden provided a statement from the White House: “Today, instead of commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Roe v. Wade, we …
Read More »Abbott Blasted for ‘Cruel Stunt’ as Migrants Bussed to Kamala Harris’ Home on Christmas Eve
Human rights defenders condemned Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and “extremist Republicans’ cruel values” after several busloads of migrants were dropped off outside U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris’ Washington, D.C. home in subfreezing temperatures on Christmas Eve. For the second time since September, Central and South American migrants were bussed from …
Read More »Buses From Texas Drop Off More Than 100 Migrants In A Bitterly Cold Washington, D.C., On Christmas Eve
Jayme Lozano, The Texas Tribune More than 100 migrants bused from Texas arrived at Vice President Kamala Harris’ residence in Washington, D.C., on Christmas Eve — enduring freezing temperatures in the state’s latest instance of sending migrants to cities led by Democrats. The Washington Post reported Sunday that volunteers who …
Read More »VP Harris Says Issues Of ‘heart and home’ Are ‘under attack’ On The Eve Of Crucial Midterms
Grace Panetta Originally published by The 19th Vice President Kamala Harris warned that issues of “heart and home” are under attack in America in a BET special conversation on reproductive rights moderated by The 19th’s editor-at-large, Errin Haines, at Howard University ahead of the midterms. Harris spoke at Howard, her …
Read More »VP Kamala Harris Calls On Texans To Protect Reproductive And Voting Rights During Austin Visit
William Melhado and Trent Brown, The Texas Tribune Vice President Kamala Harris on Saturday called Texas’ abortion ban “immoral” and urged Texans to protect reproductive rights when considering their choices in the upcoming November elections. “A democracy will be as strong as our willingness to fight for it,” she said …
Read More »Second Bus With Migrants Arrives Outside Kamala Harris’ Residence
Matthew Watkins, The Texas Tribune A second bus of migrants sent from Texas arrived outside the residency of Vice President Kamala Harris on Saturday, continuing Gov. Greg Abbott’s policy of sending migrants from his state to target the Biden administration over its immigration policies. The bus arrived before daylight outside …
Read More »VP Harris Professes Support For Indiana Women In Abortion-Rights Visit
Leslie Bonilla Muñiz, Indiana Capital Chronicle Vice President Kamala Harris condemned Indiana Republicans’ near-total abortion ban proposal in her high-profile visit to Indianapolis Monday — the first real day of a special legislative session aimed partially at further restricting abortion. “The government should not be telling an individual what to …
Read More »Kamala Harris Wants To Be Seen — And Let Voters Know She Sees Them. Can It Work?
Errin Haines Originally published by The 19th Vice President Kamala Harris is back on the road, something she’s been eager to do after spending the first part of her tenure largely in Washington. In the past week alone, Harris has traveled to the battleground states of Florida, Pennsylvania and North …
Read More »VP Kamala Harris: ‘Freedom and liberty and democracy are on the ballot’
Vice President Kamala Harris this week sounded an alarm for a woman’s right to choose and the ability to vote against gun violence, as she urged members of the NAACP’s national convention in Atlantic City to protect hard-fought constitutional guarantees she warned are now being eroded. “Freedom and liberty and …
Read More »Vice President Kamala Harris Talks Abortion, Voting Rights In Midterm-Focused Florida Trip
Errin Haines Originally published by The 19th ORLANDO, Fla. — Addressing thousands of her cheering sorority sisters at their annual convention Thursday, Vice President Kamala Harris delivered an emotional and fiery speech, thanking them for generations of service and calling for them to join the fight ahead. Her remarks were …
Read More »VP Kamala Harris Discusses Abortion Access With Democratic Legislative Leaders
by Ariana Figueroa, Indiana Capital Chronicle Vice President Kamala Harris met Friday with Democratic state legislators from Indiana, Florida, South Dakota, Nebraska and Montana to discuss ways to protect reproductive rights. “The U.S. Supreme Court took away a constitutional right,” Harris said, adding that the overturning of Roe v. Wade was …
Read More »Biden Administration Cancels $5.8B In Student Loan Debt For Corinthian Colleges Students
The Biden administration has moved to erase $5.8 billion in student debt for former students of the collapsed for-profit Corinthian Colleges chain. This is the largest single federal loan discharge in the history of the Education Department. It will result in 560,000 borrowers receiving full loan discharges. “Providing this targeted relief …
Read More »VP Kamala Harris Speaks At Funeral OF Buffalo Shooting Victim
Vice President Kamala Harris visited Buffalo Saturday morning for the funeral of Ruth Winfield, one of the ten people killed in the Tops Supermarket mass shooting. Rev. Al Sharpton led the service for the 86-year-old. Whitfield was inside the Tops Friendly Market after visiting her husband of 68 years in a …
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