While a Harris presidency wouldn’t differ hugely from Biden’s, the two Democrats do have notable differences on the Gaza war and free trade.
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Donald Trump is the champion for America’s fast-growing Christian nationalist movement and its deeply conservative agenda.
Pennsylvania’s governor has a long history of bipartisan negotiations and seizing moments in the spotlight.
A falsehood once used on Barack Obama – that he wasn’t eligible to be president – is being recycled to challenge the right of Kamala Harris to serve as president.
Between her ‘coconut context’ and embracing a ‘brat summer’, Harris is certainly leaning into young people’s discourse surrounding the election. In many ways, her quirks have become her strengths.
Kamala Harris has been subjected to sexist insults and questions about her electability as a woman running for president. But what is the “woman problem” in US politics?
Why are Republicans talking about Kamala Harris’ laugh? It’s the latest stage in a long history of marginalizing Black women.
You can’t make a fool of a joyful laugher.
It is light on political gossip, big on family dinners and highlights some significant policy achievements. Dennis Altman reads The Truths We Hold: An American Journey.
Women in Catholic religious orders establish schools for girls around the world, care for the sick and work on societal issues in many other ways.
His recent remarks about Christians never having to vote again may have been misunderstood – but they are telling nonetheless.
Republican and Democrat voters agree on the importance of some fundamental values such as freedom and helpfulness.
No Democrat from California has ever won the US presidency.
The former president has a narrow lead over the current vice president, but Harris’ numbers are on the rise.
Too often, women are judged solely through a biological lens. Our value, our ability to contribute meaningfully to society, is reduced to our ability to reproduce.
JD Vance had the opportunity to share stories of loss and resilience during his nomination acceptance speech. Instead, he chose to focus on melancholia and self-victimization.
Dwight Eisenhower, Ronald Reagan and other avatars of American conservatism wouldn’t recognize it under Trump.
In the first few days since she became the Democratic presumptive nominee, Harris has already faced sexism and racism – some of it subtle, and some of it not.
Like most woman politicians, Kamala Harris is already in the line of fire, facing racist and sexist attacks from Republican supporters.
States that swing between Democrats and Republicans regularly are the focus of the presidential campaign, and Kamala Harris’s campaign will be hoping to win them.
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