Kamala, a Sanskrit word for lotus, symbolizes wisdom. Its rooted in the fact that even though the flower blooms in a swamp, it remains untouched by the dirt around it.
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The power to police racial classifications was foundational to white supremacy. The refusal to acknowledge multiracial identities is a legacy of this history.
With next week’s Democratic National Convention expected to provide another bounce for Harris, the polls continue to shift in her direction.
Donald Trump’s recent attack on the identity of Kamala Harris shows how race is easily weaponised in US politics.
Over the past half-century, American media has usually proclaimed that Black men and white women can be great presidents. But they have to be one or the other: a Black man or a white woman.
While Kamala Harris’s ‘brat summer’ and its TikTok enthusiasts seemingly took flight overnight, the real question is whether young voters show up to cast their ballots in November.
Kamala Harris is the heir to a political lineage that dates back to a chain-smoking, hard-drinking and profane political mastermind first elected to Congress from San Francisco in 1964.
Politicians like to talk about their musical taste to identify with voters – but Kamala Harris’s love for jazz is authentic.
‘Flawed messenger’ Fred C. Trump III, Donald Trump’s nephew, illustrates his uncle’s cruel streak in his new memoir, with firsthand observations of a racist slur and dismissing people with disability.
A selection of our coverage of the conflict in Gaza from the past fortnight.
Kamala Harris and Tim Walz will officially accept their nominations at the Democratic National Convention. A scholar of the presidency shares memorable moments from previous events.
Walz has a formidable resume as a former schoolteacher, football coach and national guardsman-turned-politician.
The fight for women’s reproductive rights could be a big vote-winner for Kamala Harris.
A relatively unknown political figure, Walz will now be defined by both the Harris and Trump campaigns in starkly different lights.
In political campaigns, certain words can sometimes land outsized blows. And in the 2024 presidential election, that word is “weird”.
The vice president’s pick of Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate shows she is less interesting in grabbing votes in the swing states than shoring up the Democrats’ base.
The summer of 2024 seems to be ranking high in terms of drama, debate and as one of the hottest — if not most contentious — summers in U.S. political history.
An intelligence specialist explains four key military and security consequences of a Trump victory – and how to prepare for them.
With a few notable exceptions, historians have found little evidence that vice-presidential picks actually help their presidential tickets.
While many voters embrace Kamala Harris’ candidacy and the fact that she is a multiracial woman without any biological children, some Republicans are using her identity as fodder for attacks.
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