The Story of Kamala Harris

2024/8/19

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Astead W. Herndon

Astead W. Herndon：卡马拉·哈里斯的成长经历、家庭背景和社区环境塑造了她的世界观和自信。她从小就展现出自信和适应能力，并对自身身份认同有着清晰的认知。她选择成为检察官，是为了从内部改变系统，为少数族裔社区争取公平正义，并尝试将进步的理念应用于司法实践。然而，她的一些政策也引发了争议，暴露出其理念的局限性。在2020年总统竞选中，她试图成为各方都能接受的人，但信息的不一致导致竞选失败。成为副总统后，她面临着来自各方的压力，并在堕胎权利问题上找到了新的政治定位。总的来说，哈里斯的政治生涯充满复杂性和矛盾性，她的意识形态也展现出一定的灵活性和适应性。

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Kamala Harris's early life in Oakland, shaped by her activist parents and the civil rights movement, laid the foundation for her future career and political beliefs.

Grew up in Oakland with activist parents.
Exposed to civil rights movement from a young age.
Participated in desegregation programs that shaped her identity.

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Over the next few days at the Democratic National Convention, Vice President Kamala Harris will accept her party’s nomination and reintroduce herself to American voters.

Astead W. Herndon, a national politics reporter and the host of the politics podcast “The Run-Up,” talks through key periods in Ms. Harris’s life that explain what she believes and the kind of president she might become.

Guest: Astead W. Herndon), a national politics reporter and the host of the politics podcast “The Run-Up)” for The New York Times.

Background reading:

A vice-presidential learning curve: How Ms. Harris picked her shots).
Nearly 14 years ago, Ms. Harris’s opponent in the California attorney general’s race gave an answer at a debate that was frank — and fateful for the future Democratic presidential nominee).

For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily). Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.

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The Story of Kamala Harris