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Democratic candidates, Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, left, and unincorporated Miami-Dade voters dance to the sounds of the Bahamian Junkanoo band during a festive visit to the polls at the Joseph Caleb Center during the “Souls to the Polls” event on the last day of early voting Sunday, Nov. 3, 2024, in Miami. (Carl Juste/Miami Herald via AP)

Kamala Harris, Obamas and voting rights leaders work to turn out Black voters in run-up to Election Day

November 3, 2024 at 7:59 p.m.

A key strategy in Harris and Democrats’ Black voter outreach includes dispatching the first Black president and his wife, the former first lady, to battleground states where winning may come...

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump participates in a roundtable with Latino leaders Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024, in Doral, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Donald Trump denigrates Kamala Harris as ‘lazy,’ invoking a racist trope against Black people

October 22, 2024 at 9:20 p.m.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Tuesday called his Democratic opponent Kamala Harris “lazy,” criticizing the vice president with a word long used to demean Black people in racist terms.

Former President Barack Obama speaks during a campaign rally supporting Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024, at the University of Pittsburgh’s Fitzgerald Field House in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Matt Freed)

Obama’s callout to Black men touches a nerve among Democrats. Is election-year misogyny at play?

October 12, 2024 at 12:37 p.m.

America’s first Black president touched a nerve among Democrats worried about Vice President Kamala Harris’ chances of becoming the second.

Faith leaders and other supporters pray over New York City Mayor Eric Adams, center, during a rally and prayer vigil on the steps of City Hall in New York, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

How Black leaders in New York are grappling with Eric Adams and representation

October 10, 2024 at 8:10 p.m.

It wasn’t a shock to many Black New Yorkers that Mayor Eric Adams has surrounded himself with African American civil rights leaders, clergy and grassroots activists since his indictment last...

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris is interviewed by members of the National Association of Black Journalists at the WHYY studio in Philadelphia, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Harris condemns Trump’s rhetoric, says voters should make sure he ‘can’t have that microphone again’

September 17, 2024 at 4:13 p.m.

Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday decried Republican Donald Trump for inflammatory rhetoric about migrants in Springfield, Ohio, and on other topics, saying voters should make sure he “can’t have...

President Joe Biden participates in a signing ceremony after speaking to labor union members about his Investing in America agenda during a visit to the U.A. Local 190 Training Center in Ann Arbor, Mich., Friday, Sep. 6, 2024, as Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., right, looks on. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

President Biden signs ‘common sense’ order prioritizing federal grants for projects with higher worker wages

September 6, 2024 at 4:12 p.m.

President Joe Biden on Friday signed an executive order for federal grants that will prioritize projects with labor agreements, wage standards and benefits.

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris greets delegates, Aug. 22, 2024, during the Democratic National Convention at the United Center. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)

Kamala Harris’ racial and cultural firsts were onstage throughout the Democratic convention

August 23, 2024 at 10:01 a.m.

Vice President Kamala Harris, on the night she became the first woman of Black and South Asian heritage to be a major party’s presidential nominee, didn’t explicitly mention the racial...

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign rally, Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

Harris aims to blunt Trump’s economic attacks by proposing new tax breaks in a bid to lower costs

August 16, 2024 at 8:32 a.m.

Vice President Kamala Harris is promoting a broad set of economic proposals that would offer new tax breaks and lower the cost of living for Americans, aiming to address the...

Former President Donald Trump answers a question from Rachel Scott, senior congressional correspondent for ABC News, during a Q and A at the National Association of Black Journalists Annual Convention and Career Fair at Hilton Chicago in the Loop on July 31, 2024. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)

Trump is making his 2024 campaign about Kamala Harris’ race, whether Republicans want him to or not

August 2, 2024 at 9:24 p.m.

Donald Trump has found tremendous success from the very first moment he stepped onto the presidential stage by stoking racial animus.

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks during a presidential debate hosted by CNN with President Joe Biden, Thursday, June 27, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Donald Trump’s debate references to ‘Black jobs’ and ‘Hispanic jobs’ stir Democratic anger

June 28, 2024 at 8:30 p.m.

The Trump campaign hopes this year that such rhetoric will have broader appeal with voters of color frustrated with Biden's performance in office.

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