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Kamala Harris

Vox's home for coverage of the former Presidential candidate and 49th Vice President, Kamala Harris, from her historic role in the Biden administration and more.

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Can US investment really ease Central America’s migrant crisis?

Biden is leaning on US companies to convince migrants from El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala to stay home.

By Nicole Narea

The downside to Biden’s electric vehicle charging plan

The Biden administration wants to build half a million chargers — but not the kind many people want.

By Neel Dhanesha

The US is telling migrants “don’t come.” They might not be listening.

By Nicole Narea

Joe Biden’s unique Inauguration Day, in photos

By Kainaz Amaria and Ella Nilsen

Kamala Harris is poised to be a historic — and influential — vice president

By Li Zhou

The long list of contenders for Kamala Harris’s Senate seat, explained

By Li Zhou and Benjamin Rosenberg

Vice President-elect Kamala Harris sent a strong message with her all-white suit

By Sean Collins

Kamala Harris: “I may be the first woman to hold this office. But I won’t be the last.”

By Constance Grady

Kamala Harris makes history as the first woman to become vice president

Harris is also the first Black person and first South Asian American person to be elected to the role.

By Li Zhou

Sen. David Perdue’s racist treatment of Sen. Kamala Harris’s name was all too familiar 

By Li Zhou

Mike Pence tried to blame Kamala Harris for undermining a Covid-19 vaccine. But the public blames Trump.

By Dylan Scott

The first post-VP debate poll says Kamala Harris won

By Andrew Prokop

“Mr. Vice President, I’m speaking”: Kamala Harris repeatedly shut down Mike Pence’s interruptions at the debate

By Li Zhou

The double standards Kamala Harris may face at the debate, briefly explained

By Li Zhou

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’s proposals could cut poverty in half

By Dylan Matthews

Kamala Harris, Jill Biden, and the national embrace of stepmothers

By Eleanor Cummins

This stream has:

The 2020 vice presidential debate

By Vox Staff

What it will take to fight the sexist, racist attacks against Kamala Harris

By Fabiola Cineas

Read: Kamala Harris’s historic acceptance speech

By Constance Grady

Kamala Harris officially accepts the Democratic vice presidential nomination and makes history

By Li Zhou

How to watch Kamala Harris’s historic vice presidential nominee acceptance speech

By Ella Nilsen

Birtherism 2.0, explained

By Matthew Yglesias

Kamala Harris’s foreign policy, explained

By Alex Ward

The Trump campaign attack on Kamala Harris’s citizenship is right out of the birther playbook

By Ian Millhiser and Aaron Rupar

Kamala Harris’s family story is the real portrait of American greatness

By Matthew Yglesias

Kamala Harris is a politician, not an activist. It’s an awkward fit for this moment.

By Aaron Ross Coleman

Most candidates run to the center in the general election. Biden is moving left.

By Ezra Klein

Joe Biden chooses Kamala Harris as his running mate

By Li Zhou

Exclusive: Kamala Harris leads Elizabeth Warren and Susan Rice in new VP poll

By Li Zhou

Sen. Kamala Harris joins the growing list of lawmakers endorsing Joe Biden

By Catherine Kim

Kamala Harris and the fallibility of identity politics 

By Shamira Ibrahim

Kamala Harris’s decline in the polls, explained

By Li Zhou

Kamala Harris drops out of the 2020 presidential race

By Li Zhou

How Kamala Harris’s mental health plan could hurt the most vulnerable 

By Sara Luterman

Kamala Harris is f***ing committing to Iowa

By Li Zhou

The #KHive, Kamala Harris’s most devoted online supporters, explained

By Li Zhou

Kamala Harris is fielding questions about her stance on federally mandated busing

By Ella Nilsen

Kamala Harris was the Democrat you could imagine taking on Trump

By Ezra Klein

Kamala Harris’s 2020 presidential campaign and policy positions, explained

By Li Zhou

Exclusive: Kamala Harris wants to give every unemployed worker $8,000 for job training

By Li Zhou

This stream has:

Kamala Harris’s 2020 presidential campaign

By Vox Staff

Why Kamala Harris is under attack for a decade-old anti-truancy program

By German Lopez