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When pundits and political watchers raise the specter of who would would replace President Joe Biden at the top of the ticket, they are often, to mangle a favorite phrase of Vice President Kamala Harris, burdened by what has been. Even as many names have been floated as possible Biden replacements, Harris has the clearest path to the top of the ballot — both because people have voted for her there before and because she would have access to the Biden-Harris campaign’s resources and fundraising war chest. She also now has Biden's backing. But the country’s real history shapes the conversation. Biden's decision means uncertainty in a way no political party wants this close to a national election, regardless of who would take Biden’s place. And when it comes to Harris, there’s an added qu...

Kamala Harris adds trips to speak to Black women voters in July. Vice President Kamala Harris will be traveling throughout the month of July for targeted outreach to Black women voters, the White House shared exclusively with The 19th. In addition to a previously announced appearance at the 30th annual ESSENCE Festival of Culture this weekend in New Orleans, Harris will be giving the keynote address during the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority’s 71st annual Boulé, or gathering of total membership, in Dallas on July 10. Harris is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha. Then on July 24, she will have a moderated conversation during the Zeta Phi Beta sorority’s Grand Boulé in Indianapolis. The appearances at the annual meetings of two of the “Divine Nine” historically Black fraternities and sororities a...