Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Kamala Harris as the ‘progressive prosecutor’

California Senator Kamala Harris is running for president in 2020. She’s positioning herself as someone who has always fought for civil rights. But does her record as California’s attorney general and San Francisco district attorney back that up?

By Madeleine Brand • Jan 24, 2019 • 1 min read

California Senator Kamala Harris is running for president in 2020. She’s positioning herself as someone who has always fought for civil rights. But does her record as California’s attorney general and San Francisco district attorney back that up? One New York Times op-ed argues Harris was frequently “on the wrong side of history.”

Madeleine Brand
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Digital News & Culture Editor
Lara Bazelon
director of the criminal juvenile justice clinic and the racial justice clinic at University of San Francisco Law School

Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Kamala Harris as the ‘progressive prosecutor’

California Senator Kamala Harris is running for president in 2020. She’s positioning herself as someone who has always fought for civil rights. But does her record as California’s attorney general and San Francisco district attorney back that up?

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Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Kamala Harris as the ‘progressive prosecutor’

California Senator Kamala Harris is running for president in 2020. She’s positioning herself as someone who has always fought for civil rights. But does her record as California’s attorney general and San Francisco district attorney back that up?

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