Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris drew a crowd of thousands on Sunday afternoon in her home state of California at a rally at Los Angeles Southwest College – a place where she hopes to make deeper inroads with black voters. The school is located in the heart of South Los Angeles and has
Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris drew a crowd of thousands on Sunday afternoon in her home state of California at a rally at Los Angeles Southwest College – a place where she hopes to make deeper inroads with black voters.
The plan would make large companies pay a fine if they don't obtain an"equal pay certification" from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. A senior campaign official says for every 1% wage gap that exists, the company would be fined 1% of its profits. They will additionally be required to post on their company's website if they are certified with paying men and women equally.
"Black voters will play a disproportionate role with helping select the Democratic Party nominee for president,” Andra Gillespie, associate professor of political science at Emory University, told ABC News in April. She added that African Americans are the most “loyal Democratic voting bloc in the United States."
Critics of Harris say her decisions as a long-time prosecutor do not align with the progressive values of the party. In South Carolina, the senator spoke to over 3,000 black women at a sorority event for Alpha Kappa Alpha Inc., a historic African American organization which she joined as a college student at Howard University.
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