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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: Kamala Harris’s parents were talented immigrants, and she realized early on that she wanted to be a lawyer.
Chapter 2: Harris resolved to become a prosecutor after time at Howard University.
Chapter 3: A defining moment in Harris’s legal career came before she had ever even passed her exams.
Chapter 4: Hands-on experience on the front lines of justice taught Harris more than law school did.
Chapter 5: Harris’s experience as San Francisco’s DA ultimately persuaded her to run for elected public office.
Chapter 6: Harris sought DA’s office to confront systemic injustices like mass incarceration.
Chapter 7: Becoming a senator was a natural extension of the work she was doing as California’s DA.
Chapter 8: Harris has championed the rights of Central American immigrants in the United States.
Chapter 9: Harris aims to reform America’s healthcare system and fundamentally reframe healthcare as a right.
Chapter 10: Harris had a front-row seat to the probes into Russian meddling in the 2016 election.
Description
The Truths We Hold (2019) is an intimate self-portrait of one of the rising forces in contemporary American political life: Californian Senator and civil rights activist Kamala Harris. Combining the personal with the political, Harris sheds light on her early years as the daughter of immigrants, her legal career in the Golden State and the causes she has championed as an elected representative in Trump’s America.
Who Should Listen
- Politics and history buffs
- Anyone interested in the life and views of a potential presidential candidate
- Legal professionals and civil rights activists