CHARLOTTE, NC — Less than 30 days until election day and Wednesday night vice president Mike Pence and senator Kamala Harris will go face to face in Salt Lake city – in the first and only vice presidential debate. WCCB Political contributor Mary C. Curtis has a preview of the debate and why it matters.
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It turns out the crowds, the balloons and confetti were merely froufrou, just window dressing. Stripped down, it was even easier for the themes of this week’s Democratic National Convention — and the party’s vision for the future — to break through. The Democrats’ unity on display could be a bit ripe for parody, for
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CHARLOTTE, NC –Democrats formally nominated Joe Biden for president during the second night of a virtual convention. The former vice president secured the nomination in a virtual roll call vote Tuesday night. The second night of the DNC featured more influential names throwing their support behind Biden. WCCB political contributor Mary C. Curtis discusses the biggest takeaways from the DNC.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The virtual Democratic National Convention gets underway on Monday. So what will the message be? And how will Democrats keep the excitement up at a virtual event? And the debate over the post office and mail-in voting. Our political contributor Mary C. Curtis has more in the video above.
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Kamala Harris made history, again, this week, when she became the first Black woman and first Asian American picked for a major political party’s presidential ticket. The daughter of an Indian mother and a Jamaican father, the California Democrat has been many firsts. She has been a county deputy district attorney; the district attorney for
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CHARLOTTE, NC — The ticket is set. Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has picked Sen. Kamala Harris as his vice presidential running mate. Harris is the first Black and Asian-American woman to be on a major party’s presidential ticket. WCCB Political contributor Mary C. Curtis gives her expert analysis on the decision.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – This week, Democratic Presidential Candidate Joe Biden could announce his running mate. So who are the final contenders? And what factors will go into the former Vice President’s decision? And the U.S. intelligence community’s top election security official is raising concerns about election interference. Our political contributor Mary C. Curtis has more
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CHARLOTTE, NC — Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is expected to name his vice-presidential pick next week, before the Democratic National Convention convenes. Biden has pledged to choose a woman as his Vice President but the big question is…who will he pick? Political contributor Mary C. Curtis breaks down the top contenders.
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Are frightened Democrats in the middle of an ugly fight to the death between the so-called progressive and moderate wings of the party? To observe the weeping and gnashing of teeth after the New Hampshire primary, you might think so. Let’s just say, that reaction is premature and missing the point. Yet there are already
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OPINION — It doesn’t take a candidate of color on a debate stage to raise issues of justice and inequality. But that has been the way it has worked out, mostly. For example, it was exhilarating for many when then-candidate Julián Castro said in a Democratic debate, “Police violence is also gun violence,” while naming Atatiana
