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On The Record #126: Kamala Harris on Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Election 2020, and COVID-19

April Ryan
September 24, 2020

In this Sept. 17, 2020, photo, Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., gives a thumps up during a campaign stop in Philadelphia. Black voters across Michigan will be pivotal in deciding who will win the battleground state in November. But engaging them at a time of immense uncertainty across the nation because of the pandemic and unrest over the effects of systemic racism has been especially challenging. (AP Photo/Michael Perez)

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Kamala Harris on Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a new Supreme Court Justice, Election 2020, and COVID-19.

April Ryan has a unique vantage point as the only Black female reporter covering urban issues from the White House, a position she has held with AURN since the Clinton era. Her position as a White House Correspondent has afforded her heightened insight into the racial sensitivities, issues, and attendant political struggles of our nation. April has written three books; The Presidency in Black & White: My Close-Up View of Three Presidents and Race in America, At Mama's Knee: Mothers and Race in Black and White, and Under Fire: Reporting from the Front Lines of the Trump White House. Twitter: @aprildryan