What has Kamala Harris been doing?
Kamala Harris’s popularity dwindled as VP. Is she a victim of Joe Biden’s failures or responsible for her own misfortune?
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Sarah Baxter
Sarah Baxter is the director of the Marie Colvin Center for International Reporting in New York. She is a former New Statesman political editor and a former Sunday Times deputy editor.
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