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The Truths We Hold: An American Journey Hardcover - 2019
by Harris, Kamala
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- Hardcover
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- Title The Truths We Hold: An American Journey
- Author Harris, Kamala
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition Illustrated Edition
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 336
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Press
- Date 1/8/2019 12:00:01 AM
- Illustrated Yes
- Bookseller's Inventory # mon0001242941
- ISBN 9780525560715 / 0525560718
- Weight 1.44 lbs (0.65 kg)
- Dimensions 9.62 x 6.43 x 1.18 in (24.43 x 16.33 x 3.00 cm)
- Reading level 1020
- Library of Congress subjects United States, National characteristics, American
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2018055431
- Dewey Decimal Code B
Summary
Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris’s commitment to speaking truth is informed by her upbringing. The daughter of immigrants, she was raised in an Oakland, California community that cared deeply about social justice; her parents--an esteemed economist from Jamaica and an admired cancer researcher from India--met as activists in the civil rights movement when they were graduate students at Berkeley. Growing up, Harris herself never hid her passion for justice, and when she became a prosecutor out of law school, a deputy district attorney, she quickly established herself as one of the most innovative change agents in American law enforcement. She progressed rapidly to become the elected District Attorney for San Francisco, and then the chief law enforcement officer of the state of California as a whole. Known for bringing a voice to the voiceless, she took on the big banks during the foreclosure crisis, winning a historic settlement for California’s working families. Her hallmarks were applying a holistic, data-driven approach to many of California’s thorniest issues, always eschewing stale “tough on crime” rhetoric as presenting a series of false choices. Neither “tough” nor “soft” but smart on crime became her mantra. Being smart means learning the truths that can make us better as a community, and supporting those truths with all our might. That has been the pole star that guided Harris to a transformational career as California’s attorney general, as a United States senator, and now as vice president-elect, grappling in every role with an array of complex issues, from health care and the new economy to immigration, national security, the opioid crisis, and accelerating inequality.