Episode 1198
Maya Harris
Thu, 2020-Aug-13 02:48 UTC
Length - 2:04
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With 707,692 views on Wednesday, 12 August 2020 our article of the day is Maya Harris.
Maya Lakshmi Harris (born January 30, 1967) is an American lawyer, public policy advocate, and television commentator. She is a political analyst for MSNBC and in 2015 was appointed as one of three senior policy advisors to lead the development of an agenda for Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign. She was formerly a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress. From 2008 until she took her current position, she was Vice President for Democracy, Rights and Justice at the Ford Foundation. Prior to joining the Ford Foundation, she served as the Executive Director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Northern California. Before joining the ACLU, the former law school dean (Lincoln Law School of San Jose) was a Senior Associate at PolicyLink. She has authored two publications which include a report highlighting community-centered policing practices nationwide and an advocacy manual for police reform. She most recently served as campaign chairwoman for her sister Kamala Harris's 2020 campaign for president, until the campaign's suspension.
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For the full current version of the article, see Maya Harris on Wikipedia.
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