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Family is at the forefront of Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign, and she speaks frequently and fondly of her late mother’s influence – but rarely is there mention of her father. A “Marxist” economics professor who left Jamaica for UC Berkeley, Donald J Harris has said little about his daughter during…

How a scandal in our local swim club, 15 years ago, opened my eyes to a national cover-up operation

Explore Kamala Harris' memoir 'The Truths We Hold' and her upbringing in the civil rights movement, family background, and connections with leftist activists.

Get up to speed with the Democrat frontrunner – who officiated the first gay wedding in California and won a huge victory when she went to war with the mortgage companies

Provocative but witty literary critic known for his satirical Winnie the Pooh essays and his opposition to Freudianism

Rob Perrins backs ambition of both main parties to build 1.5 million homes during the next 5-year Parliament

Housebuilder aims to create 4,000 private rental homes in UK capital and south-east over next decade

“Never apologize for a joke,” says Deborah Vance, echoing many comedians. This episode challenges that notion

From California to North Carolina, students staged chants and walkouts over the weekend in protest of Israel's ongoing military offensive in Gaza.

Anti-Vietnam war activists from Tariq Ali to the Weather Underground on the remarkable parallels with today’s pro-Palestinian uprising

While semesters at other schools speed toward a violent close, several universities have sought a more amicable solution