Democracy Now! 08/20/20

“Don’t Let Them Take Away Your Power”: Obama Slams Trump at DNC & Warns U.S. Democracy Is at Risk. “I Know a Predator When I See One”: Kamala Harris Takes Aim at Trump, Accepts Historic VP Nomination. Abolitionist Derecka Purnell on Historic Kamala Harris VP Pick & Why Black Progressives Feel Torn. Before Kamala Harris, There Was Charlotta Bass: Remembering 1st Black Woman to Run for VP in 1952.

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