Kamala Harris Wrote Two Books. They Paint Different Pictures.

卡马拉·哈里斯写了两本书。 他们描绘了不同的画面。

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2024-08-29

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  • Hi, I'm Josh Haner and I'm a staff photographer at the New York Times covering climate change.

  • For years, we've sort of imagined this picture of a polar bear floating on a piece of ice.

  • Those have been the images associated with climate change.

  • My challenge is to find stories that show you how climate change is affecting our world right now.

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  • This is the Opinions, a show that brings you a mix of voices from New York Times opinion.

  • You've heard the news.

  • Here's what to make of it.

  • Last week, the Democratic convention reminded us as if we could forget that Kamala Harris used to be a prosecutor.

  • As a prosecutor, Kamala stood up for children who had been victims of of sexual abuse.

  • She went on to work for the people fighting to hold lawbreakers accountable.

  • And it's a standard part of her stump speech, going over her prosecutorial past and using that to attack Donald Trump.

  • I took on perpetrators of all kinds.

  • Predators who abused women, fraudsters who ripped off consumers, cheaters who broke the rules for their own gain.

  • So hear me when I say I know Donald Trump's type.

  • Kamala Harris may know Donald Trump's type, but when it comes to her career as a prosecutor, she seems less certain of her own type.

  • I'm Carlos Lozada, a columnist for New York Times Opinion and co host of the Matter of Opinion podcast.

  • I'm also a recovering book critic.

  • Before I joined the Times, I spent eight years reviewing books on politics, policy, history, and biography at the Washington Post.

  • So when I'm trying to understand something or someone, I instinctively turn to their own words.