The Truths We Hold

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From one of America s most inspiring political leaders, a book about the core truths that unite us, and the long struggle to discern what those truths are and how best to act upon them, in her own life and across the life of our country.Senator 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 the top law enforcement official in California, and it is guiding her now as a transformational United States Senator, grappling with an array of complex issues that affect her state, our country, and the world, from health care and the new economy to immigration, national security, the opioid crisis, and accelerating inequality.By reckoning with the big challenges we face together, drawing on the hard won wisdom and insight from her own career and the work of those who have most inspired her, Kamala Harris offers in The Truths We Hold a master class in problem solving, in crisis management, and leadership in challenging times Through the arc of her own life, on into the great work of our day, she communicates a vision of shared struggle, shared purpose, and shared values In a book rich in many home truths, not least is that a relatively small number of people work very hard to convince a great many of us that we have less in common than we actually do, but it falls to us to look past them and get on with the good work of living our common truth When we do, our shared effort will continue to sustain us and this great nation, now and in the years to come. Best Download The Truths We Hold Author Kamala Harris For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr My full review, as well as my other thoughts on reading, can be found on my blog.An engaging memoir from the junior U.S Senator for California, The Truths We Hold sketches the author s early life, political career, and 2020 campaign platform Over the course of ten short chapters Kamala Harris alternates between recounting her personal history and outlining her vision for the nation the daughter of an Indian mother and Jamaican father, Harris positions herself as a progressive liberal capable My full review, as well as my other thoughts on reading, can be found on my blog.An engaging memoir from the junior U.S Senator for California, The Trut...It is difficult to critique political memoirs without seeming to be critical the high minded ideals these writers espouse Kamala Harris appears outside the norm for the kind of Washington politician we ve put up with these past twenty years Formerly Attorney General of California, she had to find solutions to big thorny problems that plagued governance of that state If she didn t solve the problems for all time, she always came down fighting for the side of individuals against corporate ent It is difficult to critique political memoirs without seeming to be critical the high minded ideals these writers espouse Kamala Harris appears outside the norm for the kind of Washington politician we ve put up with these past twenty years Formerly Attorney General of California, she had to find solutions to big ...Pleased to be finishing this one on MLK day and the day Harris announced her candidacy This was an interesting read, a little slow in the middle The first and last chapters were my favorites, showcasing her origins and her exhortations for the future It gave me that little extra insight into a potential when I started it candidate that I was looking for The threshold question I m holding for any candidate in the current cycle, beyond the basics of whether I find their values and track reco Pleased to be finishing this one on MLK day and the day Harris announced her candidacy This was an interesting read, a little slow in the middle The first and last chapters were my favorites, showcasing her origins and her exhortations for the future It gave me that little extra insight into a potential when I started it candidate that I was looking for The threshold question I m holding for any candidate in the current cycle, beyond the basics of whether I find their values and track record acceptable, and what I think of their platform and ...I am proud to call Kamala Harris my Senator As a San Fransisco native I have watched her career and have now had the pleasure to vote for her a few times It was nice to read about her family history, to read about where she came from and how she worked her way up to her current position I also really enjoyed reading about things that I remember occurring in real life and seeing it from her perspective I liked reading about how she fought for criminal justice reform, how she negotiated during I am proud to call Kamala Harris my Senator As a San Fransisco native I have watched her career and have now had the pleasure to vote for her a few times It was nice to read about her family history, to read about where she came from and how she worked her way up to her current position I also really enjoyed reading about things that I remember occurring in real...Believing that Ms Harris will be announcing her run for President, I wanted to learnabout her I always try to go to the source whenever possible, so I figured this would be a great place to start The book is interesting, and my overwhelming thought upon finishing it If anyone wants to know what her platform would be, it s here Some things are highlightedthan others, but it s all here her priorities, why, some of the things she has done, etc So for anyone wantinginformat Believing that Ms Harris will be announcing her run for President, I wanted to learnabout her I always try to go to the source whenever possible, so I figured this would be a great place to start The book is interesting, and my overwhelming thought upon finishing it If anyo...I have followed Kamala Harris career since she was the District Attorney of San Francisco When she was Attorney General of California, I impressed with her prosecution of the banks during the mortgage crisis She has done a good job as Senator representing California.The book is well written Harris reveals her early life and career She also points out that she was tossed into the civil rights problems from the beginning because her mother is a Tamil Indian and her father is a black and both I have followed Kamala Harris career since she was the District Attorney of San Francisco When she was Attorney General of California, I impressed with her prosecution of the banks during the mortgage crisis She has done a good job as Senator representing California.The book is well written Harris reveals her early life and career She also points out that she was tossed into the civil rights problems from the beginning because her mother is a Tamil Indian and her father is a black and both were active in the civil rights movement Her mother immigrated from Madras, India and her father from Jamaica Both her parents are highly educated her mother as a breast cancer scientist and her father as an economics professor at Stanford University The book follows the usual type of memoir of a new politician in that it is part personal memoir but mostly an outline of her beliefs, positions, and goals Instead of bein...Senator Kamala Harris is one of the politicians I admire respect, and one of the three candidates I was hoping to run in 2020, which she has officially announced in January The presidential candidacy pool is getting really crowded it s still very early on, and I m certainly not set on anyone but Senator Harris is a strong candidate with an impressive background experience and temperament, very important and even early on as a Junior Senator from California, I saw something Senator Kamala Harris is one of the politicians I admire respect, and one of the three candidates I was hoping to run in 2020, which she has officially announced in January The presidential candidacy pool is getting really crowded it s still very early on, and I m certainly not set on anyone but Senator Harris is a strong candidate with an impressive background experience and temperament, very important and even early on as a Junior Senator from California, I saw something in her knew she d would be taking on a bigger role one day When it was announced that she d would have a memoir released in 2019, that was definitely one of the sure signs of possible run So to tie her candidacy announcement to her memoir The Truths We Hold An American Journey, this is a campaign book presented as a memoir And it s release was obviously timed with her candidacy announcementThe book is a pretty standard campaign memoir book And let s be honest, t...As far as ghost written political memoirs go, this is not the best I ve read, but it s also not annoying I wanted to knowabout Kamala Harris and now I knowMy biggest takeaway is that she s not a big institutional thinker She sees things like a prosecutor For example, in dealing with the banking crisis, she wanted to charge the banks with wrong doing and she settled with them due to frauds and deceptions Same with her takes on other laws who did something wrong and how can they As far as ghost written political memoirs go, this is not the best I ve read, but it s also not annoying I wanted to knowabout Kamala Harris and now I knowMy biggest takeaway is that she s not a big institutional thinker She sees things like a prosecutor For example, in dealing with the banking crisis...I had a frightening dream this past week It was the year 2020 The Democrats had put up a very, very old but somehow still alive Richard Nixon against Trump, and I was so disgusted that I decided not to vote Come election night which was rainy and foreboding, by the way , it turned out that some other candidate, whose name I didn t even know, had won the election maybe he d somehow taken the Democratic nomination from Nixon at the last moment but I couldn t find any information about the I had a frightening dream this past week It was the year 2020 The Democrats had put up a very, very old but somehow still alive Richard Nixon against Trump, and I was so disgusted that I decided not to vote Come election night which was rainy and foreboding, by the way , it turned out that some other candidate, whose name I didn t even know, had won the election maybe he d somehow taken the Democratic nomination from Nixon at the last moment but I couldn t find any information about the man I flipped from channel to channel, but all I could find were inanities or commentators celebrating the fact that Tru...Kamala Harris is a badass While I am from CA originally, I currently live and vote in Texas, so sadly she is not my senator However, I ve taken notice of her over the last two years as she has had greater presence on the national stage fighting for human rights, social just...

The Truths We Hold
  • English
  • 10 February 2017
  • Kindle Edition
  • 336 pages
  • Kamala Harris
  • The Truths We Hold