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Kamala Harris' purported Irish ancestry highlights complicated backstory of identity and enslavement -- Christine Kinealy, Quinnipiac University; Kimberly DaCosta, New York University, and Miriam Nyhan Grey, Mary Immaculate College

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Black church leaders brought religion to politics in the '60s – but it was dramatically different from today's white Christian nationalism -- Tobin Miller Shearer, University of Montana

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Harris campaign tries to beat Trump at his own game − ridicule -- Chris Lamb, Indiana University

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