{"product_id":"the-truths-we-hold","title":"The Truths We Hold","description":"\u003cb\u003eTHE STORY OF A RISING POLITICAL STAR: \u003c\/b\u003eThe daughter of an immigrant, Kamala Harris describes how her background, her scientist parents, and her Oakland upbringing shaped her character.\u003cb\u003eU.S. VICE PRESIDENT-ELECT: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Truths We Hold \u003c\/i\u003eelucidates Kamala Harris's values, her fight against injustice, and her vision for America.\u003cb\u003eAN INSPIRING CHAMPION OF PROGRESSIVE VALUES: \u003c\/b\u003eOnly the second black woman ever elected to the U.S. Senate, Kamala Harris has proven herself as an unabashed, charismatic progressive in the Trump era.\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eFor readers of \u003cb\u003eBECOMING\u003c\/b\u003e by Michelle Obama, \u003cb\u003eTHE WORLD AS IT IS\u003c\/b\u003e by Ben Rhodes,\u003cb\u003e TO OBAMA\u003c\/b\u003e by Jeanne Marie Laskas and \u003cb\u003eOUR REVOLUTION\u003c\/b\u003e by Bernie Sanders\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKamala D. Harris\u003c\/b\u003e is the first woman and woman of colour to be elected vice president, a lifelong public safety and civil rights leader, who served until recently as a U.S. Senator from California. She began her career in the Alameda County District Attorney's Office, then was elected District Attorney of San Francisco. As California's Attorney General, she prosecuted transnational gangs, big banks, Big Oil, for-profit colleges and fought against attacks on the Affordable Care Act. Harris also fought to reduce elementary school truancy and pioneered the nation's first open data initiative to expose racial disparities in the criminal justice system and implemented implicit bias training for police officers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe second black woman ever elected to the U.S. Senate, Kamala Harris has worked to reform the American criminal justice system, raise the minimum wage, make higher education tuition free for the majority of Americans, and protect the legal rights of refugees and immigrants.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRead the inspiring \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling memoir from the first woman, and woman of colour, to serve as Vice President of the United States.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A life story that genuinely entrances' \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe daughter of immigrants and civil rights activists, Vice President Kamala Harris was raised in a California community that cared deeply about social justice. As she rose to prominence as a political leader, her experiences would become her guiding light as she grappled with an array of complex issues and learned to bring a voice to the voiceless.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow, in \u003ci\u003eThe Truths We Hold\u003c\/i\u003e, Harris reckons 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, she communicates a vision of shared struggle, shared purpose, and shared values as we confront the great work of our day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Personal integrity shines through every page' \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA fascinating insight into a remarkable career","brand":"Crosswordbooks.uae","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42137687261259,"sku":"BK0002546","price":66.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0646\/4877\/3707\/files\/the-truths-we-hold-an-american-journey-paperback-harris-kamala-bk0452238-40525764296921.jpg?v=1770798504","url":"https:\/\/crosswordbooks.ae\/products\/the-truths-we-hold","provider":"Crossword Dubai","version":"1.0","type":"link"}