Ritu Jha- The sounds of chanting, clapping, and presidential candidates pitching why they are running and what they can offer as the president of the United States of America filled the 2019 California Democratic Convention held May 31 through June 2 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California. Demonstrations gathered outside the Moscone […]
Arul Louis(IANS)- Former Vice President Joe Biden formally announced on Thursday he was bidding for the Democratic Party nomination for President, putting the crowded race into high gear. Declaring the presidential election a “battle for the soul of the nation”, he declared his candidacy in a video released on social media early morning. He was […]
IANS- Tulsi Gabbard, the first Hindu US Congresswoman and Democratic 2020 presidential candidate, has vastly outraised Senator Kamala Harris of Indian and Jamaican descent among Indian-American donors in the 2020 presidential fundraising derby so far. Gabbard, who is a Hindu American but not Indian-American, has raised more than $237,000, from the community. In comparison, Harris, […]
indica News Bureau- Indian American US Senator and US presidential candidate in the 2020 election, Kamala Harris, has been endorsed by the Indian American IMPACT Fund. The IMPACT Fund is a national organization which upholds the United States’ ideals and promises of representative democracy with a focus on Indian Americans to run, win, and […]
Arul Louis- The two aspirants for the party nominations for the 2020 presidential elections from the two extreme ends of the electoral spectrum, US President Donald Trump and self-described socialist Bernie Sanders, are leading the race in poll fund-raising. According to their campaign finance filings for the first quarter, Trump’s war chest is about $30 […]
Ritu Jha- “With Pakistan, of course, the issue of terrorism is one that has existed for too long.” That was Tulsi Gabbard, the Hawaii congresswoman and presidential candidate, telling indica about her views on the risk of war between India and Pakistan after an attack by a local terrorist backed by a Pakistan-based group […]
IANS- US Democratic presidential candidate Senator Kamala Harris, who is of Indian and Jamaican descent, has been slammed by her father for saying that she smoked marijuana in her younger years and supports it becoming legalized. Donald Harris, an economics professor at Stanford University, claimed his daughter was playing “identity politics” and added that […]
Shalini Nataraj – At dinner with friends on Martin Luther King Day, the topic of Kamala Harris running for President came up. The questions that arose: “Is it too early for her to run, after only a couple of years in the Senate? Is the country ready for a woman as President, leave alone […]
Ritu Jha – Members of the Indian American community expressed excitement and pride after learning of Kamala Harris, the Democratic senator from California, entering the 2020 presidential race. Harris, 54, is a daughter of immigrants, who came to the United States for higher education. Her mother, Shyamala Gopalan Harris, a breast cancer researcher, came […]
Arul Louis (IANS) Kamala Harris, a Senator of Indian descent, announced on Monday that she is running for President in the 2020 elections branding herself a “fighter” for the American people. As the daughter of an Indian mother and an African-Jamaican father, she claims both heritages and chose to declare her candidacy on the […]
