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.
2 有用 aiko 2021-02-06 18:01:33
民主党政宣书。Kamala三岁时,她妈问她what do you want? 她说:fweedom。我笑了。
3 有用 PetrichorDai 2020-03-26 09:58:25
(有声书)Kamala Harris于2019年1月21号正式宣布参与2020美国总统竞选。在这本Kamala D. Harris的回忆录里,详细记录了她做为加州司法部长时,如何起诉跨国团伙,大银行,大石油公司,营利性大学的故事。在其职业生涯早期做了很多事,而后期的政治生涯,尤其本书一直在强调的truths过于Black people only. 当然她的出身,大力宣扬这类观点也无可厚非,不过我很... (有声书)Kamala Harris于2019年1月21号正式宣布参与2020美国总统竞选。在这本Kamala D. Harris的回忆录里,详细记录了她做为加州司法部长时,如何起诉跨国团伙,大银行,大石油公司,营利性大学的故事。在其职业生涯早期做了很多事,而后期的政治生涯,尤其本书一直在强调的truths过于Black people only. 当然她的出身,大力宣扬这类观点也无可厚非,不过我很难感同身受。再次感到政治人物的自传真的不太适合我,包括Becoming。 (展开)
0 有用 noooooo 2021-09-01 00:19:26
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0 有用 Ashley 2020-11-30 22:02:30
得知Harris当选副总统迫不及待找来有声书听。书中涉及很多,母亲带给她的影响,早年从事法律到从政,次贷危机时代表失去住所的人们与大银行的抗争,医疗改革,全球气候恶化,移民政策,互联网安全,为女性、少数族裔、性少数人争取平等权等等,美国现在面对的危机她都在这本书中提到了,也提出了解决方案,但个人觉得略理想主义化,还是拭目以待她与Biden上台后能够带来什么改变吧。
0 有用 Pronoia 2021-06-27 12:40:59
民主党的政治宣传书。Kamala本人履历十分耀眼,不过对政治正确的宣扬有点太大声了
0 有用 Ava 2024-01-22 20:30:40 湖南
非常像述职报告或者简介,没有太多了解作者的内心世界和私人生活,大部分都是自己推行的各种法案和做的实事一类的,感觉就是给选民看的,有些时候转折比较生硬,相比起来,我觉得奥巴马和米歇尔的自传文采好很多,但是这俩也可能有影子作家。 觉得作者还是有些不严谨和草率的,在说明自己推行一个法案的理由时,往往会有一项研究表明…开头,说明某事对人们的危害,但是她没有说是什么时候什么机构发表的报告,以及相关的研究是否... 非常像述职报告或者简介,没有太多了解作者的内心世界和私人生活,大部分都是自己推行的各种法案和做的实事一类的,感觉就是给选民看的,有些时候转折比较生硬,相比起来,我觉得奥巴马和米歇尔的自传文采好很多,但是这俩也可能有影子作家。 觉得作者还是有些不严谨和草率的,在说明自己推行一个法案的理由时,往往会有一项研究表明…开头,说明某事对人们的危害,但是她没有说是什么时候什么机构发表的报告,以及相关的研究是否科学,结果是否合理,我对她的这些数据都报以怀疑。她在维护奥巴马法案时斥责制药公司的无良,举的一个例子是辉瑞公司宣布放弃对帕金森和阿兹海默药物的研究,之前看的一本书也举过这个例子,主要是为了说明药物发明的困难,在投入了不计其数的金钱和资源后实在看不到希望,辉瑞才放弃的。 (展开)
0 有用 noooooo 2021-09-01 00:19:26
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0 有用 雲水 2021-08-17 17:30:38
看几个著名的国会听证会被圈粉,温和礼貌但毫不妥协的提问方式让那些强势白男现场表演气急败坏语无伦次。后来听崔娃采访她也觉得她说话很接地气,没太多政客味儿(而且还上过美食节目!谁说女强人不自己做饭的),才找来这本书听。书还是能看出很明显的agenda,涉及住房,医疗,教育,网络安全,气候危机,移民等关键议题,属于campaign的marketing material。但是结合了很多个人经历,写得还是很... 看几个著名的国会听证会被圈粉,温和礼貌但毫不妥协的提问方式让那些强势白男现场表演气急败坏语无伦次。后来听崔娃采访她也觉得她说话很接地气,没太多政客味儿(而且还上过美食节目!谁说女强人不自己做饭的),才找来这本书听。书还是能看出很明显的agenda,涉及住房,医疗,教育,网络安全,气候危机,移民等关键议题,属于campaign的marketing material。但是结合了很多个人经历,写得还是很好看的,关于北三角移民的部分真实的把我听哭了。但是最近看新闻她被派去解决南部非法移民问题,好像也不是很给力。整体偏理想化,真实的世界总是复杂无比,对于女性执政者更是艰难,还是蛮希望她能建立自己的credit的。 (展开)
0 有用 Pronoia 2021-06-27 12:40:59
民主党的政治宣传书。Kamala本人履历十分耀眼,不过对政治正确的宣扬有点太大声了
0 有用 Engallen 2021-05-04 01:35:28
连续基本女政治家的自传后,明白了为什么有Black life matters,为什么要有me too,强大如她们,依然面对重重阻力,世界需要更多这样的人物,需要更多这样的声音。