On Thursday, August 29, Vice President Kamala Harris gave her first major interview as a Democratic presidential candidate, laying out her plans to build “an opportunity economy” if elected president. Sociologist Nikhil Goyal, author of the book “Live to See the Day: Coming of Age in American Poverty,” notes that Harris’ support for policies like expanding the child tax credit shows a stark contrast between her and Republican candidate Donald Trump. “His fight is for the billionaire class,” while Harris is “on the side of working people,” Goyal says.
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