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Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio), his wife Usha Vance and their two children at the Park Diner on July 28, 2024, in St. Cloud, Minn. (Stephen Maturen / Getty Images)

By Marya T. Mtshali and Katharine McCabe | While there has been increasing outrage at JD Vance’s resurfaced comments about “childless cat ladies” who want to force their “miserable” emotional state onto the rest of the country, Vance himself has noted that most people have ignored the main points he was trying to make in his statement—that the Democratic party, which he argues is exemplified and represented by these aforementioned ladies, is “anti-family and anti-child”.

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Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at the American Federation of Teachers’ 88th National Convention on July 25, 2024, in Houston. Harris, born of Jamaican and Indian immigrants, has identified as a Black woman who grew up in a multicultural household. (Montinique Monroe / Getty Images)

By Samantha Putterman | Trump said Harris was Indian and then “made a turn” and “became a Black person.”

This is blatant mischaracterization of Harris’ heritage and how she has spoken about, and has identified with, her racial background and ethnicity. Harris, born of Jamaican and Indian immigrants, has long identified as a Black woman who grew up in a multicultural household. She attended a historically Black university, pledged a historically Black sorority, and has given interviews and written about her experience embracing her Indian culture while living as a Black woman.

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By Cynthia Richie Terrell | Weekend Reading for Women’s Representation is a compilation of stories about women’s representation. 

This week: Influential figures in Brussels are backing away from equality commitments; women make up less than 27 percent of all U.S. House candidates; rank your presidential dream team; two U.S. states receive an “A” grade for gender parity; and more.

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