Think tank president questions whether Kamala Harris has done enough to address income inequality

Kamala Harris.
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Some observers have questioned whether Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, has built enough of her platform on finding ways to mitigate extreme wealth and corporate power in the U.S., The New York Times reports.

While fellow candidates like Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) have focused heavily on ideas revolving around taxing the rich and even — in Warren's case — breaking up major technology companies, Harris has seemingly been quieter on the subject so far.

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Tim O'Donnell

Tim is a staff writer at The Week and has contributed to Bedford and Bowery and The New York Transatlantic. He is a graduate of Occidental College and NYU's journalism school. Tim enjoys writing about baseball, Europe, and extinct megafauna. He lives in New York City.