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On a sunny Wednesday in late September, Vice President Kamala Harris took the stage at Carnegie Mellon University for the first comprehensive economic-policy speech of her short presidential campaign. Addressing a sedate audience in suits and ties, the Vice President outlined plans to strengthen small businesses, cut taxes on the middle class, and build more affordable housing.

During this election cycle, we’ve heard a lot from the presidential candidates about the struggles of America’s workers and their families. Kamala Harris and Donald Trump each want to claim the mantle as the country’s pro-worker candidate. Accordingly, union leaders took the stage not only at the Democratic National Convention, as usual, but at the Republican convention too.

When Amir Mahdi Qurbani was younger, his mother would buy stories from him. She never paid much. As the only teacher of an informal school for five or six children in their home in Tehran, she didn’t have much. Qurbani’s favorite story followed the escapades of a space cowboy, who could fly anywhere in the universe and go on adventures in vast uncharted galaxies.

“American democracy is in danger.” You will hear this argument from both sides of the political spectrum these days. The Left will warn you that if Donald Trump is elected, he will turn America into a totalitarian state, usurp the judiciary, and indulge in nepotistic practices all too familiar to many developing countries.

MADRID — Rafael Nadal announced Thursday he will retire from tennis at age 38 following next month’s Davis Cup finals. Nadal won 22 Grand Slam singles titles during an unprecedented era he shared with his rivals in the so-called Big Three, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] “Really, everything I have experienced has been a dream come true,” Nadal said in an announcement on social media.

The day after Larry Hogan became Maryland’s 62nd governor in 2015, the executive director of the Maryland State Ethics Commission, Michael Lord, sent him a letter. Hogan was coming to the top job not just as a politician but as president and principal owner of HOGAN, a multi-purpose real estate brokerage firm based in Annapolis.