What Went Down During Joe Biden’s Inauguration

It’s been just over 100 years since women won the right to vote. But it’s worth remembering that for a lot of that time, as I think Kaleigh mentioned earlier, women of color were effectively disenfranchised. The first woman of color wasn’t elected to Congress until the mid-1960s. Meredith, Anna and I explored the historic breakthroughs for women of color in national politics — and how we got here — in a story earlier this week. The big takeaway we heard from experts was that parties and voters overall shouldn’t really get the credit for this historic moment. Women of color — as candidates, organizers, and voters — made this happen.

Harris is from Oakland, and the Golden State Warriors gifted Harris her own “VP Harris” jersey, which Harris said she will hang in her White House office. The Warriors promotional video also features a young girl, “Stella” from Oakland, who says, “I like that Kamala looks like me, and I can do anything.”

This is quite a moment.