Can Elizabeth Warren win over black voters?

Kamala Harris' campaign launch on MLK Day puts front and center a key question for Elizabeth Warren, or any Democratic hopeful: How will they win African-American support?

Elizabeth Warren speaks in Washington
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With Sen. Kamala Harris' (D-Calif.) official entry into the 2020 presidential race, the Democratic field is really starting to take shape.

Right now, of the candidates we know will be running for the liberal center, Harris is probably the best-positioned. She has more star power than Sens. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) or Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), more experience and a stronger grasp of policy than former Texas Rep. Beto O'Rourke or former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julian Castro, and she's a dynamic new face, unlike Joe Biden or Michael Bloomberg.

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Noah Millman

Noah Millman is a screenwriter and filmmaker, a political columnist and a critic. From 2012 through 2017 he was a senior editor and featured blogger at The American Conservative. His work has also appeared in The New York Times Book Review, Politico, USA Today, The New Republic, The Weekly Standard, Foreign Policy, Modern Age, First Things, and the Jewish Review of Books, among other publications. Noah lives in Brooklyn with his wife and son.