On the first episode of this special five-part series going inside the future of the Democratic party, Alex Roarty talks to 2018 Delaware Senate candidate Kerri Evelyn Harris, who identifies as a biracial gay woman, about the progressive campaign she ran this fall, and the grassroots activists influencing — not always tidily — the direction of the party. If the left really does come to resemble Harris, what does that mean for the Democratic Party as a whole, both in the upcoming presidential primary and beyond?

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