A look back at Kamala Harris’s yearslong crusade against online sex work

The presumptive Democratic nominee played a critical role in taking down Backpage and in passing the controversial FOSTA-SESTA law.

In the weeks since she stepped into the presidential race, Democratic nominee Kamala Harris has repeatedly drawn attention to her time working in the criminal justice system. Harris, who served as the San Francisco District Attorney and California Attorney General before entering national politics, has called herself “smart on crime,” and claimed she was a “progressive prosecutor.”