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Mel Leonor Barclay
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What following Nikki Haley's campaign taught me about American voters
Over the course of Haley’s campaign, politics reporter Mel Leonor Barclay spoke with Americans whose votes are now up for grabs.
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Who is Katie Britt? The youngest woman ever elected to Senate got GOP spotlight
The Alabama senator — who is speculated to be on the shortlist for Donald Trump’s running mate — delivered the Republican response to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address.
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What Nikki Haley’s history-making campaign tells us about the GOP and women
She navigated issues of gender and race even as she downplayed their role, becoming Donald Trump’s last remaining primary rival before ending her campaign Wednesday.
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0 to 50: How one progressive group plans to build a bench of Afro Latinas in politics
To get more representation for Latinas, including in Congress, Latino Victory is looking to chart a path to election for Afro Latinas — and back them when they run.
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What Nikki Haley’s run means to Republican women who don’t love Trump
Her supporters don’t want to her drop out — despite a loss in her home state. And they’d like others in the party to stop attacking her.
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Nikki Haley, like the Alabama Supreme Court, said IVF embryos are babies
These views speak to the concerns of reproductive care advocates who say abortion bans and fetal personhood laws threaten access to IVF.
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A presidential rematch — this time with abortion at the forefront
Trump and Biden are unlikely, and at times uncomfortable, leaders in an election year shaped by reproductive rights.
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Seven justices, two cases: How the future of abortion in Florida will be determined
On Wednesday, the court heard arguments in a case to determine whether Floridians can vote to explicitly protect the right to abortion in the state constitution.
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The tools Trump could use to curb abortion access if he’s elected
He’s not talking about abortion much on the trail, but the former president has been a dependable ally of the anti-abortion movement and would have powers to act in a second term.
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