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Race
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Megan Thee Stallion and the Catch-22 for Black women who seek justice
Since accusing Tory Lanez of shooting her, Megan Thee Stallion has been hit with criticism and abuse. Many Black women have backed her because the disbelief and lack of care are familiar.
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Pleas, letters and negotiations: Brittney Griner’s long road home
The details that led to the day the Biden administration had been focused on for months, a promise fulfilled to a family and a nation.
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A new museum and clinic will honor the enslaved “Mothers of Gynecology”
Artist Michelle Browder leads the charge to recognize women and girls such as Anarcha, Lucy and Betsey.
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‘We all we got’: How Black people online steered the spotlight to Shanquella Robinson’s death
Black social media has often taken the lead in raising public consciousness when mainstream outlets overlook the death or disappearance of Black women.
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What’s stopping more Native Americans from graduating college? The cost, a landmark study finds.
Homelessness, food insecurity and debt are common problems for Indigenous students pursuing higher education, the first-of-its kind study found.
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'People underestimated them': Advocates for Black women in politics want the Democratic Party to learn from the midterms
Runs by Cheri Beasley, Val Demings and Stacey Abrams both underscored long-standing challenges to Black women who run — and showed their potential.
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Black women helped drive record early voting in Georgia. They’re not done.
Organizers were offering rides and information about how to make a plan to vote Tuesday in a state with high-profile races for Senate, governor and state legislature.
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Could Jennifer-Ruth Green be the second Black Republican woman in Congress?
She’s running to flip an Indiana House seat red, as a number of women and people of color did in 2020. Here’s what that says about her party and our politics.
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A Pasadena school is the nation’s first named after Octavia Butler — and it’s her alma mater
The late science-fiction novelist hoped to broaden the horizons of Black children. Her former junior high has a STEAM focus and serves more than 90 percent students of color.
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The Supreme Court’s multiracial women justices clap back at challenges to affirmative action in colleges
At oral arguments Monday, Justices Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson represented the court’s liberal side.