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Four girls testified in the Derek Chauvin trial. Here’s what they told the jury.
“When I look at George Floyd, I look at my dad,” said Darnella Frazier, who filmed the viral video of George Floyd’s death.
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Law enforcement officers keep arresting Black women elected officials
The imagery of Georgia Rep. Park Cannon being dragged away this week at the state Capitol follows several arrests in recent years involving elected Black women. Black women on the receiving end say it’s an effort to silence their growing political power.
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Ayanna Pressley wants girls of color to stop being punished disproportionately
Black girls are suspended six to seven times as often as White girls. Pressley’s legislation aims to disrupt the school-to-confinement pipeline.
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‘WAP’ and the politics of Black women’s bodies
Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s hit song and Grammy performance mirrors how millennial Black women are challenging respectability politics, says hip-hop scholar Aria S. Halliday.
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‘We keep it alive in our culture’: The legacy of U.S. policy, violence against Asian American women
Scholar Catherine Lee on how the gendered origins of immigration law in the United States, the over-sexualization of Asian women and white supremacy live on today.
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‘A disservice to the policymaking’: Most interns in Congress are White, report finds
Rep. Ayanna Pressley says a congressional internship “changed the trajectory” of her life, and she and other advocates say a lack of intern diversity causes pipeline problems.
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The Biden administration has a lot more work to do to tackle xenophobia against Asian Americans, advocates say
Less than two months after the president signed an executive order to address racism against the AAPI community, a man killed six Asian American women in Atlanta.
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‘We need protection’: Georgia official addressed anti-Asian violence two days before shooting
‘People are scared. I wanted people in our legislature to realize this was going on,’ state Sen. Michelle Au told The 19th in the wake of deadly Atlanta area shootings.
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Black women are still underrepresented in America’s statehouses, new report shows
Georgia has the most Black women in its legislature, at 39, but in many states representation still lags.
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Her son couldn’t breathe. Advocating for equitable health care made this mom feel like she couldn’t either.
Amira Carson-Carey has spent the past year fighting for equitable health care for her infant son — from repeat heart surgeries to COVID infections — amid a pandemic and a summer of racial reckoning.