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Ko Bragg
Ko Bragg is a general assignment reporter. She previously worked at The Appeal, Frontline/PBS and Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting.
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‘Belly of the Beast’ spotlights forced sterilizations in California prisons
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503: Inside the COVID unit at the world’s largest women’s prison
The Central California Women’s Facility quarantined prisoners with COVID-19 with those who never tested positive for the virus.
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Trump's COVID diagnosis reminds voters of xenophobic comments he made at the debate
The president called COVID-19 the “China plague” and refused to denounce white supremacy, comments that incited fear in some voters.
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As Trump moves to nominate a woman to the Supreme Court, here are some of his shortlisted picks
Amy Coney Barrett, Barbara Lagoa, Joan Larsen, Allison Jones Rushing and Kate Comerford Todd have been on a list released by the White House.
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Millennials 'Can’t Even' get ahead — they’re already too far behind
Anne Helen Petersen’s new book "Can’t Even" interrogates the lies millennials were told about having it all.
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‘It’s getting worse’: Frontline female firefighter on this year’s historic season
Female firefighters remain underrepresented as more crews step up to contain one of the worst fire seasons in history.
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The $12 million Breonna Taylor settlement sparks reform, echoes #SayHerName cases
Attorneys hope this outcome will set a precedent, as they campaign for officers to be arrested.
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Nation’s lone 19th Amendment felony disenfranchisement lawsuit struck down by appeals court
The 11th Circuit ruled that court fees and restitution are not “poll taxes,” but demands of justice.
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Black electoral advocates lean on past movements to build power ‘from the grassroots up’
In 1972 Shirley Chisholm ran for president and thousands attended the National Black Political Convention. Can 2020 harness that energy?
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Kamala Harris sees HBCUs as ‘family.’ How do they see her?
Howard University shaped the history making senator. In turn, HBCU graduates hope she will raise the national profile of their institutions and push the party forward.