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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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What Vice President Harris means to women at HBCUs
Harris, the first HBCU graduate in the White House, centered her alma mater on Inauguration Day. Students, professors and alumnae noticed and matched her pride.
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Lisa Montgomery becomes first woman to be executed by federal government since 1953
At the eleventh hour, Montgomery became the 11th person to be executed by the federal government under the Trump administration.
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‘Chaos’ in the courts as execution date arrives for only woman on federal death row
Two courts halted Lisa Montgomery’s execution date. The federal government is preparing to lethally inject her anyway.
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White women fight for Trump alongside far-right extremists
Two women were among those who died following the riot at the Capitol. But White women are not often seen as the face of extremism.
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Biden picks Merrick Garland and three women to lead Justice Department
Biden’s picks for deputy attorney general, associate attorney general and assistant attorney general for civil rights are all women.
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First came suffrage. Then came the Women of the Ku Klux Klan.
The WKKK was independent of the Klan and just as committed to bigotry. One researcher says the 19th Amendment made it possible.
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#19thReads 2020: The best reads on gender, politics and policy
Unlike any other year in modern times, 2020 shined a spotlight on the resilience and struggles of women, LGBTQ+ people and all others underrepresented in our democracy. Here, we take a look back at the stories that most impacted us.
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This woman is mending the literacy gap with the help of a horse named Goat
Caitlin Gooch grew up loving books and horses. She wants more kids in her native North Carolina to feel the same.
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Alex Padilla fills Kamala Harris' seat, leaving no Black women in the Senate
Padilla’s appointment marks a milestone — he will be the first Latinx senator from California — but Black leaders who led the charge for a Black woman to fill Harris’ seat expressed disappointment.
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Americans were told to stay home. Black women are most at risk of losing theirs.
Despite federal eviction moratoriums, Black women are most at risk of losing their housing during the pandemic.