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Ko Bragg
Ko Bragg is a former general assignment reporter for The 19th. She previously worked at The Appeal, Frontline/PBS and Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting.
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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.
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Bennett College, an HBCU for women, ends a long fight for its financial future
One of only two HBCUs for women in the nation, Bennett found a new, permanent accreditor, allowing it to remain eligible for federal grants and programs.
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Crystal Mason appeals five-year sentence for illegally casting a ballot Texas never counted
Mason says she didn’t know that she was ineligible to vote while on supervised release for a felony. This oversight could land her back behind bars.
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Lone woman on federal death row to be executed one week before inauguration
Lisa Montgomery’s new execution date is eight days before Joe Biden, who pledged to end the federal death penalty, takes office.
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Execution delayed for lone woman on federal death row
Lisa Montgomery, who could be the first woman executed by the federal government since 1953, has at least three more weeks to live.
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Federal government to execute first woman since 1953
Lisa Montgomery could be one of the last people put to death by the Trump administration, which revived the federal death penalty.
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Kamala Harris will be the first HBCU grad in the White House
HBCU students and alumni hope Harris raises the national profile and increases funding for their institutions.
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Woman says she deserves the North Dakota House seat won by man who died of COVID
The winner died before the election. The runner-up wants to join the 31 women in the state’s legislature.