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What will Laphonza Butler do with her power?
California's newest senator — the only Black woman in the chamber — has so far stayed out of the race to replace her.
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What it means for the Biden administration to combat domestic violence
Rosie Hidalgo, the new director of the Department of Justice's Office of Violence Against Women, spoke with The 19th about how she thinks about success when it comes to ending gender-based violence.
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Virginia voters care about abortion access. Will that drive their votes?
Republicans in the state are embracing a ban on abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. Both parties think that stance helps them.
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Defend and deny: What we know about Trump and accusations of sexual misconduct
Donald Trump has been elected to another term in the White House. His time in national politics has been marked with a number of accusations of sexual misconduct.
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House Speaker Mike Johnson has long opposed abortion and LGBTQ+ rights
The Louisiana Republican’s ascension puts an ally of one of the country’s most influential anti-LGBTQ+ and anti-abortion groups third in line for the presidency.
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In the Mississippi Bible Belt, a family wrestles with raising trans kids in the Mormon church
One family reckons with whether it’s possible to be trans and religious as lawmakers use God’s will to justify banning gender-affirming care.
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Tammy Baldwin has won big in closely divided Wisconsin. Can she do it again?
Abortion may still be a motivator for her base in Wisconsin, but the country’s first out LGBTQ+ woman in Congress is talking more about bipartisan issues.
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Sidney Powell pleads guilty in Georgia election case, will testify against other defendants
The conservative former attorney to President Donald Trump is the second person to plead guilty in the case brought by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.
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What it takes to defend diversity
In the latest attack on DEI efforts, an Atlanta-based venture capital fund founded by two Black women had been accused of unlawful racial discrimination.