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Race
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Teen Vogue changed how a generation saw politics and inclusion. That era could be over.
Journalists who cover race, gender and inequality are often the first to go in layoffs, raising deeper questions about who gets to tell the news.
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Virginia makes history with first Muslim woman elected to statewide office
Trump’s travel ban inspired state Sen. Ghazala Hashmi to first run for office. Years later, she said fighting bigotry and the “chaos” of Trump’s second term is top of mind.
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Winsome Earle-Sears has already made history. Can she do it again?
Amid Trump’s attacks on immigrants and racial equity, the Virginia gubernatorial candidate is quietly hitting new milestones for Black Republican women in politics.
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Deputy who fatally shot Sonya Massey found guilty of second-degree murder
Massey was killed in the kitchen of her Illinois home in July of 2024.
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Mamdani spoke of his aunt’s fear after 9/11. Backlash revealed how Islamophobia persists.
The response to his remarks revealed how Muslim women remain among the most visible — and vulnerable — targets.
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Immigrant victims of domestic violence and human trafficking sue over ICE policies
Immigrants with pending applications for visas created to protect victims of crime argue that new Trump administration policies are illegally stripping away deportation protections.
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No one was helping Black transgender youth. So these parents stepped in.
A new nonprofit provides resources to Black families of transgender and nonbinary youth at a moment of heightened political hostility.
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From Letitia James to James Comey, Trump is treating the DOJ like an instrument of revenge
The New York AG and former FBI director are two of the most high-profile targets, but the president’s playbook in seeking retribution has been used on many others in the past — including other Black women in positions of power.
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Arizona votes to send its first Latina to Congress
Adelita Grijalva, who will succeed her late father to represent Arizona’s 7th District, is projected to win a special election in the Copper State.
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Without Ego Nwodim, ‘SNL’ has no Black women cast members — again
Since the show premiered in 1975, only a handful of the show’s 172 cast members have been Black women.