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Race
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Replanting roots in a Southern food desert
Farmers, activists and city planners nationwide are pivoting in light of the pandemic’s impact on food access. In Mississippi, that also means restoring a fraught connection with land.
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What White women in Swing County, Swing State, USA, think of Trump
White women nationally are having second thoughts about the president. In Macomb County, Michigan, which sent him to the White House, women lament his 'vomit of the mouth' but praise his performance.
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How COVID-19 could upend women's health for years
The pandemic has put “non-urgent” health care on the back burner for people across the country. For women’s health, particularly, the outcomes could be profound.
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The truths ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ tells about White people
The 60th anniversary of the American classic coincides with a national reckoning on race. The moment presents an opportunity for Americans to finally read “Mockingbird” for the story it is — not the one too many would like for it to be.
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Black female voters say they want what they’re owed: power
Headed into November, several Black women voters, organizers and activists say this could be the year they are finally valued — not just for their output, but for their input.
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Warren discusses fight to end systemic racism as some discuss her as potential VP
While many Black women are calling for Joe Biden to choose someone who looks like them as his running mate, others say the White woman they are open to is Elizabeth Warren.
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‘We can’t be selective on what Black lives matter and what Black lives don’t,' says Philly race and gender activist
Sharron Cooks, 42, founder of Making Our Lives Easier, says the recent unrest roiling the country has marked a return to the origins of Pride, which celebrates the 1969 Stonewall uprising.
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Breonna Taylor’s death looms over Kentucky’s primary election
Organizers in Louisville say many voters told them that Breonna Taylor was on their minds as they cast their ballots.
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Kamala Harris wants America to turn protest into policy. Is she the one to make it happen?
In many ways, Harris’s career stands as a nexus: between cries to “defund the police” and to compromise and legislate.
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Are White women finally waking up?
Amid nationwide protests, White women are reckoning with racism—and their own complicity.