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There’s a new push to elect an Afro Latina to Congress
Latino Victory is launching a new initiative focused on strengthening the pipeline of Democratic Afro-Latinas running for office.
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She was asked to research nuclear missiles. What she found was a story about Native Americans and land.
In her new podcast, 20-year-old Ella Weber uncovers stories from her home and the history of the only Native American reservation hosting nuclear weapons in the country.
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Hawaii voters could be asked to amend state constitution on marriage equality
A section of the state's Bill of Rights still gives the legislature the power to limit marriage to opposite-sex couples.
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Is 2024 the year of the Instagram moms?
Liberal-leaning suburban moms are organizing for Democratic candidates as well as gun control, reproductive rights and democracy, and they’re starting on their phones.
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‘Stand your butt up’ and other unusual threats heard in Congress today
A House member was compared to a smurf, a kidney may have been punched and Sen. Bernie Sanders had to keep the peace.
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Texas school officials put trans student at center of real-life drama over 'Oklahoma!' production
After Max Hightower scored a role in the seminal American musical, administrators changed their policy on performers’ gender. On Friday, they rescinded that rule, but also announced a truncated production of the show.
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Next on Biden’s list of caregiving orders? Support for house cleaners, home care workers and nannies
For the first time, the U.S. Department of Labor is offering sample agreements for domestic workers and their employers to clarify expectations and protect workers’ rights.
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The White House wants to close the gap on health care research for women
'If you ask any woman in America about her health care, she probably has a story to tell,' First Lady Jill Biden said.
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How abortion bans are undercutting efforts to prevent domestic violence
OB-GYNs are often the first or only doctors to learn if a patient is facing intimate partner violence. As they leave places with abortion bans, domestic violence victims are feeling the impacts.
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States lose track of thousands of foster children each year. Some are never found.
Teens who disappear from the foster care system are at high risk of sexual exploitation.