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Kamala, Congratulations — & We’re So Sorry
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Aug 12, 2020
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It’s Kamala!
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Aug 11, 2020
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Katie Hill Is Reclaiming Her Story After The Worst Year Of Her Life
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Aug 10, 2020
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Exclusive: Kamala Harris Introduces Bill On Uterine Fibroids
Sen. Kamala Harris is introducing a bill today to provide new funding for research and education on uterine fibroids, Refinery29 exclusively reports. New Y
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Did This Leak Just Accidentally Reveal Biden’s VP Pick?
The Veepstakes (TM) are thankfully soon coming to a close, as presumptive Democratic nominee and former VP Joe Biden is expected to announce his choice of
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Candace Valenzuela Was Homeless As A Child. Now She’s Runni...
Candace Valenzuela defeated fellow Democrat Kim Olson in today’s runoff election in Texas’ 24th District. This November, she will face Beth Van
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It’s Time To Rename All The Schools Named After Slave Owners
If you attended Richard Montgomery High School in Rockville, MD, you are more likely to have learned an infamous story about Tori Amos, its most famous gra
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Arati Kreibich Is Taking On “Trump’s Favorite Democra...
In many primary elections nationwide, progressive challengers are running to kick out ineffective, centrist Democrats who have failed to meet their constit
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Can Charles Booker Win Against Amy McGrath In The Biggest Showdow...
Just a few weeks ago, it felt like a foregone conclusion that Amy McGrath, a D.C. insider-anointed former Marine fighter pilot, would win the Kentucky Sena
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Brooklyn’s Paperboy Prince Is Running On Universal Basic Income &...
Paperboy Prince is a 26-year-old artist, rapper, and activist running as a challenger to Rep. Nydia Velázquez in tomorrow’s New York primary. They hope
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Voting In The Primaries Might Be The Only Way To Save Electoral P...
In the fight to unseat far-right Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, there are two very different leading candidates in the Democratic prim
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Meet Jennifer McClellan, Who Is Running To Be The First Black Wom...
Today, state Sen. Jennifer McClellan announced her run for governor of Virginia in the 2021 election. Citing her family’s history of civil rights act
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Tag Yourself In Trump’s New Poll: Are You A “Radical ...
The campaign to reelect Donald J. Trump seems to have taken a page from BuzzFeed’s quiz section. Except instead of “Which Fictional Food Are You?” or
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Welcome To Hell, Donald & Melania Trump Will Be Your Guides
There are several places rumored to be entrances to the underworld, like the fiery crater that has been burning in Turkmenistan’s Karakum Desert for over
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Why Ivanka Trump Brought Her Purse To A Tear-Gassing
In a head-spinning piece of political propaganda, President Donald Trump delivered a speech in the Rose Garden yesterday, in which he vowed to send the mil
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Protesting In A Pandemic: “The Police Are Far More Dangerou...
Thousands of people have been pouring into America’s streets for several days now to protest systemic racism in the wake of the killings of George Floyd,
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Look What You Made Taylor Swift Do (Come Out Against White Suprem...
Taylor Swift spoke out forcefully today against President Donald Trump’s incitement of military violence in the wake of protests calling for justice afte
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Twitter Labels Trump’s “THUGS” Tweet Glorified ...
This morning, we woke up to the President of the United States calling for military violence in response to protestors in Minneapolis and St. Paul who are
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She Escaped An Abusive Relationship In Her 60s — & This Program C...
Ideally, home should feel warm. But for the 10 million people who experience domestic violence every year, home can be a scary and unsafe place.
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Gretchen Under Pressure: How Gov. Whitmer Became An Unlikely Hero...
A tyrannical queen. An overbearing mother. Like Hitler — with a blowout. These are just some of the ways in which Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer has
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Does Ivanka Trump Know What “Red Pill” Means? An Investigation
Yesterday Elon Musk, noted coronavirus conspiracy theorist and Tesla/SpaceX CEO, tweeted “Take the red pill,” adding a red rose emoji for a reason that
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Trump’s Attack On Mail-In Voting Could Hurt Republicans More
In the U.S., just about everything is now a partisan issue, from the American flag to wearing protective face masks to voting. While voting has long been a
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“It’s Unacceptable”: Rep. Lauren Underwood On T...
In some ways, Illinois Rep. Lauren Underwood has always been prepared for this moment. She ran for office in 2018 on a platform that prioritized protecting
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Kamala Harris Just Endorsed Jackie Gordon — Here’s What You...
Sen. Kamala Harris made one of her first endorsements today since leaving the presidential race in December. She endorsed Jackie Gordon, a combat veteran a
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Culture
At Home With A Teen Who Is Sewing Her Own Dress For Virtual Prom
The rites of prom have become canon in American culture: the elaborate “prom-posals,” getting ready, taking photos, the excitement of seeing ev
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29 Photographers On Capturing The Current Moment
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“They Will Suffer The Longest”: Ai-jen Poo On Why Dom...
Ai-jen Poo has been organizing domestic workers since 1996, just after she graduated from Columbia University. Her advocacy started with a personal experie
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How To Help Others In The Age Of Coronavirus, In Addition To Stay...
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread, and we all adjust to a new way of life — complete with social distancing, constant hand-washing, and lon
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If You Can’t Pay Rent This Month, You’re Not Alone
As you’re probably painfully aware, today is May 1 and rent is due. Yet millions of Americans aren’t able to pay because of mass coronavirus-re
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Joe Biden: Tara Reade’s Allegations “Never Happened...
Joe Biden denied Tara Reade’s sexual assault allegations this morning on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, saying the incident “never happened.”
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