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Here’s How Black Women Could Break Records In The Senate Next Year.
Black women are serious contenders for the Senate in California, Delaware, Michigan, and Maryland.
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Can Barbara Lee Win A Tough Senate Race? Here’s Why She Thinks It’s Possible
Representative Barbara Lee sat down with The Root to discuss her Senate run, and why the Senate needs Black women
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Representative Barbara Lee Announces Her Senate Run [UPDATED]
Representative Barbara Lee plans to launch her Campaign for California Senator Diane Feinstein’s seat to become the only Black woman currently in the Senate.
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Representatives Ayanna Pressley and Barbara Lee Fight To Ensure Abortion Access
Rep. Pressley: “It’s long been time for us to repeal Hyde because it’s racist and discriminatory and denies access to… abortion care for our most vulnerable.”
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“We Have A Scarcity of Will To Address Inequality.” Poor People’s Campaign Continues To Fight For Build Back Better
In a Christmas Eve zoom press rally, the group and progressive representatives push to keep fighting for the stalled bill.
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Missouri Rep. Cori Bush Shares Deeply Personal Story of Rape, Abortion During Hearing
If Republicans stopped trying to limit woman’s reproductive rights, Cori Bush may have never needed to share the trauma of her rape and abortion.
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Role Call: Meghan and Harry’s Emmy-Nominated Interview, Shonda’s New Deal, and More
The Sussexes’ sit-down earns Oprah a nod; Kevin Hart announces talk show; Rep. Barbara Lee earns a documentary and Reggie Bush will talk USC scandal in new doc.
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If You're Still Holding Out for the Tubman $20, You Can Soon Make Change With Some Angelous
She’s been immortalized on a stamp (albeit amid some controversy), as a Barbie, as the subject of a Broadway-bound script, and even a Google Doodle. And of course, writer-activist Maya Angelou lives eternally in our literary imagination. Now, the renaissance woman will be one of the first American women to appear on a series of…