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AOC & Progressive Groups Succeed At Kicking Amazon Out Of New York
Andrea González-R...
Feb 14, 2019
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How Activism Helped Heal My Grief After My Father Was Shot & Killed
Kristina Filler
Feb 14, 2019
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You May Not See Me On TV, But Parkland Is My Story, Too.
Kyrah Simon
Feb 14, 2019
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It Started With A Shooting At Their School. But They Know It's Ab...
Not every type of gun violence gets as much attention as school shootings. The Parkland teens want to change that.
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Natalie Gontcharova
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Wore Berry Lipstick — & Now We Want To W...
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Rachel Lubitz
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He Killed 90 Women. Now, Police Are Hoping His Sketches Can Help ...
Samuel Little may be one of the deadliest serial killers in US history. The 78-year-old was convicted in 2014 of the murders of three California women afte
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Leah Carroll
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Father Of Amber Evans Says Something About Her Disappearance "Doe...
Brian Peters was planning on asking his daughter, Amber Evans, to accompany him to Natalie's, a pizza and live music joint in Columbus, OH to watch a
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Ashley Alese Edwards
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Where The 2020 Presidential Candidates Stand On Paid Family Leave
On Tuesday afternoon, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and Rep. Rosa DeLauro reintroduced the Family And Medical Insurance Leave (FAMILY) Act, which would create a
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Natalie Gontcharova
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Illinois Democrats Take Steps To Expand Abortion Rights In The State
As President Donald Trump and anti-choice state legislatures across the country wage a war against abortion rights, Illinois lawmakers are taking steps to
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Andrea González-R...
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Valerie Reyes Feared For Her Life Before Her Body Was Found In A ...
In the days before she went missing, 24-year-old Valerie Reyes told her friends and family that she feared for her life. Late on Sunday, January 28, she ca
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Leah Carroll
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Exclusive: New Hampshire's Maggie Hassan To Chair The Women’s Sen...
With a record number of women serving in Congress, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) has its eyes already set in the 2020 election — sp
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Andrea González-R...
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Rep. Ilhan Omar Apologizes Over Remarks About Israel
Rep. Ilhan Omar has apologized after facing backlash over a series of tweets insinuating that Jewish money is the driving force behind the United States
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Andrea González-R...
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Kamala Harris Says She Supports Legalizing Weed & That She Smoked...
In an interview on New York City radio show The Breakfast Club, presidential hopeful Sen. Kamala Harris said she supports legalizing marijuana and that she
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Natalie Gontcharova
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Search For Missing Ohio Woman Amber Evans Enters Second Week
It has been two weeks since anyone has seen or heard from Amber Evans, a 28-year-old activist from Columbus, OH. Evans vanished after a dispute with her bo
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Ashley Alese Edwards
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Exclusive: Meet The Nominees For The 2019 Gabrielle Giffords Risi...
Emily's List announced Monday its nominees for the 2019 Gabrielle Giffords Rising Star Award, Refinery29 can exclusively report. The yearly award, nam
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Andrea González-R...
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Faces Right-Wing Sexism Yet Again After ...
“Area man can’t stop himself from insulting women on the internet” is more than just an Onion headline, folks. A Texas city council member has apolog
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Sara Hendricks
Politics
Elizabeth Warren Officially Announces She's Running For President
Update, February 9, 2019: Sen. Elizabeth Warren has formally announced her 2020 presidential campaign. Warren launched her bid at an event in Massachusetts
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Sarah Midkiff
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Second Woman Accuses Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax Of Sexual A...
A second woman has accused Virginia Lieutenant Gov. Justin Fairfax of sexual assault, alleging he raped her while they were in college nearly 20 years ago.
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Andrea González-R...
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Jeff Bezos Becomes An Unlikely Advocate In Fight Against Revenge ...
On Thursday, Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos publicly accused American Media Inc. (the parent company of the National Enquirer) of attempting to blackmai
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Leah Carroll
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Kavanaugh's Dissent In Louisiana's Abortion Case Means Trouble Fo...
In a 5-4 vote, the U.S. Supreme Court blocked a draconian abortion law in Louisiana nearly identical to the legislation at the heart of Whole Woman’s Hea
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Andrea González-R...
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Ivanka Thinks The Ivanka Art Exhibit Is Sexist
Currently on display at the Flashpoint Gallery in Washington, D.C.: a performance art piece in which a model who closely resembles Ivanka Trump vacuums up
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Natalie Gontcharova
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Ivanka Trump Has An Interesting Prediction About The Mueller Inve...
Although her father seems pretty damn nervous about Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russia interference in the 2016 presidential e
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Ashley Alese Edwards
US News
The Green New Deal Championed By Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Gains M...
Editor's note: We've republished this piece in light of Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez introducing a Green New Deal resolution. Go here to read abo
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Andrea González-R...
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Arizona Governor Signs Executive Order After Incapacitated Woman ...
Arizona Governor Doug Ducey has issued an executive order to increase protections for patients in long term care facilities. The announcement comes a day a
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Leah Carroll
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Ivanka Trump Launches Major Global Women's Initiative
On Thursday afternoon, the White House will officially launch the Women’s Global Development and Prosperity Initiative, a project led by Ivanka Trump foc
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Natalie Gontcharova
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AOC Introduces Ambitious Green New Deal Resolution To Fight Clima...
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is making good on her promise to make the fight against climate change one of her main legislative priorities. The freshman c
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Andrea González-R...
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Why Nancy Pelosi's SOTU Body Language Was Actually Genius, Accord...
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has outdone us all when it comes to the art of polite shade. Sitting to the top right of President Trump during the State of the
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Natalie Gontcharova
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Dr. Vanessa Tyson, Who Accused Justin Fairfax Of Sexual Assault, ...
In a statement released Wednesday, Dr. Vanessa Tyson accused Virginia Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax of sexually assaulting her in 2004. “What be
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Natalie Gontcharova
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Doesn't Owe You A Smile
Clad in suffragette white and sporting her signature red lipstick, New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was the image of stoicism as President Donald Tru
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Andrea González-R...
Fashion
Here's Why 106 Congresswomen Wore White To The State Of The Union
Update: The below was published in advance of Tuesday's SOTU address, where Nancy Pelosi, Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez and over 100 other congresswomen, dr
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Landon Peoples
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