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Washington Post Reporter Felicia Sonmez is Suing the Paper for Gender Discrimination
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(Feminism)
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... of assault or harassment allegations against Andrew Cuomo; additionally, Somnez had to remove herself from covering former Missouri Governor Eric Greiten’s Senate campaign due to sexual assault allegations ...
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Created on 03 August 2021
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What You Need To Know Now: Election Day Victories + Vote Counting Updates
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(Feminism)
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... squad,” Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Ayanna Pressley won their reelections as congresswomen. In Missouri, Black Lives Matter activist Cori Bush became the state’s first Black ...
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Created on 04 November 2020
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2020 Sees Highest Rates of Fatal Violence Against the Trans Community in Years
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(Feminism)
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... that the American Medical Association has declared it an epidemic.” Just in the last two months, Mia Green was killed in Philadelphia only two days before Vargas, Aerrion Burnett was killed in Missouri ...
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Created on 07 October 2020
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Trump's Supreme Court Shortlist Is Pretty Much What You'd Expe
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(Living)
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... feel the repercussions of for decades.
The list includes people like Tom Cotton of Arkansas, Ted Cruz of Texas, and Josh Hawley of Missouri— all people who have made nationally recognizable names for ...
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Created on 16 September 2020
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The 100th Anniversary of (Some) Women's Suffrage: Did YOUR state support women's right to vote? Check this state-by-state history of the fight for suffrage in Ameri
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(Feminism)
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... who concentrated efforts across both white and Black communities to create a movement that was both intersectional and cohesive. The state officially ratified the 19th Amendment on June 16, 1919.
Missouri ...
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Created on 18 August 2020
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What You Should Know About Black August
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(Feminism)
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If you haven’t heard about Black August, it’s a month that commemorates the Black revolutionaries who dedicated their lives to fighting white supremacy, capitalism, and colonialism. It began in the ...
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Created on 07 August 2020
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Cori Bush Unseats 20-Year Incumbent In Historic Win For Missouri
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(General)
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Yesterday, nurse, single mother, and BLM activist Cori Bush won the democratic primary in Missouri—beating incumbent William Lacy Clay.
In a historic win, Bush knocked Clay out of his 1st Congressional ...
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Created on 05 August 2020
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The History of Indigenous People Protesting Mount Rushmore
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(Feminism)
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... of South Dakota’s land west of the Missouri River.
However, the government violated the treaty just seven years later when General George A. Custer led a military expedition to the Black Hills per order ...
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Created on 06 July 2020
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Tennessee Lawmakers Pass Fetal Heartbeat Bill, ACLU and Planned Parenthood Fight Back
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(Feminism)
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... and Mississippi who aimed to ban abortion as early as six weeks, Missouri who aimed to ban abortion after eight weeks of gestation, and Arkansas and Utah who attempted to ban abortion at 18 weeks. While ...
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Created on 22 June 2020
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Planned Parenthood Endorses Joe Biden: Here's What It Means for Abortion Right
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(Feminism)
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... of their website to get the latest info.
Image by Mallory Benedict/PBS NewsHour via Wikimedia Commons
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Meet Ella Jones, The First Black Mayor Of Ferguson, Missouri
“Breonna’s Law” ...
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Created on 16 June 2020
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Meet Ella Jones, The First Black Mayor of Ferguson, Missouri
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(Feminism)
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On Tuesday, June 2, Ella Jones became the first-ever Black Mayor-elect of Ferguson, Missouri. Six years ago, this Missouri city gained national attention when a white police officer killed a Black teenager ...
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Created on 05 June 2020
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A Black Trans Woman Was Attacked, and Cis Women Need to Open Their Purses
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(Feminism)
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... Pop, a Black trans woman, was stabbed to death in rural Missouri. In 2019, Black trans women were murdered by Black cis men in numbers so high that the American Medical Association declared the overall ...
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Created on 05 June 2020
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The Feminist Guide to Kigali, Rwanda
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(Living)
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... appeared in our Spring 2020 print edition from the "You Go, Girl" series. Subscribe today!
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The Feminist Guide To Jefferson City, Missouri
The Feminist Guide to Boulder, Colorado
A ...
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Created on 19 May 2020
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The Horrifying Reality of Child Marriage and Why Only Three States in America Have Banned It
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(Feminism)
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... being exploited by unscrupulous adults.”
Header image by Petr Ovralov via unsplashed
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How Teen Marriage Opens Child Porn Loophole For A Missouri Doctor
Victims Of Epstein Sex ...
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Created on 18 May 2020
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The Feminist Guide to Jefferson City, Missouri
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(Living)
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Unassuming, down-to-earth, and friendly in a way rarely found outside the Midwest, Missouri’s Jefferson City has everything you could want for a weekend jaunt: locals eager to lend a hand, just the ...
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Created on 21 February 2020
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Katie Sowers Will Be The First Woman—And Openly Gay—Coach At This Weekend's Super Bow
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(Feminism)
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... of Central Missouri where she earned her Master’s degree in Kinesiology, with an emphasis in pedagogy, and developed an interest in coaching.
“I feel like a broken record, but what I want to continue ...
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Created on 30 January 2020
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Recent Legislation is Putting the Rights of Transgender Youth At Risk
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(Feminism)
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... Kessling noted, this is not the first piece of legislation in the United States as of late that severely threatens the rights of transgender individuals. In South Carolina, Florida, Oklahoma, Missouri, ...
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Created on 24 January 2020
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How Teen Marriage Opens Child Porn Loophole For A Missouri Doctor
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(Feminism)
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... in pursuing a career in the medical field before she began babysitting for him, eventually engaging in sexual activity with her and starting a romantic relationship.
In Missouri, the age of consent is ...
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Created on 16 December 2019
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The Hashtag & 'Zine "Shout Your Abortion" Is Just As Angry And Powerful In Book Fo
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(Books)
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Shout Your Abortion Edited by Amelia Bonow and Emily Nokes (PM Press) With the recent anti-abortion laws passed in Georgia, Ohio, Missouri, and Alabama, now seems to be an especially crucial time ...
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Created on 18 September 2019
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This Mother-Daughter Suffragist Duo Almost Got Left Out The Movement's Memor
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(Feminism)
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... tours that took her west to Ohio, Missouri and Wisconsin, north to Massachusetts, and south to Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia.
The precise end of Mary’s life has eluded me. We know ...
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Created on 11 September 2019
