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One day after Florida election officials announced that President Trump and Republican candidates had so badly beaten Democrats up and down the ballot that pundits were asking if Florida had become an irreversible red state, Joe Biden’s Florida campaign held a statewide conference call. “There was a Florida campaign call today that said Florida allowed us [Biden]…

LaTosha Brown doesn’t like to use the terms “blue state” and “red state.” It’s true, Georgia voted in Joe Biden’s favor during the 2020 presidential election and technically became a “blue state.” But Brown thinks the red state/blue state framework limits us. “It makes you choose a side. Ultimately, what we’re trying to say is…

Kamala Harris will become the first multi-ethnic Black woman vice president. This is the highest elected office that a Black woman in the United States has ever achieved. While this monumental win in it of itself is cause for celebration, it is necessary to contextualize this historic victory. Read more at Yahoo News.

At a time when many statues of controversial historical figures are coming down, some lofty women are going up. In New York City’s Central Park, a monument has been unveiled honoring women’s suffrage pioneers Sojourner Truth, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Correspondent Faith Salie talks with sculptor Meredith Bergmann about the Women’s Rights…

“Century of Struggle,” her 1959 history of the women’s rights movement, uncovered previously ignored narratives, like the contributions of African-American women. Read more at The New York Times.

Christina Jordan was in the process of purchasing a new condo in Chicago’s Woodlawn neighborhood when the coronavirus pandemic upended daily life, making her question if it was the right time to move. Jordan, 37, dropped her plans but decided to refinance her Oakland condo, which is west of Oakwood Beach, after hearing it was…

Obergefell v. Hodges was the landmark 2015 ruling in which the U.S. Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, legalized same-sex marriage in all 50 states. Two of the dissenters in that ruling were Justice Clarence Thomas and Justice Samuel Alito — and now, Thomas and Alito are calling for that decision to be overturned. This comes…

The announcement of Sen. Kamala Harris as the Democratic vice presidential nominee – the first Black woman and Asian person on a major party’s presidential ticket – was met with more racist and sexist stereotyping in media coverage compared to both major parties’ 2016 vice presidential nominees, according to a new report. Read more at…

Trump has a long history of lashing out at women of color. Donald Trump on Thursday morning lashed out at Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) in a rage-filled interview on Fox Business, calling Harris a “monster” multiple times. “This monster that was on stage with Mike Pence, who destroyed her last night…

During Wednesday night’s Vice Presidential debate, Sen. Kamala Harris sat calmly as Vice President Mike Pence continued to interrupt her. She did so despite Pence taking more than his allotted time and moderator Susan Page allowing it. And she did an incredible job under circumstances straight out of a dystopian novel: plexiglass barriers to “protect”…