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Samantha Grasso

Samantha Grasso is a former IRL staff writer for the Daily Dot with a reporting emphasis on immigration. Her work has appeared on AJ+, Vox, Splinter, Los Angeles Magazine, and Austin Monthly.

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos at the White House on Regional Media Day.

Survivors’ rights groups sue Betsy DeVos over rescinding campus sexual assault guidance

They say her decision has had a ‘chilling effect’ on college campuses.

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donald trump travel ban

Trump’s immigration proposal promises Dreamers path to citizenship, border wall funding

The proposed framework has been called a ‘white supremacist ransom note.’

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Trump HUD official Lynne Patton and White House correspondent April D. Ryan, with a tweet Patton made about Ryan's appearance.

Trump official calls journalist April Ryan ‘Missy Piggy,’ immediately regrets it

Lynne Patton has since apologized for the fat-shaming tweet.

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Amazon pulled a line of apparel and items, including this baby's bib, with the slogan 'Slavery Gets Sh*t Done.'

Amazon pulls racist ‘Slavery Gets Sh*t Done’ apparel from website

Who thought this was a good idea for children to wear?

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A poster at the Oslo 2018 Women's March that says 'TIme's Up.'

Poll shows public perception on sexual harassment is changing—for the better

Even men and Republicans are considering harassment a problem.

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The University of California Los Angeles' Royce Hall.

California university students may soon have access to medication abortions

Abortion pills could be stocked across public universities by 2022.

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Uber driver Alfonso Alarcon-Nunez has been charged with raping, assaulting, and robbing four women.

Uber driver charged with raping, assaulting, robbing 4 women

He used Venmo to cover his tracks.

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Some members of the San Francisco 49ers kneel during the National Anthem before a game against the Washington Redskins at FedEx Field on October 15, 2017 in Landover, Maryland.

NFL rejects veterans group’s Super Bowl ad asking people to stand for national anthem

Game ads have never been the place for a ‘political statement,’ the NFL said.

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The Rosie the Riveter poster. Naomi Parker Fraley, the Real Rosie the Riveter, has died at 96.

The real ‘Rosie the Riveter’ has died at 96

She died on the day of the Women’s March.

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Here are the best signs from this year’s Women’s March

Women’s March participants channeled their frustrations into creativity.

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Halsey speaks at the 2018 Women's March in New York.

Halsey evokes stories of sexual abuse in heart-wrenching, personal Women’s March poem

Halsey’s powerful poem speaks truth to power.

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The crowd at the Women's March on Washington D.C. in 2017.

Trump openly trolls Women’s March by self-congratulating his ‘milestones’ for women

Does Trump not know what the Women’s March stands for?

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Twitter bird wearing ushanka in front of Kremlin buildings

Twitter admits to exposing nearly 700,000 people to Russian propaganda

The amount of Russian propaganda is staggering.

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Planned Parenthood supporters protesting with signs.

The Trump administration just made its latest move to defund Planned Parenthood

This marks one year of Trump’s tirade on abortion rights.

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Donald Trump addresses March for Life 2018 leaders.

Trump accidentally calls for more abortions in anti-abortion March for Life speech

Hmm…

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