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Katherine Huggins is a New York-based journalist and freelance contributor to the Daily Dot&#8217;s tech and politics section.

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Trump-backed House candidate claiming victory in Virginia voted against ending child marriage

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EXCLUSIVE: How a century-old law keeps Virginia’s prestigious public universities tied to prison labor

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The right has made Loudoun County, Virginia the center of the debate over critical race theory

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