Reporter and Editor covering gender, politics, health care, economic issues. Words in @AP, @5280Magazine, @DenverPost, @Forbes, @Slate, @TheAtlantic
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"As I have said on other occasions, I do not arrive alone. We all arrived, with our heroines who gave us our homeland, with our ancestors, our mothers, our daughters and our granddaughters.” nytimes.com/2024/06/02/world…
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Three priority areas to #InvestInWomen:
1. Increase the availability of affordable, long-term finance for sustainable development
2. Governments to prioritise equality for women and girls
3. Increase women in leadership positions
- @antonioguterres on #IWD2024
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Jay O'Connor quotes his mother, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, from a letter she wrote in 1987: "In her letter she also wrote her final message to her sons, this included the following passage: 'Our purpose in life is to help others along the way. May you each try to do the same.'"
"Every little girl watching tonight sees that this is a country of possibilities.”
#WomenVote100
'I won't be the last': Kamala Harris accepts her place in history with victory speech theguardian.com/us-news/2020…
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YOU MAY HAVE MISSED THIS. A very moving and powerful piece from @5280Magazine written by @LisaWirthman. #copolitics #coleg
Gov. Polis commuted death sentences in Colorado last week. For some families, that's a painful outcome. ow.ly/OIk830quCRb
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Gov. Polis commuted death sentences in Colorado last week. For some families, that's a painful outcome. ow.ly/OIk830quCRb
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Trump becomes third U.S. president to be impeached; abuse of power article gains enough support as House roll call vote continues washingtonpost.com/politics/…
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Kamala Harris is the first candidate to drop out who had already qualified for a debate.
(*All six of the remaining Democratic candidates who have qualified for Dec. 19 debate are white: Biden, Sanders, Warren, Steyer, Buttigieg and Klobuchar.)
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Dr. Fiona Hill: "Often when women show anger, it's not fully appreciated." #ImpeachingHearing hill.cm/Ro7PqTR
Eight @EmergeColorado alumnae won elections this week — the organization's most diverse set of candidates to date coloradopolitics.com/quick-h… #copolitics #womeninpolitics
Women staffers are transforming #2020 electoral politics with their ideas, their ambitions, and…their pregnancies via @caitmosc @glamourmag glamour.com/story/women-chan… #womeninpolitics
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“I am leaving, but we have men who have been credibly accused of intentional acts of sexual violence and remain in board rooms, on the Supreme Court, in this very body and — worst of all — in the Oval Office." hill.cm/KPAd5Fe
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I yield the balance of my time for now, but not forever.
WATCH: @Repkatiehill Complete Farewell Address
"I am leaving now because of a double standard. I am leaving because I no longer want to be used as a bargaining chip."
What they're scared of: Since 2012, @EmergeColorado’s 300+ women alums have won 88% of their races across the state, including 15 statehouse races via @colo_politics coloradopolitics.com/quick-h… #copolitics #womeninpolitics
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This @CPRNews graphic on impeachment and the Colorado congressional delegation is outstanding, if for no other reason than the last column. #copolitics
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Breaking News: The U.S. House voted to endorse the Democratic-led impeachment inquiry into President Trump, setting up a critical public phase of the process nyti.ms/2q86Ji7
Recognizing women’s leadership in the past, as well as the present, might make it easier to keep a republic via @ZaraAnishanslin washingtonpost.com/outlook/2…
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ICYMI: There's an election happening next week. Here's what you need to know if you're casting a ballot in Denver: #CoPolitics ow.ly/p28T30pNc9H