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Author: Michele Sleighel

Michele Sleighel is a former Research Assistant at the Feminist Majority Foundation. She has an MA in Communication at the University of Texas in San Antonio and a BS in PR from the University of Texas in Austin and is very proud of her El Paso roots. Find her on Twitter @MicheleSleighel
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Nancy Pelosi Re-Elected House Minority Leader

Michele Sleighel

House minority leader Nancy Pelosi has championed healthcare and women’s rights since 2003. On Wednesday night, she re-earned her place as one of the most powerful Speakers of the House to date.

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Meet the Mother and Daughter Live-Tweeting the Destruction in Aleppo

Michele Sleighel

A mother and daughter in Syria have taken to Twitter to compel the world to pay attention to devastation in Aleppo.

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Meet the Activist Who Just Launched the Nation’s First Trans Employee Job Placement Program

Michele Sleighel

Ms. talked to transgender activist Michaela Mendelsohn about her launch of the California Transgender Workplace Project.

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Activists Want Women at the Center of the 2016 Presidential Debates

Michele Sleighel

UltraViolet began a campaign to highlight a lack of discussion surrounding women’s issues and women moderators at presidential debates.

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#RoyalPeriods: Women Took to Twitter to Fight California’s Tampon Tax

Michele Sleighel

The veto was a blow to activists at the local and national level who pressured the state to remove the tax.

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Will California Be the Next State to End the Tampon Tax?

Michele Sleighel

In the next few days, California Governor Jerry Brown will vote on a legislation eliminating taxes on menstrual products like tampons and pads, a move that would save California women around $20.2 million per year.

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