Frances Nguyen

Frances Nguyen is a freelance writer, editor of the Women Under Siege section at the Women's Media Center, and a member of the editorial team for Interruptr, an online space for women experts in traditionally male-dominated focus areas.

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An Appalachian model for regenerating place-based community wealth

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An Appalachian model for regenerating place-based community wealth

Prison reform must include immigration justice

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How a women and immigrant-led marketplace kept business, and community, through Covid

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How activists are fighting food apartheid in Indianapolis

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‘This is not charity’: A predominantly white congregation attempts reparations

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Brooklyn housing advocates sustain models of care beyond displacement

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What will it take to meet the challenge of houselessness in Los Angeles?

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a Black person in a winter coat rides a bicycle past a homeless encampment

How workers in Hollywood took on an industry giant and won

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What Biden’s student loan relief plan really means for military recruitment

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Courts are still a key battleground in the fight against gerrymandering

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Courts are still a key battleground in the fight against gerrymandering

How independent map-drawing commissions are transforming redistricting

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Without federal voting protections, many look to states as the ‘laboratories of democracy’

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