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Laura Isensee is a journalist based in Houston, Texas. She has covered education, politics and diverse communities, and her work has been published by NPR, Reveal, Marketplace, the Miami Herald and ...

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The e-mail arrived, like a bolt from blue, on the otherwise typical Thursday afternoon of May 9. The message was from a ...

Nancy Hopkins used a commitment to justice and a tape measure to take M.I.T. to task for discrimination. The impacts of her fight are still being felt today.

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