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Former U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas) attends the Good Trouble Candlelight Vigil for Democracy at Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington on Juy 17, 2021, to mark one year since the death of Rep. John Lewis. (Bill Clark / CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

BY LEAH TULIN and GABRIELLA SANCHEZ | Civil rights groups and voting organizations are in federal court challenging a Texas law that makes it harder to vote, especially for people of color and those with disabilities. Over the course of the trial, which goes until late October, counsel will show how Senate Bill 1 violates the Constitution, the Voting Rights Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act. 

While SB 1 is one of many anti-democracy laws enacted by 19 states in the year after the 2020 election, it stands out for its sheer number of restrictive and discriminatory provisions, which largely target Latino and Black voters. This is likely the only challenge to such an extensive restrictive voting law that will go to trial between now and the 2024 election. 

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People in Kherson, Ukraine, celebrate on Nov. 12, 2022, after Russian forces withdrew from the region. (Wojciech Grzedzinski for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

BY MAX FALLON-GOODWIN | This year, the International Women’s Media Foundation honored the women of the Washington Post covering the Ukraine, with the Courage in Journalism award.

“What’s frustrating to me is that men [soldiers] might take me less seriously, or won’t take me to the frontlines because I’m a woman,” said Ukraine bureau chief Isabelle Khurshudyan. “That aspect definitely exists, that definitely happens. You have to try and show your credentials. Other women will try to slip in other work they’ve done.” 

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“Science is 99 percent challenge,” said Katalin Karikó. “You are doing things you have never done, or nobody has ever done. You don’t even know if it is possible.” (Arne Dedert via Getty Images)

BY MICAH WOODS and CAROL STABILE | Dr. Katalin Karikó’s 2021 discovery of messenger RNA (mRNA) technology led to the development of COVID-19 vaccines. Millions of people owe their health—if not their lives—to her perseverance. 

“Science is 99 percent challenge,” said Karikó. “You are doing things you have never done, or nobody has ever done. You don’t even know if it is possible.”

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