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BY KATHY SPILLAR | Did you catch House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's Ms. magazine cover during her introduction at the Democratic Convention last night? Check it out here on Twitter, and then read our interview with the Speaker (AKA the most powerful woman in U.S. political history)! 

BY EIRINI SCHOINAS | As a fifth grader, Marley Dias told her parents none of the characters in the books she read in school looked like her. "I was sick of reading about white boys and their dog." Five years later, Dias’s campaign, #1000BlackGirlBooks, has filled school libraries and curriculums with more than 12,000 books that feature Black girls as the main character.

BY CARRIE N. BAKER & GISELLE HENGST | Tonight at 6 p.m. PT: Join the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and Zócalo Public Square for the first in an exciting series of virtual events: How Have Women’s Protests Changed History? RSVP is free and open to all.