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BY PAT MITCHELL | House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), who has led Democrats in Congress for two decades and broke the glass ceiling as the first woman to control the House of Representatives, said she’ll step aside as leader at the end of the 117th Congress—though she plans to remain in the House as a lawmaker.

“Never did I think I’d go from homemaker to House Speaker,” she said.

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Thousands gathered in Washington, D.C.—pictured—and other cities on Oct. 8, 2022, to rally for reproductive rights, one month before the midterm elections. (Roberto Schmidt / AFP via Getty Images)

BY KATHY SPILLAR | Across the board, Democratic candidates and progressive ballot measures far outperformed expectations set by the pundits, who had all but declared that abortion no longer was the driving factor in voters’ decisions.

“It was abortion that made a huge difference in race after race,” said Celinda Lake, president of Lake Research Partners. “In well over half the races, it was the issue of abortion that increased turnout of Democrats and younger voters.”

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A probation officer helps a new arrival at Camp Kenyon Scudder fill out intake paperwork after arriving to serve her time at the girls detention center in Los Angeles county. (Photo by Bethany Mollenkof/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

BY SOPHIA PANIGRAHI | Over 80 percent of girls in the juvenile justice system in multiple U.S. states are sexually or physically abused prior to incarceration. But their stories of abuse do not end there. Many young women continue to experience sexual and physical abuse by juvenile justice employees after being placed in juvenile detention.

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