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Ava Slocum

(She/Her)
New York
As seen in: Ms. Magazine, Flipboard, National MS Society, Feminist Majority Foundation, Bwog, Girls' Life, The Cambridge Student, Trill
Covers:  Abortion, Women's Rights, Reproductive Rights, Politics
she/her | Columbia '25 and Columbia Journalism School '26 | fact-checker and reporter @msmagazine

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Hello! I'm the fact-checking fellow for Ms. magazine, where I write about national feminist news and co-write the War on Women Report and Our Abortion Stories columns. My writing has also been published online and in print in the Feminist Majority Foundation's Feminist Newswire, Girls' Life Magazine, Bwog Columbia Student News, Trill Mag and The Cambridge Student. I'm especially interested in abortion access, reproductive rights and immigration. Please feel free to reach out at aslocum@msmagazi…

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‘Hands Off Ohio!’: FBI Raid of Voting Rights Group Raises Alarms Over Voter Intimidation

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By Catherine Sostowski Herbes, Ava Slocum
| Ms. Magazine Verified
Police barricades in front of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) headquarters on Jan. 11, 2021. (Stefani Reynolds / Getty Images) On the morning of June 11, agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation raided the Cleveland offices of the Ohio Organizing Collaborative (OOC), a grassroots pro-democracy organization focused on registration, civic engagement and community organizing for marginalized communities.
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A Rape-Survivor-Turned-Prosecutor Is Teaching Women How to Heal

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By Chloe Lee, Ava Slocum
| Ms. Magazine Verified
Protesters are arrested after briefly occupying the steps of the U.S. Capitol on Oct. 6, 2018, as the Senate prepared to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court despite sexual assault allegations brought by Christine Blasey Ford. (Bastiaan Slabbers / NurPhoto via Getty Images) “Speak, for truth is living yet.
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Revisiting the Speech That Made America See Farmworkers: Dolores Huerta and the Power of Saying, ‘We Exist’

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By Ben Rhodes, Ava Slocum
| Ms. Magazine Verified
Dolores Huerta, labor activist and co-founder of the United Farm Workers of America during an segment filmed for CBS’ 60 Minutes in 1975. (Cathy Murphy / Getty Images) Excerpt adapted from All We Say: The Battle for American Identity: A History in 15 Speeches by Ben Rhodes. In 1965, the National Farm Workers Association announced their decision to join the striking Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee on Sept. 16—Mexican Independence Day.
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