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Grace Deng
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Reporter, Washington State Standard
Tacoma
Beats
Biography
Grace Deng joined the Washington State Standard shortly after graduating from Northwestern University in June 2023. Her main beats at the Standard are race and equity, K-12 education and public health. Grace is a local Washingtonian who was born and raised in Snohomish County. She has previous experience covering statehouse politics and policy for the Minnesota Reformer and the USA TODAY Ohio Network, which includes the Columbus Dispatch, the Cincinnati Enquirer and the Akron-Beacon Journal. Grace lives in downtown Tacoma with her partner and her cat.
Race And Equity , Public Policy, Education , Public Health, Immigration, Criminal Justice , Social Justice
Party Politics
Content
By Grace Deng Verified| Snopes.com Verified "8 FAM 302.9 SPECIAL CITIZENSHIP PROVISIONS under the KICKAPOO ACT of 1983." State.gov, 9 Nov. 2022, fam.state.gov/FAM/08FAM/08FAM030209.html. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025. "About Eight-In-Ten Women in Opposite-Sex Marriages Say They Took Their Husband's Last Name." Pew Research Center, 7 Sept. 2023, www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/09/07/about-eight-in-ten-women-in-opposite-sex-marriages-say-they-took-their-husbands-last-name/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2025. Cassidy, Christina A.
By Grace Deng Verified| Yahoo Verified Beginning in mid-2024, rumors circulated on social media claiming the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, federal legislation requiring proof of citizenship to vote, will prevent married women who take their husband's last name from voting. It is true that the SAVE Act passed the House of Representatives in 2025 and the proposed legislation would require documentary proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote.
By Grace Deng Verified| Snopes.com Verified "8 FAM 302.9 SPECIAL CITIZENSHIP PROVISIONS under the KICKAPOO ACT of 1983." State.gov, 9 Nov. 2022, fam.state.gov/FAM/08FAM/08FAM030209.html. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025. "About Eight-In-Ten Women in Opposite-Sex Marriages Say They Took Their Husband's Last Name." Pew Research Center, 7 Sept. 2023, www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/09/07/about-eight-in-ten-women-in-opposite-sex-marriages-say-they-took-their-husbands-last-name/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2025. Cassidy, Christina A.
Company Info
Washington State Standard