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Policy, voting systems and collective power shape who participates in democracy. Feminists know: Fixing what’s broken requires changing the rules themselves.
'Every Vote Counts': What Women Leaders Know About Fixing Broken Political Systems—From Iceland to Washington
The Reykjavík Global Forum in November gathered women to discuss using campaign funds for childcare, ranked-choice voting and online abuse.
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January 23, 2026 at 8:34 PM
@sorayachemaly.bsky.social's 'All We Want Is Everything' is a fascinating and infuriating exploration of the ways in which systems of male supremacy are hurting all of us, and how we can collectively chart courses to liberation.
'Each of Us Has the Right to Define the Future': Soraya Chemaly Takes Aim at Male Supremacy, Calls for Feminist Imagination
Soraya Chemaly’s latest book, <em>All We Want Is Everything: How We Dismantle Male Supremacy</em>, is the manifesto we need for this current moment—a fascinating and infuriating exploration of the way...
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January 23, 2026 at 6:55 PM
From weaponizing the EEOC to attempting to disenfranchise voters, here are 53 ways the second Trump administration has harmed women and families in its first 365 days.
One Year In: 53 Ways the Second Trump Administration Is Harming Women and Families
A sweeping, year-one rundown of how Trump’s second-term power grabs and policy rollbacks are eroding women’s rights, healthcare and economic security, including—from dismantling the Women’s Bureau at ...
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January 23, 2026 at 4:53 PM
A first-of-its-kind bill in Wisconsin would protect women from miscarriage criminalization. Meanwhile, Gov. Tony Evers pledges to veto Republicans’ sweeping fetal personhood law that treats women like incubators, not people.
As Wisconsin Democrats Push First-Ever Pregnancy Loss Protections, State Republicans Advance Embryo ‘Personhood’
Wisconsin Democrat Kelda Roys' first-of-its-kind bill would protect women from miscarriage criminalization. Republicans push fetal personhood law.
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January 22, 2026 at 11:50 PM
"Her decision to speak—measured, nonpartisan, yet unmistakably principled—was rooted in a conviction that military loyalty to allies transcends political cycles."
Profiles in Courage: Colonel Susan Meyers Defied Trump’s Greenland Annexation Push—And Was Relieved of Command
Profiles in Courage: Colonel Susan Meyers Defied Trump and JD Vance’s Greenland Annexation Push—And Was Fired For It
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January 22, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Ryan Coogler's 'Sinners' has received a record-breaking 16 Oscar nominations! Revisit @profjch.bsky.social's exploration of the film's ancestral magic and feminist resistance:
Blood Money, Blues Women, and the Power of Price: How 'Sinners' Rewrites the Gothic South
In Sinners, Ryan Coogler blends Southern horror, Black history, ancestral magic and power (especially women's), and feminist resistance
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January 22, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Post-Dobbs abortion access has been propped up by donor outrage and heroic work—but that fragile system is already leaving people behind.
Abortion Access Can’t Depend on Rage Donations
Post-Dobbs abortion access has been propped up by donor outrage and heroic work—but that fragile system is already leaving people behind.
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January 22, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Rising costs and congressional inaction mean countless women are entering 2026 without health coverage they can afford.
Women Are Being Priced Out of Health Coverage—and Congress Knows It
Rising costs and congressional inaction mean countless women are entering 2026 without health coverage they can afford.
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January 21, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Take a look inside our Winter 2026 issue, which delves into the promise and potential of the abortion medication Mifepristone—which has been shown to treat a striking range of diseases and conditions including fibroids, breast cancer, depression, endometriosis and more.
The Magazine: What’s in the Winter Issue of Ms.? Mifepristone Beyond Abortion, Epstein Survivors and More
Transcript: 00:00:00 Michele Goodwin: Ms. Magazine readers, Ms. Studios listeners, and those who interact with us across listening, reading, reviewing, welcome to our episode of The Magazine, one wher...
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January 21, 2026 at 6:52 PM
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My latest op-ed with @msmagazine.com is live! The healthcare affordability crisis is already pushing women out of care who are having to make difficult sacrifices at the expense of their health and wellbeing. More here: msmagazine.com/2026/01/21/w...
Women Are Being Priced Out of Health Coverage—and Congress Knows It
Rising costs and congressional inaction mean countless women are entering 2026 without health coverage they can afford.
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January 21, 2026 at 6:33 PM
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"When health insurance becomes unaffordable, women don’t just absorb the cost. They make sacrifices—often at the expense of their health.” More from @kierrajones.bsky.social @msmagazine.com: tinyurl.com/44t9u3b2
Women Are Being Priced Out of Health Coverage—and Congress Knows It
Rising costs and congressional inaction mean countless women are entering 2026 without health coverage they can afford.
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January 21, 2026 at 6:38 PM
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There are so many little-noticed actions detailed in this long list. I urge you to read it. We all must bear witness to what is happening. @msmagazine.com

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One Year In: 53 Ways the Second Trump Administration Is Harming Women and Families
A sweeping, year-one rundown of how Trump’s second-term power grabs and policy rollbacks are eroding women’s rights, healthcare and economic security, including—from dismantling the Women’s Bureau at ...
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January 21, 2026 at 5:13 PM
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Antiabortion politics are delaying the development of mifepristone for treatment of some of the most common and debilitating conditions affecting women, including endometriosis, cancer, depression and chronic fatique syndrome. @msmagazine.com
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Mifepristone Could Treat Endometriosis, Some Cancers, Depression and Chronic Illness—If Politics Didn’t Interfere
Across a range of conditions that disproportionately affect women, research into mifepristone's potential has been slowed, defunded or blocked altogether. Nowhere is that clearer than in the treatment...
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January 21, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Mifepristone is more than just an abortion pill.

From fibroids to miscarriage care, its medical promise has been sacrificed to antiabortion politics.

From our Winter issue:
'The Moral Property of Women': Mifepristone, Fibroids and the Stakes of Suppressed Science
Mifepristone is more than just an abortion pill. From fibroids to miscarriage care, its medical promise has been sacrificed to ideology.
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January 21, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Amidst a nonstop, chaotic whirlwind of daily breaking news, court decisions and more, the administration is abusing its power to turn back the clock on rights and protections for hundreds of millions of people.
One Year In: 53 Ways the Second Trump Administration Is Harming Women and Families
In the first year of the second Trump administration, there has been a barrage of harmful Executive Orders, the appointment of dangerous and unqualified political nominees, unprecedented firing of fed...
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January 20, 2026 at 11:28 PM
Elevated rates of intimate partner violence in police families, paired with weak oversight and harmful policies, make officer-abusers a uniquely urgent public safety threat.
Police Officer Domestic Violence Is A Crisis. It’s Time for States to Take Action.
Intimate partner and domestic violence in police families, paired with oversight and policies, make officer-abusers a public safety threat.
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January 20, 2026 at 8:51 PM
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We’re deeply honored to be named one of Ms. Magazine’s Top Feminists of 2025! It’s a privilege to stand alongside so many brave, determined feminists whose collective work continues to push boundaries, care for communities, and expand what’s possible for us all. Thank you, @msmagazine.com 💜#Feminism
January 20, 2026 at 5:53 PM
“If that means that you can donate, if that means that you can deliver groceries, if that means you can go on a walk through your neighborhood with a whistle and patrol. … If you can do any one of these things. This isn’t a sprint, it’s a marathon.”
A Month of Fear: ICE’s Surge in Minneapolis and the Backlash That Won’t Quit
For the people of Minneapolis, it has been another week of startling violence as the Trump administration continues to mobilize ICE officers into the city—shuttering schools and businesses and leaving...
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January 20, 2026 at 7:05 PM
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The antiabortion movement has blocked the development of mifepristone for treatment of fibroids, leaving millions of women in pain, leading to infertility and unncessary hysterectomies, for decades. Demand clinical studies on mifepristone for fibroids! @msmagazine.com
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'The Moral Property of Women': Mifepristone, Fibroids and the Stakes of Suppressed Science
Mifepristone is more than just an abortion pill. From fibroids to miscarriage care, its medical promise has been sacrificed to ideology.
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January 20, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Iranian women and gender-justice advocates are asking feminists everywhere to stand with them, loudly and collectively.
Iranian Feminists Urge World to 'Join Hands With Us'
At this urgent and dangerous moment, Iranian feminists are calling on the global feminist community not to look away.
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January 20, 2026 at 5:24 PM
When we retell the story of radical African American activism in the 20th century, we will finally embrace Coretta Scott King as the truly revolutionary figure she was.
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Coretta Scott King, a Revolutionary Woman (January 2006)
Coretta Scott King on African American activism, civil rights and women's equality was more revolutionary than her husband Martin Luther King.
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January 19, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Dr. King recognized the civil rights movement and advocacy for family planning as “natural allies” seeking to “guarantee … the right to exist in freedom and dignity.”
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The Forgotten Reproductive Justice Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King
Martin Luther King described family planning as “a special and urgent concern.” He would be horrified by control over women's reproductive health.
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January 19, 2026 at 1:05 PM
We can’t ignore the misogyny and homophobia baked into Good’s killing—and erasing her wife does just that. #MsReads via @xtramagazine.com
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Renee Nicole Good’s queerness isn’t an aside—it’s a key part of her story | Xtra Magazine
We can’t ignore the misogyny and homophobia baked into Good’s killing—and erasing her wife does just that
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January 17, 2026 at 12:09 AM
Women are inevitable collateral damage in this violent culture.
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The Trump Administration's Full-Throated Misogyny
As ICE expands, the Trump administration is deploying misogyny to excuse, normalize and weaponize state violence against women.
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January 16, 2026 at 10:41 PM
The Trump administration is using racist and Nazi propaganda to recruit ICE agents. They’re laying out their vision of America as a racial autocracy. The world’s richest man is joining in.
The White Supremacist Regime: How the Trump Administration Is Pushing Authoritarianism in the U.S.
Trump and Musk are using racist and Nazi propaganda to recruit ICE agents, laying out their vision of America as a racial autocracy.
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January 16, 2026 at 7:19 PM