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Taking a Bite Out of the Twilight Series
With New Moon poised to top the box office, Ms. questions what the series is really teaching young girls. more...
What a Difference a Tested Rape Kit Can Make | by Nina Boutsikaris
“Every two minutes someone is sexually assaulted somewhere in the United States. DNA evidence doesn’t forget and it cannot be intimidated….” more...
| by Carole Joffe, Ms. Washington Correspondent
“Our medical experts have determined that your life was not in danger and you could have carried the pregnancy to term. And, by the way, you owe us $9,000.” more...
| by Michele Kort, Ms. senior editor
It was the ponytail pull seen ‘round the world - University of New Mexico soccer player Elizabeth Lambert suddenly became the most famous woman in sports this past week, after a video of her aggressively punching and tripping her opponents, and ultimately throwing another player to the grass by her hair, went viral. more...
| by Shira Tarrant
What does the feminist movement need from men? That was the question posed at the first National Conference for Campus Based Men’s Gender Equality and Anti-Violence Groups in Minnesota. This was no drum-beating, fire-in-the-belly, touchy-feely gathering in the woods. more...
| by Eleanor Smeal
How quickly joy can turn to outrage. Women had a lot to cheer about Saturday night when the House passed the historic Affordable Health Care Act.... But our celebration was quickly dampened by an ugly amendment to the bill, the so-called Stupak amendment. more...
| by Carole Joffe, Ms. Washington Correspondent
Here’s the good news: Over the past 30 years, women’s entrance into graduate programs in the sciences and engineering has significantly increased. more...
| by Katherine Spillar, executive editor, Ms. magazine
Eleven years ago, U.S. economic leaders should have listened to Brooksley Born. more...
Abortion Clinics on Alert | by Carole Joffe, Ms. Washington Correspondent
A series of reports on escalating violence against abortion providers nationwide since the murder of Dr. George Tiller in Wichita, Kansas.
--Jackson, Mississippi
--Allentown, Pennsylvania
 No Dignity For NBC | by Michele Kort, Senior Editor
Anyone who’s watched the long-running NBC series Law and Order—the original, not the spinoffs—knows that its stories are often “ripped from the headlines.” So it wasn’t all that surprising that the October 23 episode, entitled “Dignity,” was obviously inspired by the murder this past spring of Kansas abortion provider Dr. George Tiller in his church. more...
A "Woman's Nation" Should Change Everything, But Will It? | by Carole Joffe, Ms. Washington Correspondent more...
Sanity in Sight? Congresswomen Push for Gender Equality in Health-Care Reform | by Carole Joffe, Ms. Washington Correspondent more...
HARD TIMES = HARD CHOICES | by Carole Joffe, Ms. Washington Correspondent more... |
EXCERPTS FROM CURRENT ISSUE |
| by Wendy Norris
Shortly after pioneering Kansas abortion provider Dr. George Tiller was murdered on May 31 and his Wichita clinic subsequently closed, other abortion physicians
bravely stepped into the breach. more...
| by Fredrika Thelandersson
It turns out Sister Maureen Fiedler was right in her article Bad Habits?, which appears in the latest issue of Ms., now on newsstands. more...
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EXCERPTS FROM PAST ISSUE |
HELD IN PURGATORY | By Beth Schwartzapfel
Women Detainees Say Homeland Security Denied Them Medical Care Does a lack of citizenship eliminate your rights to safe and sanitary living conditions while waiting for a verdict? For women held in detention by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), this sure seems to be the case. more...
EDUCATION EQUALS POWER | By Andrea Cooper
In the U.S. media, we often hear about fundamentalist Islam curbing women’s rights. A seldom-reported, but more hopeful trend is the rise in women’s educational and work opportunities throughout the Persian Gulf—due in part to the recent flourishing of women’s colleges. more...
CYBERHOOD IS POWERFUL | By Kara Jesella
What happens when you mix moms, feminism and the blogosphere? Mom 2.0! Kara Jesella reports on blogging, tweeting women who use the Internet for political activism on family issues such as childcare, health care and paid maternity leave. more...
Ms. magazine Senior Editor Michele Kort spoke extensively with those close to Dr. Tiller to create an intimate portrait of the murdered abortion doctor. more ...
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Where the Men Are:
Historic feminist conference convenes In Minnesota 
Under the Bus: Stupak amendment sours health reform act for women 
Fear of Feminist Nuns
