Eleanor Smeal, Author at Ms. Magazine

TAKE ACTION: Demand That Congress Reverse Trump’s Domestic Gag Rule!

The Trump-Pence Gag Rule punishes low-income patients and the health care professionals who serve them. We cannot allow this ruthless policy to continue to threaten Title X clinics—and we can win this by demanding that our policymakers rescind these rules immediately.

TAKE ACTION: Demand That Mitch McConnell Address Gun Violence

Eleanor Smeal

There have been 251 shootings in 2019. And all of them preventable. To say it is time to take action is a massive understatement.

We Won’t Go Back, and We Won’t Back Down

Eleanor Smeal

People’s lives are being put on the line for the sake of a callous political agenda. Now is the time to act.

Community

The Feminist Gift That Lasts All Year

Eleanor Smeal and Kathy Spillar

Give the feminist gift that never stops giving—and keeps independent feminist media going. Give the gift of Ms.

Community

Fuel Our Reporting, Rebelling and Truth-Telling with an End-of-Year Gift (We’ll Match It!)

Eleanor Smeal and Kathy Spillar

We’ve got big news for Giving Tuesday: A generous supporter has pledged to match all special year-end contributions to Ms. up to $10,000!

Where Brett Kavanaugh Stands on Five Major Feminist Issues

Gaylynn Burroughs and Eleanor Smeal

Kavanaugh’s record shows that he has a pattern of putting the concerns of corporations, the wealthy and the powerful over the interests of everyday people—with damaging consequences for women, workers, people of color and other vulnerable communities.

Politics

Heartbroken, But Standing Strong

Eleanor Smeal

I got my start in social justice fighting against segregation as a college student in North Carolina. I never thought in 2017 that I would still have to fight racism in its ugliest, most naked form.

By the Numbers: Gender, Feminism and the 2016 Presidential Election

Eleanor Smeal

The data we have available on gender and feminism from election night show that this heartbreaking presidential election had some silver linings.

Community

This is a Call to Action

Kathy Spillar and Eleanor Smeal

We will never go back, and we will never give up. We will continue to spread the ideas, joys, activities, setbacks and advances of feminists both at home and across the globe.

Women Will Elect the Next President

Eleanor Smeal

The likely election of Hillary Clinton tomorrow as the first woman President of the United States will be with a decisive gender gap and makes this an excellent time to review why there is often a gender gap against Republican candidates.

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