Gaylynn Burroughs, Author at Ms. Magazine

The Real Cost of Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Is Just Beginning

Gaylynn Burroughs, Amy Matsui and Kathryn Menefee

In July 2025, Republicans in Congress passed, and President Donald Trump signed, this administration’s signature piece of legislation: the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA).

In addition to directing unprecedented levels of funding toward the administration’s anti-immigrant detention and deportation agenda, the OBBBA slashed funding for programs that help people afford food, healthcare and education to pay for trillions of dollars in tax cuts that overwhelmingly benefit the wealthiest people and corporations.

And the worst is yet to come: The OBBBA was specifically designed to delay many of its harmful measures until after the November 2026 midterm elections—leaving millions of Americans bracing for the worst.

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.

The War on Women’s Health

Gaylynn Burroughs and Janel George

Trumpcare leaves 23 million more people uninsured and slashes $834 billion from Medicaid, rewarding the wealthy while penalizing low-income women.

A Cruel Attack on Women and the Poor: Six Low-Lights From Trump’s Budget

Gaylynn Burroughs

The Trump Administration today released its FY 2018 budget, calling it “A New Foundation for American Greatness.” Early analysis of the budget, however, shows that it’s anything but.

Not Going Back: Education Equity and Title IX

Gaylynn Burroughs

Republicans are determined to reverse the Obama administration’s use of Title IX to hold schools accountable for addressing campus sexual assault.

Not Going Back: Economic Equality

Gaylynn Burroughs

We must fight for workers’ rights and protecting social security despite Republican opposition.

Not Going Back: The Affordable Care Act and Medicaid

Gaylynn Burroughs

Though Trump has backtracked slightly on the issue since the election, we still expect an all-out effort by Republicans to repeal the Affordable Care Act.

Not Going Back: Drawing a Line in the Sand to Defend Our Rights

Gaylynn Burroughs

Make no mistake: Republicans intend to dismantle the policies that have allowed women and other communities to have a chance at opportunity, advancement and economic stability.

Birth Control Coverage Heads Back to the Supreme Court

Gaylynn Burroughs

The Supreme Court today agreed to hear arguments from religiously affiliated non-profits challenging women’s right to access insurance coverage for birth control under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The non-profits seeking to deny women employees access to birth control argue that the requirement to fill out a one-page form to receive an exemption from covering […]

Dolores Huerta: Still Fighting for Farmworkers’ Rights

Gaylynn Burroughs

Legendary feminist and workers’ rights activist Dolores Huerta, who cofounded the United Farm Workers union with Cesar Chavez in the 1960s, recently traveled to Washington, D.C. to sound the alarm on a common herbicide used on millions of acres of cropland in the U.S. that could be endangering the health and lives of the very […]

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