More Than A Magazine, A Movement
It’s no surprise that access to abortion and reproductive rights are top of mind for young feminist activists. What’s unique is how these leaders, and others profiled in this year’s The Future is Ms. series, leverage the tools available to them to make change.
Check out our roundup of articles written by teen girl journalists.
In the past decade, the Latina pay gap has widened to 49 cents to the dollar, compared to what’s paid to white non-Hispanic men.
This Latina Equal Pay Day, there will be folks who will say that we need to ask for more. They are wrong. Employers need to do better, and so do our political leaders.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | OCTOBER 18, 2022 Contact: Denice Zeck, 202.355.8875 (cell/text), dzeck@mediaforum.org Hannah August, 202.596.1061 (cell/text), hannah@hannahaugust.com A new Ms. magazine and Feminist Majority Foundation poll by Lake Research Partners across nine […]
Colleen Hoover’s best-selling novel, It Ends With Us, was the sixth best-selling book of 2021, BookTok is going nuts over it and USA Today called it “the kind of book that gets handed down.” The novel centers on the relationship between Lily and Ryle, a young newlywed couple who live in Boston.
Hoover’s writing is being touted as part of a resurgence of romance writing, but It Ends With Us is not a romance novel; it’s a celebration of toxic masculinity.
In Indiana, a bill banning nearly all abortions became law on Friday. In response to the extreme legislation, some of the state’s largest employers are raising concerns about the harmful effects of the law—both on the health of current and future residents of Indiana, and on the companies’ abilities to recruit top talent.
In every issue of Ms., we track research on our progress in the fight for equality, catalogue can’t-miss quotes from feminist voices and keep tabs on the feminist movement’s many milestones. We’re Keeping Score online, too—in in this biweekly round-up.
This week: Activists fear the Supreme Court will come after same-sex and interracial marriage next; House passes bill protecting same-sex marriage, requests testimony from major gun manufacturers; Biden administration challenges states on enforcement of abortion bans; women participate in the Tour de France after 33 years; and more.
With the endorsement of the party whose legislators provided the votes needed to successfully put the 13th, 14th, 15th and 19th Amendments into the Constitution now assured, the battle will soon move to the Democratic Convention next month. Then it’s back to Congress to get the approval of 2/3 of the House and Senate, followed by a nationwide campaign to get 36 of the 48 State legislatures to ratify.
This latest attempt to control women’s lives and turn back the clock on women’s progress will not stand.
Leveraging women’s rage into real gains will require sustained efforts. We will meet this historic challenge, and together we will construct a way forward.
A prophetic short story written in 1981 suggests what might happen in our immediate future, should the Supreme Court overturn Roe v. Wade.
Maternal mortality is one of the most compelling indicators that America runs on racism. Here’s what we need to do to overcome this legacy and current reality.
