Justice Anthony Kennedy’s imminent retirement gives President Trump an opportunity to fill yet another seat on the Supreme Court, leaving feminist lawmakers and advocates in the fight of their lives. One of their rallying cries? #DitchTheList.
Tag: Eleanor Smeal
Feminist Leaders Come Together to #StopTrumpcare
Leaders from Feminist Majority, National Women’s Law Center, In Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda, National Organization for Women and the Women’s March on Washington came together today to discuss the dangers posed to women by Trumpcare—and to devise a plan to stop it.
The Dream Will Never Die
Thoughts from feminist leaders, public figures and activists on the election and where we go from here.
Nancy Pelosi Is Still Leader of the Pack
House Leader Nancy Pelosi announced to her caucus Wednesday morning that she will continue to serve as minority leader in the upcoming session of Congress. In a press conference Wednesday […]
Occupy Turns One: Women Are the Many, Not the Few
As the Occupy movement celebrates its first anniversary, we revisit an article from the Winter 2012 issue of Ms. magazine. Here’s an excerpt: In a few short months, Occupy grew […]
What Women Gain From the Affordable Care Act–Starting Today!
Today, August 1, the Affordable Care Act enacts eight preventive health care services for women’s health and well-being that will be available under all insurance plans–without copays or deductibles. […]
In Mississippi, and in Every State, We ARE a Pro-Choice, Pro-Birth Control Nation
I just returned from the front lines in Mississippi, where students on campuses across the state united and mobilized to defeat the so-called “personhood” amendment. In the beginning, many political […]
NEWS BRIEF: Global Population Hits 7 Billion
Today, according to projections from the United Nations Population Fund, the global population hit 7 billion—a number that continues to grow by more than 200,000 a day. As Ms. reported […]
Almost 100,000 Have Told the FBI That Rape Is Rape. Have You?
Nearly 100,000 people have signed onto the Ms. and Feminist Majority Foundation (FMF) campaign to change the FBI’s definition of “forcible” rape. After a Ms. investigative report found that the […]
Betty Ford, Champion of Women’s Rights
I will never forget the day in 1981 that I asked Betty Ford to be an honorary co-chair with Alan Alda of the Equal Rights Amendment Countdown Campaign. I thought […]