Fall 2018 Archives - Ms. Magazine

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Girls Rise Up

Once found only on college campuses, feminist clubs are on the rise in high schools, and even some middle schools, nationwide—and they illustrate the power of student activism.

Measure for Measure

Michele Sleighel

Crucial state ballot measures are another important reason for feminists to show up at the polls this fall.

A Return to Separate and Unequal: Education Equity is at Stake in the 2018 Elections

Aviva Dove-Viebahn

Since Donald Trump’s inauguration, the Education Department has been threatened with massive budget cuts, faced repeated risk of wholesale elimination and suffered many smaller blows adding up to significant injury— and students are feeling the pain.

Voters Can Challenge the Trump Administration’s Cruel and Misogynist Immigration Policies in November

Roxana Bacon

This is a defining moment for our country. Will we resist the current cruelty or will we take our place in the line of countries that, over the centuries, have dehumanized, isolated and destroyed whole groups of people who sought only to survive?

What’s at Stake for Women Workers in the 2018 Elections

Andrea Camp

The President’s bellowing about a “tremendous economy” and “rising wages” can’t mask the economic fact: Women are still feeling the brunt of financial pain in the country.

What the Midterms Could Mean for Survivors of Rape, Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence

Carrie N. Baker

The very lives of women and girls—our safety at home, in school, in the workplace and on the streets—are at stake.

Affordable Health Insurance is on the Ballot in 2018

The Team

The thought of health insurance without coverage for contraception, mammograms and childbirth? Plainly, it makes us sick.

The Gender Gap and a High-Stakes Election

Kathy Spillar

Voters this November will go to the polls to select governors and state legislators, and determine the makeup of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. The stakes for women in the midterm elections could not be higher. The outcome will determine whether the Trump administration can push forward with its agenda—or be held in […]

Ms. Urgent Report: This Fight is Bigger Than Kavanaugh

Amanda Hollis Brusky

What’s at stake is bigger than an appointment to the Supreme Court—it’s the intentional and calculated remaking of the federal judiciary to reflect the views of a powerful elite minority in this country.

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