“You know, people, people often ask me why I choose the subjects that I do—and it’s really based on my barometer of anger. If something makes me very angry, that’s what I really want to focus on.”
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Sustainable Leadership: Making Common Climate Sense a Business Value
Sustainability is the crux of Danielle Jezienicki’s corporate career. This is how she made that happen.
The Ms. Q&A: The Black, Feminist Subtext of Melanie S. Hatter’s Award-Winning Novel “Malawi’s Sisters”
“It was almost like they were saying, ‘okay, this is our story, we had a sister and this is similar to what happened to us.'”
Carrie Newcomer’s Latest Harmonious Call for Inclusion
Singer-songwriter Carrie Newcomer’s 19th album, “The Point of Arrival,” is personal and contemplative—and it’s the kind of inner work that inspires her activism in the world. Deeply influenced by her Quakerism, Newcomer’s music reflects an inclusivity and a call to “lean in toward the light” that offers an inspirational soundtrack for social justice movements.
Inside Erica Armstrong Dunbar’s Black, Feminist Biography of Harriet Tubman
“She came to slay slavery. She came to remove her friends and family from the most violent system in the United States. She came, and she did it, armed and ready.”
The Ms. Q&A: Where Zainab Salbi’s Fight Meets Eleanor Roosevelt’s Legacy
Zainab Salbi, the founder of Women for Women International, has dedicated her life to fighting for women’s rights worldwide. She talked to Ms. after receiving the prestigious Eleanor Roosevelt Val-Kill Medal about her life’s work and what’s next.
Time’s Up in Classical Music
The tremendous power and prestige of conductors and concertmasters provides ample opportunities for abuse. But the abuse can start much earlier, among teachers and young students.
The Ms. Q&A: How Heather Corinna Started the Online Sex Education Revolution
“I figured I would put up five or 10 pages as a supplement and that would be fine. Of course, what I wasn’t aware of is that even by that point in the mid-90s a lot of people were not getting sex ed in school or anywhere else.”
The Ms. Q&A: Patrisse Cullors is Fighting for Institutional Investment in Black Lives
“We’re not interested in giving more money to law enforcement to do a job that is about harming and violated communities. We’re interested in taking away that power so that we can put power into places that will empower our communities.”
The Ms. Q&A: Cynthia Lowen Puts Cyber Harassment in Focus in “Netizens”
“How is this happening? How is this possible that people can send really specific death threats and that there is nothing being done? This project started so I could understand why and how that was happening. What were the systems that were allowing this to proliferate?”