Summer 2018 Archives - Ms. Magazine

Black Mama’s Bail Out and the Abolition of Cash Bail

Held for Ransom: Dismantling the Unjust Cash Bail System

When poor women—legally innocent women—can’t pay their bail to get out of jail, whole communities suffer. Here’s what women activists are doing to fix this.

Nothing Out of the Ordinary: How a Russian Law Normalizes and Legalizes Domestic Violence

Madeline Roache

In Russia, 40 percent of all violent crimes are committed by the victims’ family members, according to government statistics, with about 14,000 women killed each year—a rate of one woman every 40 minutes.

Girls v. the U.S. Government

Sunaya DasGupta Mueller

Young women are taking the lead in a historic climate-justice lawsuit.

Seeing Red

Aviva Dove-Viebahn

Crumbling classrooms, 25-year-old textbooks and insulting pay? Teachers are not going to take it anymore. With their #REDforED rallies and walkouts, our nation’s predominantly female educators are reminding us of the lesson we learned in kindergarten: Listen to the teachers.

Change Is Coming: Nine Ways Feminists are Fighting Back Against Sexual Harassment and Workplace Discrimination

Carrie N. Baker

Women workers, celebrities, feminist leaders and Congress members are demanding changes in laws to hold predators accountable for sexual harassment and assault. Here’s the plan.