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.
Tag: Summer 2018
Nothing Out of the Ordinary: How a Russian Law Normalizes and Legalizes Domestic Violence
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
Young women are taking the lead in a historic climate-justice lawsuit.
Seeing Red
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
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.
Snatched Away: How the Trump Administration’s Attacks on Food Stamps Impact Women
With its work requirement guidelines, the Trump administration threatens to take away poor women’s access to food.
Seeing Red: Inside the Summer Issue of Ms.
Women around the country and the world are seeing red and demanding justice—and their stories are at the center of the next issue of Ms.