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What can we really expect to change? A legal expert and menopause advocate breaks it down. #MsReads
Trump’s New Women’s Health Order Puts Menopause in Focus—but There’s a Catch
Will it move the needle on midlife care and medical research, or is it a ploy for votes? Here’s our analysis.
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Nearly 30 years after her abortion, Las Vegas writer and activist Beth Osborne is sharing her story to push back against abortion stigma and urging Nevada voters to approve Question 6.
Her Abortion as a Teen in an Abusive Relationship Was ‘the Best Decision I Could Have Made.’ Nevada’s Question 6 Would Protect That Freedom.
Beth Osborne, a Las Vegas writer and activist, had an abortion as a teenager. Now, she is working to convince Nevadans to approve Question 6 on their November ballots, which would enshrine abortion…
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"I was happy to carry a flag that stood for the work still to do: keeping a democracy, and making it more worthy of the name."
At a No Kings Rally, I Found a Reason to Wave the American Flag
On Oct. 17, in honor of No Kings 4.0, I found myself standing at a suburban intersection littered with big-box stores in my once farm-filled Vermont town. There, local organizers with Indivisible…
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No surprise, the Food and Drug Administration now plans to hold off on releasing its so-called safety review of mifepristone—the drug most often used in medication abortions—until March 2027, when the midterms will be safely in the rearview mirror.
Trump’s FDA Wants to Talk About Abortion Pills After the Election. Let’s Talk About Them Now.
Trump’s FDA Wants to Talk About Abortion Pills and Mifepristone's Safety Review After the Election. Let’s Talk About Them Now.
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The response to Cornell’s Jane Doe case exposes a long-ignored free speech crisis: the silencing of sexual assault survivors on college campuses.
The Campus Free Speech Crisis We Don’t Talk About
It’s not often that an article in a college newspaper becomes national news, but an explosive oped titled "Cornell Won’t, We Will,” has sparked front-page headlines, protests and demands for accountab...
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Although Black women make up only 14.1 percent of women in the United States, 30.3 percent of women killed by men in single-victim, single-offender incidents were Black.
A Restraining Order Is Not Enough When an Abuser Has a Gun
Restraining orders can’t fully protect survivors when abusers have access to guns, highlighting the deadly risks of domestic violence.
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A Cambridge University study suggests a stark gender divide in misdiagnosis, with women also waiting longer for treatment. #MsReads via @theguardian.com
Women ‘more likely to be told autoimmune conditions are psychological’
Cambridge University study suggests stark gender divide in misdiagnosis, with women also waiting longer for treatment
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It’s been five since the United States exited Afghanistan. How are women doing? Sima Samar joins @michelebgoodwin.bsky.social on the latest #OnTheIssuesPod to discuss:
Author and contributing writer at The New York Times Jennifer Percy on what the Cornell case reveals about how we misunderstand survivors’ responses to sexual assault, and what it would take to deliver justice that meets their needs.
Understanding Reactions to Sexual Assault, We Tend to Forget 'Girls Play Dead'
When news broke about the Cornell 7 case, author Jennifer Percy looked first at the text messages between Jane Doe and one of the men she accused of raping her. “I just wanted to apologize for how…
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"The women’s movement taught us that rights require sustained attention and collective action. That work continues wherever women organize, mentor one another and insist that their experiences shape public policy."
Healthcare, Jobs and Equality: The Feminist Stakes of the Midterms
Federal policies shape women’s lives across the country—in our workplaces, schools, healthcare systems and homes, in red and blue states alike. For example, federal workforce reductions undermine…
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If the FDA reports anything contrary to its prior findings, it would be serving up a justification to curb access, which would have a nationwide impact—even in states where abortion is still legal.
Trump’s FDA Wants to Talk About Abortion Pills After the Election. Let’s Talk About Them Now.
Trump’s FDA Wants to Talk About Abortion Pills and Mifepristone's Safety Review After the Election. Let’s Talk About Them Now.
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The Cornell Rape Case Has Sparked a National Outcry. Can That Anger Shape the Midterms? msmagazine.com/2026/10/12/c...
The Cornell Rape Case Has Sparked a National Outcry. Can That Anger Shape the Midterms?
Protests over the Cornell rape case fuel a national outcry over campus sexual assault, institutional accountability and survivors’ rights.
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Survivors shouldn’t have to fight public battles to receive justice. We need institutions that take sexual violence seriously without waiting for outrage. Read the full story in Ms. Magazine: msmagazine.com/2026/09/28/t...
'To Catch a Predator' at Cornell
A Cornell student’s lawsuit has sparked feminist outrage and raised questions about why survivors so need public pressure to make institutions act.
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📖 Read Joyce Vance’s full article in Ms. Magazine to learn how we can protect voting rights in the 2026 midterms: msmagazine.com/2026/09/25/2...
We Fought Too Hard for This Vote. Here's How We Protect It.
The right to vote was won through generations of feminist activism. Here’s how to protect it in the 2026 midterms.
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Resistance starts with what we choose to protect and amplify. What everyday act of resistance will YOU take today? 📖 Read the full @MsMagazine article: msmagazine.com/2026/06/18/e... 💜 Follow @bcvoicesinc and show your support! #BCVoices #EverydayResistance
Resisting in Plain Sight: Six Everyday Acts of Resistance in the Age of Trump
Six Everyday Acts of Resistance in the Age of Trump: Children's Books, Women's Sports, Comedy, Women and Gender Studies, Self-Care and Music
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@michelebgoodwin.bsky.social, Faculty Director of the O'Neill Institute, speaks with Dr. Sima Samar, Afghanistan’s first minister of women’s affairs, about the lives of Afghan women and girls five years after the U.S. withdrawal. Listen to the @msmagazine.com Podcast: bit.ly/4yoe2ih
In my latest for @msmagazine.com, I contrast the manufactured moral panic over "woke" campuses with the very real crisis of campus sexual abuse and its silencing effects msmagazine.com/2026/10/19/c...
The Campus Free Speech Crisis We Don’t Talk About
It’s not often that an article in a college newspaper becomes national news, but an explosive oped titled "Cornell Won’t, We Will,” has sparked front-page headlines, protests and demands for accountab...
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To avoid accountability today, the Catholic Church fights laws designed to help survivors of sexual abuse, such as elimination of caps on liability or statutes of limitations for child sex abuse crimes. Between 2011 and 2019, the Church spent $10.6 million in eight states to lobby against such laws.
An ‘Old Boy’s Network’: Groundbreaking Report Exposes Decades of Catholic Clergy Abuse and Ongoing Protection of Abusers
A groundbreaking Massachusetts report documents decades of Catholic clergy abuse, harm to children and institutional efforts to protect abusers.
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"The normalization of misogynistic attitudes and beliefs among men sets the table for even more egregious events."
Is the Cornell Rape Case a Turning Point for Men?
Is the Cornell Rape Case a Turning Point for Men? Has widespread condemnation of the “Silent 50” prompted more men to speak out?
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"Whatever your gender, if you are in the halls of power in these companies, WIRED will cover you with an accountability mindset."
‘No One Wants to Talk About Women in Tech’: Why WIRED Made an Issue All About Women
WIRED’s women-focused issue challenges the tech industry’s gender gap and promises accountability for leaders in power.
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Within days of the raid on Omar’s home, the administration published a regulation, effective immediately, compressing the timeline for appealing a termination of refugee status from 30 days to 10.
The Trump Administration Is Targeting Ilhan Omar to Send a Message to Immigrants
Trump’s threats against Ilhan Omar raise concerns about immigrant rights and the security of naturalized citizens.
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Every survivor we spoke with agrees on the first and most important step: the full release of the Epstein files.
What Accountability for Epstein’s Network Would Require
Ahead of the midterms, Epstein survivors demand the full files, investigations into the modeling industry and stronger laws to secure justice for victims.
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We cannot allow political gatekeeping to preserve a law that protects perpetrators and abandons victims.
Close the Victim-Blaming Loophole the Cornell 7 Exposed
New York Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie must allow a vote to close the state’s voluntary intoxication loophole.
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The message: When a high profile, elected official who came to the U.S. as a child and naturalized more than 25 years ago can be threatened with deportation, no one is safe.
The Trump Administration is Targeting Ilhan Omar to Send a Message to Immigrants
When ICE agents raided Representative Ilhan Omar’s (D-MN) home in Washington, D.C. this week, they didn’t just invade her privacy to further a politically motivated attack on one of Donald Trump’s sta...
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L7’s farewell world tour caps decades of fighting for abortion rights, challenging sexism in rock and building a community of feminist resistance.
A Farewell to L7, the Band That Rocked for Choice and Refused to Play Nice
L7’s farewell world tour caps decades of fighting for abortion rights, challenging sexism in rock and building a community of feminist resistance.
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The number of deaths from ectopic pregnancies has doubled over the past five years, with almost 200 women dying between 2020 and 2025. The increase was greater in states with strict abortion bans. Keep score with us:
Keeping Score: Women Marines Pass Tougher Fitness Standards; Congressional Candidate Hopes Rape Survivors ‘Have the Baby’; Sotomayor Questions Colleagues’ Understanding of First Amendment
Women Marines meet tougher standards, a congressional candidate weighs in on abortion bans, and Justice Sotomayor challenges her colleagues.
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By centering a reproductive justice approach, it is possible to establish safe and supportive communities to raise children with proactive systems and initiatives.
Stop Gun Violence With a Reproductive Justice Approach
More guns in schools won’t make people safer. Gun control will. Using reproductive justice, we keep kids and families safe from gun violence.
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A new report out of Massachusetts “provides for the first time a public accounting of the unimaginable harms afflicted on children,” said Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell.
An ‘Old Boy’s Network’: Groundbreaking Report Exposes Decades of Catholic Clergy Abuse and Ongoing Protection of Abusers
A groundbreaking Massachusetts report documents decades of Catholic clergy abuse, harm to children and institutional efforts to protect abusers.
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