Happy Election Week! Ms. editors and contributors are paying particular attention to the races and ballot measures with the greatest implications for women, feminism and democracy. This election resul
Marcia Ann Gillespie, an innovator and pathbreaker in media who lifted up the voices of Black women in a field dominated by men, died on Saturday, Oct. 31. She was 82. Heralded for breaking barriers i
A bombshell has entered the villa: your U.S. Senate candidate. On Senate Island, the islanders are politicians and the connection they want to explore is between you and their policy platform. Into so
In this column for Nature, Alina Salganicoff reviews efforts to improve women's health research during previous U.S. administrations that fell short of their promise and highlights the recommendations
Marsha Blackburn made history in 2018 when she became the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate from Tennessee. Now, she’s poised to make history again and become the state’s first woman governor in
A record 590 women filed to run for the U.S. House during the 2026 election cycle. Women candidates are also poised to make history in gubernatorial races across the country: Deb Haaland could become
Click to expand Image Ekrem İmamoğlu in front of the courthouse in Istanbul, Türkiye where he received his official mandate to serve a second five-year term as Istanbul mayor after winning the March 3
Each month, Ms. provides readers with a list of new books being published by writers from historically excluded groups. Enjoy November’s 13 recommended Reads for the Rest of Us! The post November 2026
At Texas Tech, even the Vikings are too queer to teach, thanks to new restrictions on teaching about gender identity and sexual orientation. The post I Left Texas Tech Because Its New Gender Restricti
Two years ago, Missouri voters approved a constitutional amendment protecting abortion rights, overturning one of the nation's strictest abortion bans. Now, they're being asked to undo it. Feminists a
Right now, Republicans control not just the White House but both chambers of Congress. At the beginning of the year, the House seemed within Democrats’ reach in the midterm elections, and the Senate s
Millions of Americans have already voted, millions more will head to the polls Tuesday. Meanwhile, courts across the country are confronting an extraordinary series of eleventh-hour demands from the T
In the four years since the U.S. Supreme Court ended the federal right to an abortion, state attorneys general have played central roles in both defending and eroding reproductive rights — and their p
Rewire News Group is tracking referenda on abortion access, trans kids in sports, and marriage equality in the 2026 midterms. In the 2026 midterm election, nine states have ballot measures asking vote
KISSIMMEE, Florida — Two years ago, Jena-Lisa Jones voted for President Donald Trump for one reason and one reason only: his and his allies’ promise to release millions of files connected to the late
