On Women’s Equality Day, the unfinished fight for constitutional equality extends far beyond abortion. State equal rights amendments—and, ultimately, a robust federal ERA—could reshape how the law treats pregnancy, motherhood, work and family life.
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Part 2 of The Pipeline to Predators, a four-part Ms. investigation into the modeling industry’s connections to Jeffrey Epstein and survivors’ fight for accountability. Ms. interviewed five survivors w
LA CROSSE, Wisconsin — September is both campaign season and parade season in Wisconsin, as communities across the state celebrate Oktoberfest and the harvest of fall crops like apples and pumpkins. A
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Women across the country expressed outrage this week over news stemming from the 2024 case of a young woman attending Cornell who alleges in a civil lawsuit she was pressured to take drugs and gang-ra
Kevin Kelley doesn’t waste words or time. As a sharp litigation attorney for more than two decades, and the owner/partner of Kelley Law Firm, P.C. , he gets right to the point—clearly, concisely and w
On August 7, Aminata Seck was supposed to be on a flight to New York with her Kentucky State University basketball teammates. Instead, federal immigration agents took her into custody at Louisville Mu
Each month, Ms. provides readers with a list of new books being published by writers from historically excluded groups. I love autumn in the Midwest. It’s cooler, the leaves are turning and change is
For designers Bruce and Glen, turning 41 called for more than a birthday celebration. The twin designers behind BruceGlen are marking the milestone by giving themselves, and their growing community of
“It was really more about authenticity,” Victoria Monét says about the duration between now and her previous release. “I wanted to take time to live in between the album so I can write from a place of
In my desk drawer, I keep a list of names I’ve been adding to since college. It’s all the women I dream of meeting one day. Sadly, last month I had to cross two names off that list. Not because I was
