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breakthroughs Halle Berry Avoided This ‘Intimate’ Medical Exam — And For A Very Relatable Reason HuffPost Women
breakthroughs Under Mamdani, New York will be the first to open a free childcare center for city workers The 19th
Why This New Mugler Fragrance Is Supermodel Anok Yai’s Summer ScentIf there’s one thing to note about Mugler’s latest fragrance , Alien Pulp, it’s that, as the press release stated, “she is not what you expect.” In the ad campaign, the sky is dim with purple clouds that mirror onto seductive waters—out of which a sexy, seductive siren appears: Supermodel Anok Yai ,…EssenceJun 10global
Exclusive: Debbie Allen, Felicia Pride, And Maleah Joi Moon Discuss Bringing ‘A Different World’ To A New GenerationThe American Black Film Festival was again held in Miami for its 30th annual celebration, and it continues its mission of highlighting creatives of color across film, television, music, technology, art, and more.EssenceJun 10education
The latest on tariff refundsAs we noted in Monday’s newsletter , we are expecting 23 more opinions by early July. Compared to the past two terms, the court is actually ahead of schedule: At this point last year, there were 26 cases left to decide. And at this point in 2024, there were 27 cases awaiting a ruling.SCOTUSblogJun 10activism
The Best SPF Makeup Products To Pack For ESSENCE Festival 2026Let’s face it: remembering to put on sunscreen ( and reapply it) is hard. It’s even more difficult after you put on a full face of makeup, careful not to undo all your hard work. But, two essential products can exist at once.EssenceJun 10global
7 Signs You Have A 'Dead Bra'"Many women assume a bra is still fine if it looks relatively new. However, a bra can effectively be ‘dead’ long before there are obvious visual signs of wear."HuffPost WomenJun 10equality
Politics almost broke them. Instead, they found power in community.Mo Turner doesn’t often think about their time in the Oklahoma House of Representatives. In that building, they were Mauree — the first out nonbinary state legislator in United States history; the first Muslim elected in Oklahoma; a Black, queer, gender non-conforming lawmaker in one of the most co…The 19thJun 10activism
Sudan: Hold Defecting Armed Group Commanders to AccountClick to expand Image A fighter loyal to the army patrols a market area in Khartoum on March 24, 2025. © 2025 Photo by AFP via Getty Images (Nairobi) – The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) should ensure that Rapid Support Forces (RSF) commanders who have defected to the Sudanese army, including two si…Human Rights WatchJun 10global
It’s Platner vs. Collins, and all eyes are on Maine in battle for Senate controlDemocrats’ hopes of winning back the U.S. Senate most likely run through Maine. And they’re pinned on Graham Platner, a U.S. military veteran and oyster farmer who will take on GOP Sen. Susan Collins. Collins has represented Maine in the Senate since 1997 and is seeking a sixth term.The 19thJun 10politics
Trump’s pick moves on in South Carolina governor primaryLt. Gov. Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson will advance to a runoff in a competitive Republican primary for governor of South Carolina. Evette, President Donald Trump’s pick in the race, ran in a crowded primary that also included businessman Rom Reddy and Reps.The 19thJun 10politics
The Sharpest SNAP Decline in Nearly 30 Years Is Happening Right NowMore than 3 million people stopped participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) between July 2025 and January 2026—a decline of roughly 8 percent nationwide and the steepest drop in the program's caseload in nearly three decades.Ms. MagazineJun 9economic
Trump’s White House UFC Fight Is a Master Class in Fake PopulismThe UFC cage fight scheduled for June 14 on the White House lawn has been dismissed by some as harmless entertainment and condemned by others as authoritarian theater. But there’s another way to understand it: as a political strategy.Ms. MagazineJun 9safety
How I Became a Feminist Historian, and Why It Matters Now More Than EverIn August, the Department of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies at the University of Texas at Austin will close. I joined the department last year after leaving the University of Iowa’s Gender, Women’s and Sexuality Studies department, which also closed this year.Ms. MagazineJun 9resilience
Cardi B Turned Heads With Her Court-Length NBA Finals HairCardi B is part of the 2026 Essence Festival of Culture lineup. Don’t miss out—tickets here . Cardi B just made game day much more glamorous. Last night, the Bronx-bred rapper performed at her surprise half-time show for game three of the NBA Finals in New York.EssenceJun 9empowerment
Women’s Health Insurance CoverageThis fact sheet reviews major sources of coverage for women residing in the U.S. in 2024, discusses the impact of the ACA on women’s coverage, and the coverage challenges that many women continue to face.KFF Women's Health PolicyJun 9choice
What To Wear To Usher And Chris Brown’s Concert This SummerSummer is officially heating up, and the concert of the season will be in your city before you know it. Two of R&B’s most iconic performers, Usher and Chris Brown, are hitting the road together, promising a night filled with legendary choreography, timeless hits, and unmatched energy.EssenceJun 9equality
Teyana Taylor To Receive Icon Of The Year Honor At BET Awards 2026Teyana Taylor is adding another accolade to an already remarkable career. BET announced today that the Harlem native will receive the Icon of the Year Award at the BET Awards 2026, which will be held later this month at Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. Comedian Druski is set to host the ceremony.EssenceJun 9equality
Halle Berry Avoided This ‘Intimate’ Medical Exam — And For A Very Relatable ReasonThe actor is speaking out about why so many women fear these appointments.HuffPost WomenJun 9breakthroughs
Passed Forward: The Women Who Built the Game and the Ones Carrying It ForwardBefore the packed stadiums. Before the television deals. Before women’s soccer became one of the fastest-growing sports in the world. There were women who played anyway. They played because they loved the game. They played because they believed they belonged.EssenceJun 9resilience
Rich countries do better in women’s football but understanding why matters, not just for the Matildas‘Gender norms explain some of it, but not all of it’ says Tiya Banerjee, an economist at the e61 Institute <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/jun/10/australia-news-live-penny-wong-sanctions-west-bank-settlers-australian-politics-high-court-israel-palestine…The Guardian WomenJun 9global
EXCLUSIVE: ‘Beyond The Gates’ Is Crossing Over With ‘The Young And The Restless’ In A Major Daytime TV FirstCBS is making daytime television history this June with a sweeping multi-episode crossover between two of its flagship dramas: the groundbreaking Beyond the Gates and the legendary The Young and the Restless .EssenceJun 9resilience
Ableism Still Saturates the Abortion Rights Debate. It’s a Problem for Reproductive Justice—OpinionEricka Ayodele Dixon is a Disability Project Senior National Organizer at the Transgender Law Center. June 2026 marks the fourth anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade . For some, this landmark ruling marked an end to abortion access as they knew it.Rewire News GroupJun 9choice
Support for LGBTQ+ rights has dipped. What changed?Americans’ support for LGBTQ+ rights has slid downward after peaking in the early 2020s, according to a new Gallup poll . Support for marriage equality has been steadily declining since it reached an all-time high of 71 percent in 2022.The 19thJun 9lgbtq
Feminist Lessons from 2020 to Present: The Fight for Democracy Is Far From OverThe decade opened amid a pandemic, economic upheaval and a reckoning over democracy itself. In early 2020, Virginia became the 38th state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, seemingly bringing a nearly 50-year constitutional struggle to a historic milestone.Ms. MagazineJun 9politics
Feminist Lessons from the 2010s: When Millions Refused to Go Back, Feminists Turned Backlash Into PowerThe 2010s began with a burst of feminist victories that seemed to signal a new era. Barack Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, appointed Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court, and signed the Affordable Care Act into law.Ms. MagazineJun 9activism
Feminist Lessons from the 2000s: The Power of a Feminist MajorityThe 2000s opened with a contradiction: Feminist ideas had never been more popular—polls found that overwhelming majorities of women and substantial majorities of men agreed with the basic definition of feminism—yet conservatives controlled Washington and were steadily advancing restrictions on repro…Ms. MagazineJun 9choice
Feminist Lessons From the 1990s: How Women Became a Political ForceThe 1990s began with feminists determined not to surrender the ground they had fought for in the Reagan era—and almost immediately, the stakes became impossible to ignore. In October 1991, millions of Americans watched Anita Hill testify before an all-male Senate Judiciary Committee about sexual har…Ms. MagazineJun 9politics
Feminist Lessons From the 1980s: Why Every Movement Faces BacklashThe 1980s opened with a sense of uncertainty for feminists. Just years after the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision, the passage of Title IX and the near-ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment, Ronald Reagan swept into office backed by a newly energized religious right determined to reverse ma…Ms. MagazineJun 9choice
Feminist Lessons from the 1970s: How Feminists Transformed American LifeIn 1972, when Ms. first hit newsstands, abortion was illegal in most of the country. Women could be denied credit cards, mortgages and loans without a husband’s signature. Newspapers still segregated job listings into “Help Wanted: Male” and “Help Wanted: Female.Ms. MagazineJun 9politics
New research shows pharmacies can help fill gaps in abortion care in EthiopiaNew research shows pharmacies can help fill gaps in abortion care in Ethiopia June 9, 2026 jloewenberg June 9, 2026 </spa…Guttmacher InstituteJun 9choice
This Sign Of Aging Is Surprisingly More Common In WomenThe condition is painful, limiting and often mistaken for normal wear and tear. Here's what you need to know.HuffPost WomenJun 9equality
Roller derby was already queer-friendly. Then it got more inclusive.For Juniper Simonis, that night in 2012 replays like the start of a favorite movie. It’s a warm summer evening, and she’s speeding through Ithaca, New York, on her bike. The wind is in her hair — at least as much as it could be under a bike helmet.The 19thJun 9lgbtq
Egypt’s Answer to Unjust Detentions is More ArrestsClick to expand Image An Egyptian intelligence security detail member stands guard near a banner showing President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. © 2021 Mahmud Hams/AFP via Getty Images In a living-room-sized hall of a political party’s Cairo headquarters, family members of prisoners gathered around a pho…Human Rights WatchJun 9activism
Topicals’ Olamide Olowe Sparks Transparent Conversation Around Bread Beauty Acquisition“I’m the founder of Topicals and the launch of my new brand ‘Bread’ flopped,” read one of Olamide Olowe’s latest TikTok videos with over 100,000 likes. In April of last year, the founder announced her new holding company Cost Of Doing Business (CODB) with haircare brand Bread Beauty Supply as their …EssenceJun 8resilience
Rest in Power: Marjane Satrapi, Whose Masterpiece ‘Persepolis’ Transformed the World’s Understanding of IranMarjane Satrapi, best known for her memoir and film Persepolis , has died, aged 56. The death of this much loved Iranian French artist, graphic novelist, filmmaker and activist has been met with widespread celebration of her life—and its dedication to resistance, freedom and humanity.Ms. MagazineJun 8global
Trump and Hegseth’s Anti-Trans Military Policy Is Based on Unconstitutional Animus, D.C. Circuit RulesThe U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit held on a 2-1 vote last week that unconstitutional “animus-filled reasons” motivated the Trump administration’s policy barring transgender people from the military.Ms. MagazineJun 8lgbtq
The Woman Behind Turkey Leg Hut Is Starting OverNakia Holmes — the Houston entrepreneur who helped build one of Black food culture’s most iconic brands from a parking lot hustle into a celebrity-magnet empire — let six words do the talking: “ Pull up hungry. We’re serving until it’s gone.EssenceJun 8activism
We Are Not Ready for the Next PandemicThe current Ebola outbreak in East Africa represents a critical test of the America First approach to global health security—and it is already failing. The post We Are Not Ready for the Next Pandemic appeared first on Ms. Magazine .Ms. MagazineJun 8global
Girls Are Telling Us Why They Quit Sports. Are Adults Listening?Ted Lasso returns for its fourth season on Aug. 5. When the trailer for the new season dropped earlier this year, one moment landed harder than the rest. On his way to practice, Ted runs into his old nemesis, Mr.Ms. MagazineJun 8global
When Survival Becomes a Crime: The Women Punished for Escaping AbuseWhen I first began reporting on incarcerated women, I was fascinated by studies that showed that showed that upwards of 70 percent of women in jails and prisons were subjected to intimate partner violence before they were incarcerated.Ms. MagazineJun 8safety