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The Campaign Legal Center is calling for an investigation into whether Alicia Jackson, director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, violated ethics laws. Advanced Research Projects Ag
Last year, three Republican women lawmakers broke with their party and risked incurring the wrath of the White House by pushing to release the files connected to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Weekend Reading on Women’s Representation is a compilation of stories about women’s representation in politics, on boards, in sports and entertainment, in judicial offices and in the private sector in
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth narrowly avoided an immediate impeachment vote Tuesday when the Republican-controlled House voted 211-204 to send eight articles of impeachment against him to the Judici
The morning after the midterms, we older election workers met up to monitor the affidavit ballot count at the Harrison County Election Commissioners’ office, next to the Plasma Center on Highway 49 in
Click to expand Image People march during a protest on violence against women in Budapest in November 2018. © 2018 Attila Kisbenedek/AFP via Getty Images On November 12, Hungary's Prime Minister Péter
A new study finds high satisfaction among transgender people who were prescribed hormone therapy in their youth, providing an important window into healthcare that has become increasingly politicized
The Supreme Court heard three oral arguments this week, wrapping up the November argument session. It also decided an interim docket case on border wall construction in southwestern Texas, granting th
“There’s nothing quite like a glass of wine before you drink the whole bottle.”
Boundaries help partners to enjoy romance and sexual pleasure with other people, writes sex columnist Vera Blossom. But don’t get too obsessed with rules. My partner and I have been together for ten y
The tote bags were designed with three women printed on one side, dressed to represent East Asian, Southeast Asian and South Asian women. Above them, the letters “A.B.G” were printed in red and below
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Democrat Cindy Holscher is projected to become the next governor of Kansas, marking the first time the state will have two women governors back-to-back, according to Decision Desk HQ. In addition to t
It essentially “keeps a household and a relationship running” — but rarely gets any recognition.
Alexis is a mother of two in Jackson, Miss., and the recipient of one year of guaranteed income from the Magnolia Mother’s Trust. A longtime caregiver for her children and late grandfather, she is pur
Click to expand Image A protest against violence targeting trans people in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on June 28, 2026. © 2026 Carolina Jaramillo/NurPhoto via Getty Images A brutal attack on trans women
Yasmina Halim approached this year’s midterms with “a sense of dread.” On election night, the 44-year-old went to bed early after Republicans won the major statewide races in Florida, where she lives
Why some women get believed at the doctor’s office, why others get told their symptoms are just anxiety, and what your medical chart says about you behind your back. Actress Kristen Johnston saw more
After capturing control of key leadership positions, Texas Democrats intend to push for a repeal of the state’s near-total abortion ban, which has been linked to the death of multiple women. Texas, th
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Click to expand Image An activist attends a vigil to mark World Aids Day in Jakarta, Indonesia, December 1, 2021. © 2021 Afriadi Hikmal/NurPhoto via AP US foreign aid cuts in 2025 abruptly ended essen
Democrat Scott Colom’s bid for a U.S. Senate seat in Mississippi was dismissed as improbable — a long-shot effort standing up against the weight of political history that has shut Black people out of
On a warm September day in 1984, my parents dropped me off for my freshman year of college. I had just turned 18. I was eager to make new friends, take challenging classes and embrace all that college
In every issue of Ms. , we track research on our progress in the fight for equality, catalogue can’t-miss quotes from feminist voices and keep tabs on the feminist movement’s many milestones. We’re Ke
The 2026 midterms brought historic victories for LGBTQ+ candidates, including groundbreaking wins for transgender and nonbinary representation. But amid those gains, voters in four states—Arizona, Col
I woke on Nov. 3, 2026, with Gina Hinojosa on my mind. As a Mexican American woman, history professor and—most importantly—mother, the stakes were high, not only for me but also for my toddler daughte
There is an iconic image of a (White) woman famously wearing a red bandanna, blue coveralls and flexing her bicep. This depiction of “ Rosie the Riveter ” is perhaps the most recognizable American mil
The girl in the picture looking straight into the camera with probing eyes is 15-year-old Rahile Omer. She was photographed in March 2018 among hundreds of other detainees at a political re-educa
Should forgiveness be extended to de-tradders recusing themselves from aesthetics they served out of commercial self-interest? The tradwife pivot is on: some female influencers whose family, faith and
A Book Review of Samuel A. Alito Jr.’s “So Ordered: An Originalist’s View of the Constitution, the Court, and Our Country (2026)” *** Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr.’s new book on the Constitution, the Su
If you’ve been hoping to see entrepreneur Stormi Steele on the next season of OWN’s Belle Collective: Birmingham , unfortunately, that won’t be happening. The reality TV personality just informed fans
“I’m fine.” These two words are often uttered as a mask to hide the full extent of our feelings. However, with one in three women experiencing anxiety or depression in their lifetime, global research
Evelyn at the grave of her twin, Ginnifer The deputy medical examiner thought the family was being evasive. Eric Tonsfeldt had been dispatched to the pistachio-green house in Oregon City on the night
Walter White baptizes a Followers of Christ member in 1951. He led an Oregon City, Oregon, offshoot of the sect. Courtesy of the Phillips family It was a stark and forbidding vision for those who foll
The 2026 midterm elections revealed many things, including a lesson grassroots activists have understood for decades: Structural change cannot happen without sustained organizing. I have been making t
Under the Trump administration’s new Title IX rules, a student who reports being assaulted at an off-campus fraternity house may find that her school has no obligation to investigate at all. And if it
Tamaira “Miss Tee” Sandifer personifies the expression, Never forget where you came from . Born and raised in Northern California, Sandifer endured a less than rosy childhood. By 19, she gave birth to
The votes of women gave Democrats control of Congress. Now, the new leadership must act quickly and decisively to reverse the Trump administration’s devastating rollbacks of women’s rights over the la
A coalition of parents, educators and nonprofit organizations sued the state of Washington late Monday over a recently passed ballot initiative banning transgender girls from competing on girls’ K-12
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This story originally appeared in New York Focus, a nonprofit news publication investigating power in New York. Sign up for their newsletter here . Jane Doe is not the only recent student to pursue le
What do these conversations reflect about our understanding of abortion and LGBTQ+ rights? After the Season 11 reunion of Love Is Blind aired on Nov. 8, we can finally put another installment of the h
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican who has passed some of the most extreme anti-LGBTQ+ laws in the country, and Democratic Rep. Sarah McBride of Delaware, the first transgender member of Congress
Click to expand Image Emomali Rahmon, President of Tajikistan, addresses the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York, September 23, 2025. © 2025 AP Photo/Pam
People often ask me for examples of well-known men who’ve spoken out about men’s violence against women. Alas, there aren’t too many, in the U.S. and globally, especially when one considers the vast s
In July 2025, Republicans in Congress passed, and President Donald Trump signed, this administration’s signature piece of legislation: the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). In addition to directing
Each election brings a mix of emotions for Sheba Williams. For nine years, Williams lost the right to vote due to a Jim Crow-era state law that disenfranchised Virginians with a felony conviction. Wil
The Supreme Court on Monday denied review in over 200 cases, including a dispute that arose in Minneapolis after the murder of George Floyd in police custody in 2020 and clashes involving actor Randy
More Than Just the Numbers: How Funding Cuts Threaten Sexual and Reproductive Health in Liberia Policy Analysis sramashwar November 9, 2026 November 9, 2026 Download Analysis Exclude from search No Au
Over the past few decades, several features of the administrative state have been subject to heated constitutional challenge. One of them is agency adjudication: the practice of resolving disputes “in
Voters preserved abortion rights while making it harder for lawmakers to overturn citizen-approved measures. Anti-abortion Republicans are now looking for other ways to restrict access. Missouri Repub
Lauren Weingarten says that the time period after she was raped was a blur; she felt like she was in a new body as her mind processed what had been done to her. She doesn’t remember when the shooting
Tuesday night was record-breaking. Next year, record numbers of women will serve in the House (at least 136) and as governors across the U.S. (at least 17). Both House and Senate majorities have flipp
Ms. is thrilled to announce that FEMINIST 250: Founding Feminists has won Gold at the 2026 Anthem Awards. Presented by the organization behind the prestigious Webby Awards, the Anthems are considered
For years, ComebackTV Presents CEO Erica Cobb has been candid about her desire to become a mother and the challenges to realizing that dream. After a decade-long journey filled with fertility treatmen
The elation that so many of us have been feeling in the wake of the mid-terms has been tamped down in Idaho as the result of two powerful and closely related reminders that the unremitting attacks on
Crystalyne Curley is set to become the first woman president of the Navajo Nation, the largest reservation by land mass in the country. Curley, who also held the distinction of being the first woman t
Click to expand Image A voter picks up an "I Voted" sticker after casting their ballot in the US midterm elections on November 3, 2026. © 2026 AP Photo/George Walker IV Alongside the high-profile cong
On July 24, 2022, my Dad drove his Cadillac to my house. We went to one of my mom’s favorite places, the casino . My parents came, along with my significant other, my son, and my bonus kids . It was t
Last fall, I ran the TCS New York City Marathon for the first time . It was a challenge I set for myself and a chance to pour back into my own health and wellness. I trained consistently for more than
