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How ICE Enforcement Is Driving Black Domestic Workers Out of Public Spaces Fear of immigration enforcement is reshaping the lives of Black care workers who rely on public spaces like parks and libraries.

Fear of immigration enforcement is reshaping the daily routines, safety and solidarity of care workers who rely on public spaces to connect and share information.

Feminist 250 America turns 250 this year. Who actually built this democracy? Founding Feminists centers the women and gender-nonconforming people written out of the origin story—from Phillis Wheatley to Ona Judge ...

For more resources to #TeachTruth about the American Revolution on this 250th anniversary, check out @msmagazine.com's Feminist 250 initiative.
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Sundance 2026: Olive Nwosu’s Haunting Lagos-Set Drama ‘LADY’ Asks What Happens When You Can No Longer Tune Out the World Sundance 2026: Olive Nwosu’s Haunting Lagos-Set Drama ‘LADY’ Asks What Happens When You Can No Longer Tune Out the World

LADY‘s titular character discovers that survival in Lagos demands more than simply keeping her head down.
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Gen Z males twice as likely as baby boomers to believe wives should obey husbands Global survey shows young men and boys hold more traditional views about gender roles than older generations

A global survey shows young men and boys hold more traditional views about gender roles than older generations. #MsReads via @theguardian.com
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'Lone Star Three': How Three UT Austin Students Paved the Way for Birth Control Access in 1960s Texas 'Lone Star Three': Before Roe, UT Austin students Victoria Foe, Judy Smith and Barbara Hines on birth control and abortion care in Texas.

Grateful for the opportunity to interview Victoria Foe and Barbara Hines, who shared information about birth control and abortion as UT Austin students in the 1960s, as well as archivist Alice Embree, for @msmagazine.com. Thank you to @livia-follet.bsky.social for working on this story with me!

What Trump's Rollback of DEI Means for First-Generation Students Like Me What Trump's Rollback of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Colleges and Universities Means for First-Generation Immigrant Students Like Me

As diversity, equity and inclusion programs disappear from campuses, the message to many first-generation and immigrant students is becoming clearer: Belonging was never guaranteed.

From DM's to I Do's: Five Ways Social Media Is Reshaping Child Marriage Child Marriages Are Being Initiated Online, Mostly Through Social Media, and Parents Aren’t Keeping up With Young People and Technology

More than half a billion women and girls living today are, or were, child brides. Among young adult women aged 20 to 24, one in five was married before age 18.
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Another Casualty of Trump’s New Foreign Policy: Women From the United Nations to the U.S. military, Trump's policies advancing women’s equality are being systematically undone.

Trump is following the authoritarian playbook—and backlash against women’s progress is a central tactic.

Too Afraid to Leave Home: ICE’s Toll on Latino HIV Care In Minneapolis, heightened immigration enforcement is disrupting HIV care for Latino communities, a group already disproportionately affected by the virus.

In Minneapolis, heightened immigration enforcement is disrupting HIV care for Latino communities, a group already disproportionately affected by the virus. #MsReads via @unclosetedmedia.bsky.social
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March 2026 Reads for the Rest of Us Each month, <em>Ms.</em> provides readers with a list of new books being published by writers from historically excluded groups. Wishing you a powerful, inspired and liberatory Women’s History Month!…

From declarations of freedom to vengeful ghosts, here's what's on our March feminist reading list:

How to Find Your Nearest No Kings Protest on March 28 Find a No Kings protest near you, in response to the Trump administration’s recent crackdowns on immigration.

A nationwide day of peaceful demonstrations returns March 28, with organizers urging millions to rally against authoritarian policies and defend democratic freedoms.
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March 2026 Reads for the Rest of Us Each month, <em>Ms.</em> provides readers with a list of new books being published by writers from historically excluded groups. Wishing you a powerful, inspired and liberatory Women’s History Month!...

.@msmagazine.com named two Berkeley Law faculty members to its March 2026 Reads for the Rest of Us list: Savala Nolan for "Good Woman: A Reckoning" and Professor Khiara Bridges for "Expecting Inequity."

Full list here: https://bit.ly/40KEcx4 #BerkeleyLaw

Driving the Vote for Equality Launches, Reviving a 1916 Suffrage Tour for the ERA More than 100 years ago, Alice Snitjer Burke and Nell Richardson undertook an epic road trip in support of women's suffrage.

More than 100 years ago, two women undertook an epic road trip in support of women’s suffrage. In 2026, feminists are determined to follow in their tracks—until women achieve full constitutional equality.
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Thursday, March 5, in St. Paul, Minn.: Elaine Welteroth and Janell Hobson on the Power of Feminist Media Thursday, March 5, at University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minn.: Elaine Welteroth and Janell Hobson on the Power of Feminist Media

Join us for a Women’s History Month conversation on how feminist media challenges power, reframes narratives and drives change, with Elaine Welteroth and Ms.'s @profjch.bsky.social:
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Another Casualty of Trump’s New Foreign Policy: Women From the United Nations to the U.S. military, Trump's policies advancing women’s equality are being systematically undone.

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: Trump’s new foreign policy sidelines women, withdrawing from key #UN bodies, dismantling #USAID, & weakening bipartisan commitments like #WPS. When women’s rights are undermined, democracy & global security suffer. @msmagazine.com msmagazine.com/2026/02/28/t...

Maya Shankar on Infertility, Surrogacy, and Choosing to Be Childfree Cognitive scientist and podcaster Maya Shankar on infertility, surrogacy, being Indian American, motherhood, marriage and democracy.

"The space of fertility will humble you instantly—because there is no such thing as working harder. The universe is indifferent toward how much you want something."

America's Founding Feminists: Rewriting America’s Origin Story On America’s 250th anniversary, Ms.' Founding Feminists centers the women whose words, labor and resistance built—and keep rebuilding—democracy.

Read @profjch.bsky.social's introduction to the series now:

"There is no nation without women at its core, ready to advance beyond the strictures and limits of gender and its attending intersections, even if they had to redefine their roles and strive beyond societal expectations."

Feminist 250 America turns 250 this year. Who actually built this democracy? Founding Feminists centers the women and gender-nonconforming people written out of the origin story—from Phillis Wheatley to Ona Judge ...

As the U.S. turns 250 years old, we're reflecting on who actually built it.

Explore FEMINIST 250, an online initiative from Ms. reflecting on the semiquincentennial of US democracy from a feminist perspective—continuing through April 16:

America's Founding Feminists: Rewriting America’s Origin Story On America’s 250th anniversary, Ms.' Founding Feminists centers the women whose words, labor and resistance built—and keep rebuilding—democracy.

So honored to have contributed to this special issue of Ms Magazine! "America’s Founding Feminists: Rewriting America’s Origin Story" centers the women & gender-nonconforming people whose words, labor & resistance built—& keep rebuilding—democracy. Check it out here: msmagazine.com/2026/03/02/f...

America's Founding Feminists: Rewriting America’s Origin Story On America’s 250th anniversary, Ms.' Founding Feminists centers the women whose words, labor and resistance built—and keep rebuilding—democracy.

Thrilled to contribute to this series! My essay, "The Radical Potential of Traditional Femininity," drops March 19th!

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FAQs About the SAVE America Act and Its Impact on Voters As the SAVE America Act moves through Congress and groups mobilize, confusion about the bill's requirements fuel misinformation and political spin.

What is the SAVE Act, and how could it affect your right to vote? Ms. has answers:

How Attacks on Immigrant Teens Helped Build the Post-Roe Playbook In the second Trump administration, the post-Roe playbook targets teens and immigrants’ abortion and reproductive healthcare access first.

The first Trump administration’s crackdown on unaccompanied immigrant minors became the blueprint for today’s post-Dobbs attacks on abortion, contraception and bodily autonomy.
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On the Road for Women’s Rights, 110 Years Later

In 1916, two suffragists drove from New York to California and back to push for the right to vote. Now, the same type of car will make the same trip to promote the Equal Rights Amendment. #MsReads

FAQs About the SAVE America Act and Its Impact on Voters As the SAVE America Act moves through Congress and groups mobilize, confusion about the bill's requirements fuel misinformation and political spin.

As the SAVE America Act moves through Congress and outside groups mobilize on both sides, confusion about what the bill would actually require has fueled misinformation and political spin.

Here's what you need to know:
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Democracy Is Not Self-Executing: How We Shape a Better Government Through Laws, Institutions and Culture Weekend Reading on Women’s Representation: stories about women’s representation in politics, business, sports, entertainment and courtroooms.

How the SAVE Act would block women, young people and low-income people from voting, why crowded Illinois primaries call for ranked-choice voting, and more women's representation news:

FAQs About the SAVE America Act and Its Impact on Voters As the SAVE America Act moves through Congress and groups mobilize, confusion about the bill's requirements fuel misinformation and political spin.

in which I answer common questions about what the Save AMERICA and how it could affect your right to vote, including:

Does a Real ID count?
What if I can’t find my passport?
And why are Trump and Republicans pushing so hard for this bill?
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Sundance 2026: The Masculinist and Eugenicist Origins of AI Are Writ Large in Documentary ‘Ghost in the Machine’ Sundance documentary traces how modern AI’s obsession with “intelligence” is rooted in the eugenicist, sexist and racial hierarchies.

A new documentary explains how the idea of “artificial intelligence,” which started out as an empty marketing term, relies on an understanding of “general intelligence,” which is bound up in the eugenics movement.
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Feminist 250 America turns 250 this year. Who actually built this democracy? Founding Feminists centers the women and gender-nonconforming people written out of the origin story—from Phillis Wheatley to Ona Judge ...

I'm happy to share with you the new launch of a @msmagazine.com series on "Founding Feminists" that I guest-edited to mark this 250th anniversary year:

Another Casualty of Trump’s New Foreign Policy: Women From the United Nations to the U.S. military, Trump's policies advancing women’s equality are being systematically undone.

As President Donald Trump rewrites U.S. foreign policy and threatens the international order, he is also dismantling long-standing bipartisan commitments to women’s equality.

When Voting Gets Harder, Women Pay First: The Stakes of the SAVE Act As Congress revives the SAVE Act, new proof-of-citizenship rules could reshape voter registration in ways that burden women voters.

The SAVE Act is voter suppression.

Nearly 90% of women change their last name after marriage. Documentation mismatches means delayed registration, denied registration, or forced extra trips that working people just don’t have time for.
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