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As countries across Europe roll out national programs to confront misogyny in schools, the United States still lacks a coordinated response.
Misogyny Is Rising in U.S. Classrooms. Where Is the National Response?
As Europe rolls out national programs to confront misogyny and harassment in schools, the United States still lacks a coordinated response.
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February 9, 2026 at 7:00 PM
With Congress preparing another vote on the SAVE Act, advocates warn its documentation requirements could make registering to vote more difficult for millions of women—threatening both access to the ballot and progress toward gender parity in political power.
The SAVE Act Is Back—and Women’s Political Power Is on the Line
As Congress revives the SAVE Act, new proof-of-citizenship rules could reshape voter registration in ways that burden women voters.
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February 9, 2026 at 5:11 PM
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Read my column in @msmagazine.com that includes the latest on the #SAVE & #MEGA legislation pending in Congress that threatens the very core of our democracy & #VotingRights, updates on @governor.ny.gov & @klobuchar.senate.gov campaigns, birthday shoutouts to notable women, celebrating #RosaParksDay
House Republicans have introduced the so-called “Make Elections Great Again” (MEGA) Act, a bill that Democracy Docket called perhaps the greatest threat to voting rights our country has ever seen.

More in the latest Weekend Reading:
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What This Moment Requires of Us: Women, Voting Rights and the Battle for Representation
stories about women’s representation in politics, on boards, in sports and entertainment, in judicial offices and in the private sector
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February 9, 2026 at 2:36 AM
In an all-too-familiar story for working women, Super Bowl cheerleaders are victims of low pay, long hours, zero benefits and near-impossible standards of sexiness and appearance not applied to male-dominated jobs.
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'A Woman's Work': The Film the NFL Doesn't Want You to See
Super Bowl cheerleaders are frequently forced to work long hours for no benefits and illegally low wages, while experiencing sexist discrimination.
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February 8, 2026 at 8:39 PM
"I am scared that girls are being redirected from the careers of their choosing and from positions of power within them, and that that loss is too great to quantify."
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I Grew Up Wanting to Be Ruth Bader Ginsburg. I’m Coming of Age Under Trump.
Too Many Young Women and Girls Grew Up Wanting to Be Ruth Bader Ginsburg. They Are Now Coming of Age Under Trump.
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February 8, 2026 at 1:50 PM
New files released by the Justice Department show Jeffrey Epstein joking about being in a "pariahs club" and discussing the fate of powerful men who had been accused of wrongdoing. via @19thnews.org:
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Epstein tracked #MeToo fallout and advised accused men behind the scenes
New files released by the Justice Department show Jeffrey Epstein joking about being in a "pariahs club" and discussing the fate of powerful men who had been accused of wrongdoing.
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February 8, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Black leaders were critical to the formation of the modern reproductive rights movement.
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How Black Leaders Formed the Reproductive Justice Movement
Before the end of Black History Month, we should remember some of the leaders who shaped the movement in the years before Roe v. Wade.
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February 7, 2026 at 8:22 PM
House Republicans have introduced the so-called “Make Elections Great Again” (MEGA) Act, a bill that Democracy Docket called perhaps the greatest threat to voting rights our country has ever seen.

More in the latest Weekend Reading:
msmagazine.com/2026/02/06/w...
What This Moment Requires of Us: Women, Voting Rights and the Battle for Representation
stories about women’s representation in politics, on boards, in sports and entertainment, in judicial offices and in the private sector
msmagazine.com
February 7, 2026 at 1:08 PM
What do you need to know about menopause if you take gender-affirming hormone therapy? #MsReads via @scripthealth.bsky.social
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What trans people need to know about menopause
Whether you're transmasc or transfemme, here's what to expect from this life stage
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February 7, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Occupation attempts to shrink us, hoping to carry us off in surrender. … Our lives are linked by these systems through their harm, but also by the ways we resist them. msmagazine.com/2026/02/06/m...
From Minnesota to Puerto Rico: How We Survive Together
militarization and colonial control show how mutual aid and community care—from Minneapolis to Puerto Rico—mean survival and resistance.
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February 7, 2026 at 12:08 AM
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.
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.
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February 6, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Across the country, healthcare providers say concerns about ICE raids are leading more people to miss prenatal care.

Keep score with us:
Resistance, From the Red Carpet to the Courts: Grammy Winners Denounce ICE, Immigrant Families Challenge Trump's Visa Ban
Resistance, from the red carpet to the courts: Grammy winners denounce ICE, immigrant families challenge Trump’s visa ban
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February 6, 2026 at 6:33 PM
For decades, survivors have begged for answers and accountability. But they say the latest tranche of documents—many containing unredacted names, contact information and identifying details—have left them retraumatized, exposed and furious.
‘We Will Not Be Sidelined Again’: Survivors Respond After DOJ Releases Epstein Files With Unredacted Names and Personal Details
‘We Will Not Be Sidelined Again’: Survivors Respond After DOJ Releases Epstein Files With Unredacted Names and Personal Details
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February 6, 2026 at 4:44 PM
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You’re Not Alone: Normalizing Pregnancy Loss (with Dr. Jessica Zucker and Chari Pere)

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You’re Not Alone: Normalizing Pregnancy Loss (with Dr. Jessica Zucker and Chari Pere)
Background reading: "Unspoken" by Chari Pere Transcript: 00:00:04 Michele Goodwin: Welcome to On the Issues with Michele Goodwin at Ms. Magazine. As you know, we’re a show that reports, rebels, and we...
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January 29, 2026 at 2:22 PM
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On 2/17, join us, @msmagazine.com & @oneillinstitute.bsky.social for a timely webinar on how to disrupt the mis- & disinformation reshaping the SRH landscape in the US.

Hear from experts @michelebgoodwin.bsky.social, @renee.bsky.social & @kellybaden.bsky.social.

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February 4, 2026 at 5:50 PM
YouTubers are weaponizing Freedom of Information laws to embarrass young women for clicks. #MsReads via @nymag.com
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The Body-Cam Hustle
How YouTubers weaponized Freedom of Information laws to embarrass young women for clicks.
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February 6, 2026 at 12:03 AM
@karlajstrand.com's February reads feature freedom fighters, champion horse racers, feminist vampires and more.
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February 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. There are hundreds of books being released every month, and it is…
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February 5, 2026 at 10:44 PM
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For #BlackHistorynmonth, reboosting a story about reproductive justice’s unsung Black leaders: How Black Leaders Formed the Reproductive Justice Movement msmagazine.com/2024/02/06/b...
How Black Leaders Formed the Reproductive Justice Movement
Before the end of Black History Month, we should remember some of the leaders who shaped the movement in the years before Roe v. Wade.
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February 5, 2026 at 12:37 PM
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I found out yesterday that my friend Suzannah Lessard has died. Here are my thoughts on her work-& how they help us think about the Epstein revelations: Sex, Power and Impunity: Epstein’s Legacy in Historical Perspective msmagazine.com/2025/12/03/t...
Sex, Power and Impunity: Epstein’s Legacy in Historical Perspective
What good does it do women or Epstein victims of sexual coercion, trafficking and other mistreatment—to raise the heat on Trump and the files?
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February 5, 2026 at 12:48 PM
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LA friends, see extremism expert @milleridriss.bsky.social at @msmagazine.com on Feb 18 at 6:00pm PST! This urgent conversation with Kathy Spillar will focus on her book, Man Up, and the explosion of misogyny driving a surge of mass and far-right violence

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February 5, 2026 at 7:10 PM
From weekly birth control to emergency contraception, mifepristone’s future reveals who truly controls women’s bodies.
Who Controls Mifepristone? The Politics Blocking a New Era of Contraception
From weekly birth control to emergency contraception, mifepristone’s future reveals who truly controls women’s bodies.
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February 5, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Between February and July of 2025, Black women lost 319,000 jobs in the U.S. labor market.
Trump-Era Federal Layoffs Hit Black Women Hardest
In 2025, hundreds of thousands of Black women lost their federal government jobs due to DOGE cuts and layoffs via the Trump administration.
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February 5, 2026 at 4:20 PM
It’s impossible to ignore the administration’s blend of violent repression and overwhelming cringe. #MsReads via @motherjones.com
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The power of mocking Trump’s pathetic monsters
It's impossible to ignore the administration's blend of violent repression and overwhelming cringe.
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February 5, 2026 at 12:07 AM
Antiabortion politics are delaying treatments for some of the most common and debilitating conditions affecting women: endometriosis, cancer and chronic illness.

From our Winter issue:
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Mifepristone Could Treat Endometriosis, Some Cancers, Depression and Chronic Illness—If Politics Didn’t Interfere
Across a range of conditions that disproportionately affect women, research into mifepristone's potential has been slowed, defunded or blocked altogether. Nowhere is that clearer than in the…
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February 4, 2026 at 10:43 PM