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The team includes Lina Khan, the FTC commissioner under Biden, and other Democratic former city officials. #MsReads via @guardian.com
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Zohran Mamdani announces all-female transition team as he prepares for New York mayoralty
Team includes Lina Khan, the FTC commissioner under Biden, and other Democratic former city officials
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November 7, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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Food banks are already seeing a surge as tens of millions of families prepare for their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits to freeze. #MsReads via @axios.com
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Food banks brace for 42 million without SNAP
The gap will be impossible to fill, those working to feed the nation's neediest said.
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October 28, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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"To most of the medical system, we’re secondary to the fetuses we carry." #MsReads via @thecut.com
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The Best Doctors Are Abortion Providers
To most of the medical system, pregnant people are secondary to the fetuses they carry.
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October 23, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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Fascist regimes pushed narratives of domestic bliss, yet relied on women’s unpaid labor. In the US today, ‘womanosphere’ influencers promote the same fantasies. #MsReads via @theguardian.com
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From Nazi Germany to Trump’s America: why strongmen rely on women at home
Fascist regimes pushed narratives of domestic bliss, yet relied on women’s unpaid labor. In the US today, ‘womanosphere’ influencers promote the same fantasies
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September 26, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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By ignoring the rhetoric and actions of the Turning Point USA founder, pundits and politicians are sanitizing his legacy. #MsReads via @vanityfair.com
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Charlie Kirk, Redeemed: A Political Class Finds Its Lost Cause
By ignoring the rhetoric and actions of the Turning Point USA founder, pundits and politicians are sanitizing his legacy.
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September 24, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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Funding cuts to UNFPA have led to the closure of 44 health facilities, 10 safe spaces, one mental health centre, and 14 mobile reproductive health and protection teams. #MsReads via @unfpa.org
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Health workers lose support structures and pregnant women die: The reality of funding cuts hits in Yemen
In #Yemen, more than 1,000 health workers and 400 safe space staff have lost their jobs due to funding cuts. Millions cannot access vital services. See how @‌UNFPA is working to sustain life-saving…
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September 23, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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How Charlie Kirk captured conservative young men:
🔹 Deliberately provocative takes
🔹 Ardent religiosity fueling his appeal—and why his assassination resonates
🔹 The allure of the American dream

#MsReads via Young Men Research Initiative
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How Charlie Kirk Captured Conservative Young Men
From entering the scene as a teenage activist to his tragic assassination last Wednesday, Charlie Kirk had his finger on the pulse.
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September 18, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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"We have a particular duty to denounce violence when it originates on our own side, whatever side we are on. ... The goal of making such violence unthinkable requires nothing less." #MsReads via @thebulwark.com www.thebulwark.com/p/confrontin...
Confronting a Fuller Picture of Charlie Kirk’s Killer
It is vital, in this moment, to be honest and direct with what Tyler Robinson wrote and why he wrote it.
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September 17, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Federal judge overturns part of Florida’s book ban law:

"I understand the importance of ... keeping books in classrooms and school libraries. ... Every few years, the books teachers have chosen to teach come under attack." #MsReads via @us.theconversation.com
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Federal judge overturns part of Florida’s book ban law, drawing on nearly 100 years of precedent protecting First Amendment access to ideas
A federal judge found a Florida law censoring school library books violates students’ First Amendment rights.
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September 17, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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"Turning Point isn't a debate organization, it's a conflict machine." #MsReads thecycle.substack.com/p/fear-factory
Fear Factory
Turning Point isn't a Debate Organization, its a Conflict Machine
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September 15, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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USAID has retracted a statement to The New York Times claiming that nearly $10 million in contraceptives, paid for by the United States government but held in a warehouse in Belgium, were destroyed this week. #MsReads via @thehill.com
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September 12, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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"We fought to make abortion legal in our state. But what good does that do if people can’t afford care?" #MsReads via @jessicavalenti.bsky.social
Voters Thought They Were Overturning An Abortion Ban. They Got This Headache Instead.
A report from the frontlines of abortion access in Missouri
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September 5, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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Harassment and online threats on those same platforms are more widespread than ever, and the platforms’ systems and resources for reporting these threats have become increasingly ineffective. #MsReads via @techpolicypress.bsky.social
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Tools for Reporting Online Violence Are Broken. Here’s How to Fix Them | TechPolicy.Press
Sherry Hakimi writes online threats won’t end until platforms stop working in silos and build a universal reporting system that prioritizes user safety.
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September 4, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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"The bill’s support for child care relies on tax credits and deferrals, disproportionately benefiting wealthier families and corporations — an overall theme of the bill itself." #MsReads via @thehill.com
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September 3, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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"Parents don’t need to do more or try harder. We need connection." #MsReads via @us.theconversation.com
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Parents don’t need to try harder – to ease parenting stress, forget self-reliance and look for ways to share the care
A paradigm shift toward more social support is in order. It may sound countercultural, but really it’s a return to how people have raised children for thousands of years.
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August 22, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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"The president credits democracy superfan Vladimir Putin with the idea. Yes, really." #MsReads via @motherjones.com
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Trump's promise to end vote-by-mail is yet another attack on disabled voters
The president credits democracy superfan Vladimir Putin with the idea. Yes, really.
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August 20, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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States and communities have already been shouldering sizable cybersecurity responsibility for decades. Learn more on the latest Aspen Digital blog from‪ @powa-sec.bsky.social @cltcberkeley.bsky.social‬ ‪@aspendigital.bsky.social #MsReads #CyberCivilDefense www.aspendigital.org/blog/states-...
States Are Leading on Cyber Volunteering
States and communities are leading on expanding cyber volunteering programs, but we can do more to support this burgeoning cyber safety net.
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August 20, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Advocates for women’s rights fear what the Trump administration could do to roll back hard-fought gains for women workers. #MsReads
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How bent BLS data could fuel conservatives’ war on working women
Advocates for women’s rights fear what the Trump administration could do to roll back hard-fought gains for women workers.
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August 19, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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The influential artist and organizer died in May at the age of 58. Her work championed queer people and women of color who felt excluded by the mainstream disability rights movement. #MsReads via @19thnews.org
In life and in art, Patty Berne made space for disabled people to thrive
The influential artist and organizer died in May at the age of 58. Her work championed queer people and women of color who felt excluded by the mainstream disability rights movement.
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August 12, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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Pete Hegseth recently shared a video in which several pastors say women should no longer be allowed to vote. #MsReads via @theguardian.com
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Pete Hegseth reposts video that says women shouldn’t be allowed to vote
Progressive evangelical group says ideas shared by pastors and amplified by defense secretary are ‘very disturbing’
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August 11, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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"Children who were raised on screens need more freedom out in the real world." #MsReads via @theatlantic.com
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What Kids Told Us About How to Get Them Off Their Phones
Children who were raised on screens need more freedom out in the real world.
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August 5, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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"What began as an assault on abortion access is morphing into a full-scale redefinition of health care." #MsReads
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Not just abortion: How anti-choice politics are reshaping Idaho health care for everyone • Idaho Capital Sun
What began as an assault on abortion access is morphing into a full-scale redefinition of health care, writes guest columnist Debra Rosen.
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July 22, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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Few OB-GYNs get disability training—and their disabled patients are far likelier to die. #MsReads via @motherjones.com
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Pregnancy is a minefield when you're disabled
Few OB-GYNs get disability training—and their disabled patients are far likelier to die.
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July 21, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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"DOJ's one-day sentencing recommendation sends a chilling message. Across America, Black women disproportionately suffer police violence – and all too often their deaths are brushed aside." #MsReads via ‪@usatoday.com‬
DOJ seeks 1-day sentence for officer in Breonna Taylor killing. It's an insult. | Opinion
The 1-day sentence sought by Trump's Department of Justice for former Louisville police officer Brett Hankison is an injustice to Breonna Taylor.
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July 21, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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"Due to Kentucky's restrictive laws, comprehensive abortion training is no longer available in the state... Without this training or the ability to provide comprehensive care, residents may be left with no choice but to leave and pursue education elsewhere." #MsReads
Opinion | I Can't Be the Ob/Gyn I Aspire to Be in an Abortion Ban State
Restrictions in Kentucky pose barriers to comprehensive training and care
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July 14, 2025 at 11:02 PM