1+ hour, 17+ min ago  (1293+ words) At 3: 00 a. m. , long before the sun rises over the mountains of central Haiti, Mirlanda Sully is already at work. In the darkness, she measures rice, sorts beans and packs flour, preparing goods to sell later that day in the market. Then…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago  (1077+ words) Since our last report " + Texas Tech University has adopted a new university-wide policy that effectively bans the teaching and any research on LGBTQ+ topics in all its academic programs. Critics call these strict prohibitions an attack on women and gender…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago  (1751+ words) This month's international elections are a reminder that, despite women being left out of certain rooms of power, they are being increasingly included in others." This month, elections wrapped up across the Bahamas, Cabo Verde, Cyprus and Malta, and the…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago  (466+ words) Attacks on the legitimacy of U. S. elections is steadily moving beyond political rhetoric into political tactics as some government actors are testing the boundaries of election oversight in ways that could undermine public trust. Recently, Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco seized…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago  (778+ words) Originally published by Pass Blue, a women-led nonprofit newsroom that covers the U. N. and global women's rights. There is no shortage of cases of torture in the headlines. The details are grim, as always: abuse behind closed doors, lives irrevocably altered,…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (919+ words) As we pause to mark Memorial Day on Monday, I'm thinking about the women affected by war'whether they're fighting on the front lines, working in the service as nurses, or civilians saddled with the consequences of wars started by men…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (1003+ words) This essay is part of an'ongoing'Ms.'series'examining the real-world impact of'President Donald Trump's proposed fiscal year 2027 budget. Across sectors'from healthcare and childcare to immigration enforcement and food assistance'the series explores what the administration's funding priorities reveal about who government serves,…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (714+ words) As states across the U. S. have banned abortion post-Dobbs, advocates and experts here have been forced to look outside of our borders for assistance, recognizing that other nations have recently mobilized to legalize abortion and have much to teach us, particularly…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (648+ words) This story was originally published by'The Contrarian as "Democracy Demands Women's Health Stay Front and Center." It is critically important to keep reproductive health and the chaos at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) front and center in the headlines....

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (1080+ words) FRISCO, TEXAS " On a Tuesday night in March, a troop of Boy Scouts stepped to the front of a Dallas-suburb city council chamber and led the Pledge of Allegiance. A clip went viral within hours. The reposts came in the…...