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 ...

Cognitive scientist and podcaster Maya Shankar on infertility, surrogacy, being Indian American, motherhood, marriage and democracy.

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 SAVE America Act moves through Congress and groups mobilize, confusion about the bill's requirements fuel misinformation and political spin.

The SAVE Act, Republicans’ attempt to strip voting rights from women, low-income and young voters to “safeguarde” elections, is in the Senate.

Texas A&M’s Women’s and Gender Studies Closure Signals a Wider Crackdown on Academic Freedom

In Sinners, Ryan Coogler blends Southern horror, Black history, ancestral magic and power (especially women's), and feminist resistance

Trump dismantles the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, leaving students in K-12 schools and colleges without protection.

How the Trump administration has mobilized state-sponsored terror in Minneapolis and beyond.

The Massachusetts Survivors Act would allow for reduced sentences for women survivors in prison with domestic violence-related crimes.

As Europe rolls out national programs to confront misogyny and harassment in schools, the United States still lacks a coordinated response.

Hundreds of children are currently being held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas. In letters and drawings, eight kids convey the pain of feeling trapped with no…

Ms. magazine's latest Women & Democracy series with Black Girls’ Guide to Surviving Menopause reframes midlife as a justice issue *and* a site of power.

Let me tell you what it's like to live in state-sanctioned, gender-based violence.  In prison, we wake up when male guards tell us to. We wear what they tell us to wear. We eat what they give us, whe...

Mifepristone is more than just an abortion pill. From fibroids to miscarriage care, its medical promise has been sacrificed to ideology.

The incomplete story of menopause: Medical racism, patriarchy and white empiricism intersect to impact women’s health, especially Black women.

Denmark’s expansive public benefits like childcare and paid family leave blunt the long-term economic costs of motherhood for working women.

‘A Deliberate Attempt to Terrorize’: Former FBI Agent Asha Rangappa on What Real Law Enforcement Looks Like—and What ICE Is Not

Sundance 2026: Based on a True Story, 'The Huntress' Film Mythologizes a Vigilante Born of Juárez’s Violence

Midlife, Older and Menopausal Women Are a Sleeping Giant Voter Bloc in 2026—Even as the SAVE Act Put Their Voting Rights Them at Risk

The Missing Voices in the Epstein Files' Media Commentary: Feminist Researchers, Writers and Sexual Assault Prevention Educators

The Hawleys’ latest project seeks to move the antiabortion fight beyond the courts and into culture, elections and state legislatures.

As Congress revives the SAVE Act, new proof-of-citizenship rules could reshape voter registration in ways that burden women voters.

‘We Will Not Be Sidelined Again’: Survivors Respond After DOJ Releases Epstein Files With Unredacted Names and Personal Details

Porsha Ngumezi. Josseli Barnica. Yeniifer Alvarez-Estrada Glick. Nevaeh Crain. Amber Nicole Thurman. Candi Miller. Taysha Wilkinson-Sobieski. Tierra Walker. Today, 21 states ban abortion or restrict ...

While we are on the subject of hockey (cough, Heated Rivalry) ... why doesn’t the NHL have a domestic violence policy?

Part 2 of three-part series on misogyny and political violence with sociologist Cynthia Miller-Idriss and masculinity writer Jackson Katz

Ciji Graham. Tierra Walker. Porsha Ngumezi. Josseli Barnica. Yeniifer Alvarez-Estrada Glick. Nevaeh Crain. Amber Nicole Thurman. Candi Miller. Taysha Wilkinson-Sobieski. Tierra Walker. Today, 22 sta...

The 30 most popular articles published on MsMagazine.com 2025—that feminists most clicked, read, shared and passed out at marches.

Declared brain-dead in February, Adriana Smith is on life support in Georgia against her family’s wishes because of the state abortion ban.

In a new bonus episode of <em>Looking Back, Moving Forward</em>, <em>Ms.</em> executive editor Kathy Spillar, consulting editor Carmen Rios, <em>Ms.</em> Committee of Scholars co-chair Janell Jobson, ...

In a new bonus episode of <em>Looking Back, Moving Forward</em>, <em>Ms.</em> executive editor Kathy Spillar, consulting editor Carmen Rios, <em>Ms.</em> Committee of Scholars co-chair Janell Jobson, ...

The 30 most popular articles published on MsMagazine.com 2025—that feminists most clicked, read, shared and passed out at marches.

Disrupting intimidation: how Latin American working immigrant women at a central Texas hotel are fighting for workers’ rights

As 2025 comes to a close, we’re taking a moment to honor the wins—large and small—that reminded us progress is still possible. Here are a few feminist victories worth celebrating.

As 2025 comes to a close, we’re taking a moment to honor the wins—large and small—that reminded us progress is still possible. Here are a few feminist victories worth celebrating.

Intimate partner and domestic violence in police families, paired with oversight and policies, make officer-abusers a public safety threat.

Breaking Down WNBA Pay for Women Athletes and Why It Matters: a case study in systemic undervaluing of women’s work

Physicians across specialties—from oncology to dermatology—report that abortion bans are undermining patient care.

In this episode, Dr. Michele Goodwin is joined by Jessica Michaels, a sexual assault awareness advocate and Epstein survivor.

“I just gave birth. I’ll be back at work in a couple weeks”: Out-of-office messages show caregiving responsibilities of U.S. moms and daughters

As FACE enforcement collapses, anti abortion groups are gearing up to launch a new wave of coordinated clinic blockades.