Ally Dickson

Jun 23, 2024 | msmagazine.com | Ally Dickson

Over 30 years after being kidnapped from her home in Queens, N.Y., and sex trafficked at 12 years old, Gabrielle Prieto came to terms with the realities of being a survivor. And now, nine years into her healing, Prieto is challenging the stigmas surrounding survivors of sex trafficking and advocates to end sex trade. “We have to crawl our way out, even though we tripped our way in,” said Prieto. Survivors who make it through the perilous process of exiting the trade need time to heal.

Mar 21, 2024 | msmagazine.com | Kathy Bonk |Jennifer Weiss-Wolf |Ally Dickson |Ting Cheng

Gender equality is the backbone of a free and fair democracy … which is why the fight to enshrine equality into the U.S. Constitution is foundational to Ms. and has been so since the magazine’s inception. Today we are closer than ever to securing the Equal Rights Amendment in the Constitution—just as the real-time need for its protections couldn’t be more alarmingly urgent. For Women’s History Month 2024, we proudly dedicate this installment of Women & Democracy to the bold future of the ERA.

Feb 20, 2024 | msmagazine.com | Ally Dickson

The “ERA YES” buttons are green—the color of money—signaling the huge role that economic issues play in the ERA. But in a world where hard-won rights to freedom are being rolled back, the Equal Rights Amendment means much more than equal pay, said Lisa Sales, president of Virginia National Organization for Women (NOW). The iconic green buttons were worn by many in the crowd at the Radical Optimism Conference on Jan.

Aug 8, 2023 | msmagazine.com | Ally Dickson

For close to a decade, EMW Women’s Surgical Center in Louisville, Ky.—a clinic providing reproductive healthcare, including abortions—shared a wall with BsideU, a fake abortion clinic, also known as a crisis pregnancy center (CPC). BsideU’s strategy was to confuse women seeking abortion care, luring them into their fake clinic, including putting up signs saying patients could park in front as long as they first came inside to get a parking pass.

Jul 14, 2023 | msmagazine.com | Ally Dickson

As soon as next month, a grand jury out of Georgia will be tasked to consider charges against former President Donald Trump and his Republican allies for trying to overturn the 2020 election. Sworn in Tuesday, these jurors will soon decide whether to approve indictments against Trump in the investigation led by District Attorney Fani Willis of Fulton County, Ga., which began in 2021.