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Jan 17, 2025 | 
msmagazine.com | Kathy Spillar
Hard-won rights are steadily being rolled back. Authoritarianism is once again fashionable, dressed up in slogans and banners. And billionaires are calling the shots. This moment feels grim and hopeless—but it’s not. Consider it, instead, a call to action for feminists everywhere. Ms. magazine was born for a time like this. Fifty-three years ago, Gloria.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
msmagazine.com | Kathy Spillar
Many of you have reached out to us, asking how the Ms. office and our staff are faring through the hellish Los Angeles fires. Thank you. I’m relieved to report that so far, none of us have lost our homes, though some have been evacuated and await the all-clear that they can return safely.
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Jan 6, 2025 | 
msmagazine.com | Kathy Spillar
We begin the year 2025 with a celebration: On Thursday, Ellie Smeal, president of the Feminist Majority Foundation and publisher of Ms., was awarded the Presidential Citizens Medal. President Joe Biden awarded Smeal the nation’s second highest civilian honor for “defining the movement for women’s rights.”In times like these, it feels important to acknowledge our movement leaders and celebrate our victories. Yet, we know the road ahead will be challenging.
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Dec 19, 2024 | 
msmagazine.com | Kathy Spillar
Well, it’s been a year. As we take a moment to regroup this holiday season and start to plan for 2025, I’m reflecting on some of the most important stories we covered this year at Ms. We focused on the issues that matter most to women—especially when it came to issues that the mainstream media establishment has often overlooked, but that we’ve been paying attention to for a long time. Here are six of them.
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Dec 12, 2024 | 
msmagazine.com | Kathy Spillar
The Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) this week announced the election of Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández(D-N.M.) as DWC’s chair for the 119th Congress, which starts in January. Leger Fernández served as the DWC vice chair in the 118th Congress and will now lead the largest ever DWC, which includes a record-breaking 96 members in the new Congress. Leger Fernández is a 17th-generation daughter of rural New Mexico.
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Nov 2, 2024 | 
msmagazine.com | Kathy Spillar
The January/February 1992 issue of Ms. proclaimed, in the bold script of feminist artist Barbara Kruger: RAGE + WOMEN = POWER. Over 30 years later, and with just days to go till an incredibly consequential election, I think this declaration is more true than ever. Women are outraged—and they have every reason to be. As we learned this week, at least two more Texas women have died after doctors delayed emergency abortion care under the state’s total abortion ban.
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Oct 25, 2024 | 
msmagazine.com | Kathy Spillar
In the last three elections, young voters played a pivotal role—and they stand to do so again in 2024, according to newly released Harvard Youth Poll. More than 40 million Gen Zers are eligible to vote, 20 percent of whom are first-time voters. In the latest installment of Ms.’ Women & Democracy platform, “The Youth Vote Is Essential to Democracy,” we explore their ideas and perspectives—in their own words, via essays, videos and more.
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Sep 30, 2024 | 
msmagazine.com | Kathy Spillar
“You will no longer be abandoned, lonely or scared. You will no longer be in danger. … You will be protected, and I will be your protector. … You will no longer be thinking about abortion.”What is he talking about!? Former president Trump’s remarks in Pennsylvania last week represented a new addition to his usual talking points—perhaps indicating that he’s taken notice of the sizable (and growing) gender gap ahead of November’s elections.
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Sep 17, 2024 | 
msmagazine.com | Kathy Spillar
As the nation celebrates Constitution Week, it’s ironic that, with the exception of the right to vote, American women are left out of our Constitution. That’s right: Even though women are more active than ever in shaping our nation’s future—53 percent of voters are women, and women hold more governorships, House and Senate seats than ever, plus 35 percent of all local school board seats, not to mention the workforce and military—we’re left out of the U.S. Constitution.
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Aug 16, 2024 | 
msmagazine.com | Kathy Spillar
Ms. editors and contributors are going to be on the ground at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago from Monday, Aug. 19, through Thursday, Aug. 22—listening in on key speeches, and reporting on the policies and politicians that matter to feminists this election year. If you’re in Chicago, we’d like to invite you to join us! We’ll be featured at several events throughout the DNC: Monday, Aug.
