Trump says Republicans should 'nationalize' elections, take control from states President Trump said Republicans should try to "nationalize" elections as he keeps leveling unfounded claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election.

President Trump said Republicans should try to "nationalize" elections as he keeps leveling unfounded claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election.

Theater Latté Da is accepting applications through October 15 for its NEXT Generation Commission. This $20,000 commission supports the creation and development of a new musical theatre project by a creative team that includes women artists and/or artists of color.
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Twenty-Five Years of Mifepristone: How Activists Brought the Abortion Pill to America and Changed Reproductive Health Forever 25 Years of RU-486: How Activists Brought the Abortion Pill Mifepristone to America and Changed Reproductive Health Forever

Mifepristone is safe, effective, and essential. Backed by 100+ studies and trusted by millions of patients over 25 years, it’s one of the safest medications out there.

The science is clear: attacks on mifepristone are political, not medical.
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Court Rules Against Trump Order That NEA Should Deny Grants Over 'Gender Ideology' A federal judge in Rhode Island has ruled that the Trump administration rule that the National Endowment for the Arts should withhold grants to applicants deemed to promote “gender ideology,” violated the First Amendment.

A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration rule that the NEA should withhold grants from applicants deemed to promote “gender ideology” violated the First Amendment.

Over a Million Women Are at Risk of a Pay Cut Under a New Trump Rule Care workers were deemed 'essential' during COVID-19. The Trump Department of Labor wants to strip away their most basic wage protections.

Currently, one in six live below the federal poverty line. If the 2015 rule is rescinded, these workers wouldn’t even be required to be paid $7.25 under federal law.

Dispelling dangerous myths: how contraception works, why it’s not an abortifacient, and how it saves lives.

The Trump administration released a long-delayed, drastically scaled-back version of the State Department’s annual human rights report. Shrinking it to just one-tenth the length of last year’s. Entire sections on abuses against women and LGBTQ people are gone, replaced by a narrower focus on

Fifteen Years of U.N. Women—and 15 Calls to Action the World Can’t Ignore As global threats to women’s rights escalate, U.N. Women outlines urgent solutions to protect hard-won gains and build a more equal future.

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “U.N. Women’s 15 Calls to Action provide essential guidelines that every country, community & individual should be taking note of in order to create a world built for women’s safety & success.” @msmagazine.com @jackabra.bsky.social msmagazine.com/2025/07/23/u...

Attacks on Abortion Access Are as Old as White Supremacist Patriarchy Itself. Here’s How We Fight Back. What really underlies attacks on our bodily autonomy isn’t a devotion to “life,” but a desire for dominance. “In the history of abortion, every single time there is a wave of criminalization of aborti...

"When we tell the story of American slavery, most of it is told through the lens of forced labor and not forced sexual labor. We ignore terminologies that are really important." @michelebgoodwin.bsky.social

Women Playwrights Lose the Limelight After years of progress in diversity, many companies’ upcoming slates feature mostly, and in some cases entirely, male-writer lineups. The backslide has prompted an outcry.

Why are there so few women playwrights in so many NYC theaters' new season lineups?
"Are we seeing a reflection of the country’s increasingly misogynist politics? Is there a kind of moral fatigue at play? "
@helenshaw.bsky.social reports
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Where Are the Women? New Theater Season Announcements Signal a Troubling Setback I’ve been writing about the lack of female representation in creative teams for almost 20 years. When I wrote a series on female playwrights a couple of years back, there was a sense that things were getting better. Indeed, when Julia Jordan handed off leadership of the Lillys in December 2023, she proudly reported that gender parity had been reached on off-Broadway stages dedicated to new plays. There was even talk of sunsetting the organization, which has been a driving force in promoting gender parity.

Where Are the Women? New Theater Season Announcements Signal a Troubling Setback

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We Came. We Saw. Now What? Five years after an anti-racist manifesto challenged the theatre industry, we search for answers and accountability.

Five years after the anti-racist manifesto We See You, White American Theatre challenged the theatre industry, Gabriela Furtado Coutinho and Kelundra Smith search for answers and accountability. From our Spring 2025 print issue:
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All of L.A. is not a ‘war zone.’ We separate facts from spin and disinformation amid immigration raids What's actually happening during the ICE sweeps and protests across Los Angeles.

All of L.A. is not a ‘war zone.’ We separate facts from spin and disinformation amid immigration raids, protests throughout the city. Latest w/ @karenmg.bsky.social @tarantulaarms.bsky.social www.latimes.com/california/s...

The Feminist Leadership Syllabus: Where History, Politics and Pedagogy Meet When women assume a position of power, does she represent feminist leadership? Can she govern according to feminist principles? What is the difference between women’s leadership and feminist leadershi...

This new resource for educators and students explores why feminist leadership still eludes the U.S.—and how we teach toward it.

In the Face of Trump’s Erasure, We Must Write Women Back Into the Story - Ms. Magazine As Trump's executive orders call for the deletion of women's accomplishments from federal websites, it's more imperative than ever to fight back against this threatening erasure.

Why don’t we learn about so many historically important women? The answer is as old as patriarchy itself: it’s easier to dismiss women if we forget what they’ve done.

NEA Terminates Grants Following Trump’s Proposal to Eliminate the Agency The National Endowment for the Arts has canceled numerous grants to arts organizations following President Trump's proposal to eliminate the agency, impacting theaters and nonprofits across the U.S.

The National Endowment for the Arts has began withdrawing approved and recommended grants.

Who's Behind the SAVE Act? Billionaire MAGA donors, anti-women politicians and Trump loyalists are the forces behind Republicans' dangerous assault on voting rights.

Meet the billionaire MAGA donors, anti-women politicians and Trump loyalists who are trying to restrict voting rights for millions of women.

In Just 100 Days, Trump Has Already Achieved One-Third of Project 2025 Agenda - Ms. Magazine A new Project 2025 tracker reveals how the Trump administration is advancing policies that erode civil rights, healthcare access and worker protections.

A new community-based tracker reveals how quickly the Trump administration is advancing policies that erode civil rights, healthcare access and worker protections.

Rearming Domestic Abusers: Trump’s New Gun Policy Threatens Women Across the Country President Donald Trump restored gun rights to his friend Mel Gibson, who admitted to abusing his girlfriend. In a reality where domestic abusers are armed, women will suffer most. —A gun in a domestic...

A wave of behind-the-scenes policy shifts is clearing the way for armed abusers—putting women’s lives in even greater danger.

"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both."

—Louis Brandeis

"If you can purchase US citizenship for $5 million, the “illegals” are only guilty of being poor." -Feminist News

Trump administration orders half of national forests open for logging An emergency order removes protections covering over half the land managed by the U.S. Forest Service as the president aims to boost timber production.

"Trump administration orders half of national forests open for logging...

"An emergency order removes protections covering more than half the land managed by the U.S. Forest Service..."

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Trump Administration Slashes Reproductive Healthcare Funding for Millions On March 31, the Trump administration sent letters to Planned Parenthood affiliates and other reproductive health clinics in 20 states announcing a freeze of close to $35 million in federal Title X fu...

On March 31, the Trump administration sent letters to Planned Parenthood affiliates and other reproductive health clinics in 20 states announcing a freeze of close to $35 million in federal Title X funding as of April 1.

LIVE: Cory Booker speaks on the Senate floor YouTube video by Associated Press

A Black man just beat the record for the longest filibuster, defeating the record previously held by a man who filibustered the literal Civil Rights Act.

As the time ticked over, Cory Booker announced he did it not out of hatred for who he opposed, but out of love for those who supported him.

U.S. corporate profits surged to a record high in Q4 2024, according to Commerce Department data.

Remember this as Trump tries to cut the corporate tax rate to 15%.

Corporations have used inflation as cover to price-gouge us. Trump wants them to keep more of the spoils.

Twenty-Nine States Have a Not-So-Secret Weapon to Fight for Democracy As the Trump administration’s attacks on women’s rights, reproductive access and LGBTQ equality continue in force, state executive leaders have emerged as potent frontline responders. Among the tools ...

In the states, equal rights amendments are protecting people where the federal government can’t—or won’t.

It’s Time to Take Action—Even Though It Feels Dangerous - Ms. Magazine “Action is the antidote to despair." I find this statement by the legendary activist/songwriter, Joan Baez, to be particularly relevant and inspiring in this time when it’s so easy to fall into…

"Time to stop the handwringing and worse, the silence, about what is happening in the U.S. that is having an impact everywhere in the world."

While Trump Sows Division, Women Leaders Chart a Path Forward for Democracy During the same week as the president’s address to Congress, RepresentWomen held our annual Democracy Solutions Summit. This solutions-oriented event allowed us to imagine what our democracy could loo...

While President Trump’s recent address to Congress overlooked pressing national issues, women leaders at the Democracy Solutions Summit presented actionable strategies for a more inclusive and representative democracy.​

Biodiversity loss in all species and every ecosystem linked to humans – report Sweeping synthesis of 2,000 global studies leaves no doubt about scale of problem and role of humans, say experts Humans are driving biodiversity loss among all species across the planet, according to a synthesis of more than 2,000 studies. The exhaustive global analysis leaves no doubt about the devastating impact humans are having on Earth, according to researchers from the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag) and the University of Zurich. The study – which accounted for nearly 100,000 sites across all continents – found that human activities had resulted in “unprecedented effects on biodiversity”, according to the paper, published in Nature. Continue reading...

Biodiversity loss in all species and every ecosystem linked to humans – report