Founding Feminists has won Gold at the 2026 Anthem Awards. Presented by the organization behind the prestigious Webby Awards, ...

The elation that so many of us have been feeling in the wake of the mid-terms has been tamped down in Idaho as the result of ...

On Sept. 17, following nearly three years of litigation and a six-week trial, California’s Department of Justice delivered ...

Happy Election Day! Ms. editors and contributors are paying particular attention to the races and ballot measures with the greatest implications for women, feminism and democracy. This election ...

Abortion rights are on the ballot in four states this Election Day. In Missouri, lawmakers are trying to reverse protections voters approved just two years ago.

One in three. That’s how many of the nation’s governors will be women next year. At least 17 women will lead states in 2027, ...

Marcia Ann Gillespie was my dear friend for 40 years, but long before that, she was my inspiration. She is rightly remembered ...

Marcia and I first met in 1966 at Time-Life Books, our first jobs after college. We didn’t know each other, because we worked in different research departments at opposite ends of the same floor in ...

As editor-in-chief of Essence and later Ms., Gillespie challenged the media’s exclusion of Black women, amplified their voices and helped redefine what women’s magazines could ...

The U.S. ranks as the 31st most dangerous country for women, 55th in maternal mortality, 43rd in closing the gender pay gap, ...

Donna L. Blackwell, Ph.D., is a former marketing and communications executive whose career has included leadership roles at Avon Products in Manhattan, UNICEF USA, the Desmond Tutu Peace Foundation, ...