Nasrin Sotoudeh is an Iranian human rights lawyer and activist who, along with her husband Reza Khandan, has been repeatedly arrested for her women's rights activism and spent six years in prison. In
(This article originally appeared in the December 2001/January 2002 issue of Ms. magazine.) A free, independent and critical press is never more crucial than in wartime, when millions of lives and the
Democrats are trying to flip the U.S. House, currently narrowly controlled by Republicans, in November. And while all 435 House seats are up for election in 2026, only a handful of competitive races w
Attorney General Todd Blanche came to Dallas this week to deliver a “law and order” message at Trump’s midterm rally, where he praised the president and promised accountability for people who break th
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Fewer people are logging onto dating apps. But is the problem the sites or how we use them? When someone asks my close friend Yukon how she and her partner met, she cheekily responds: “The old fashion
“Get ready for bed with me as I do a six step skincare routine and then sleep on the pillow my dog has been laying on.”
Click to expand Image Opposition politician Edwin Sifuna speaks during a rally in Nyandiwo, Homa Bay county, Kenya, on August 16, 2026. © 2026 Linda Mwananchi Media (Nairobi) – Criminal gangs in
With just two months until the midterm elections, voters across party lines are looking for candidates who are willing to take on corruption, hold powerful abusers accountable and demand the full rele
On Wednesday, Sep. 9, a three-judge panel of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans heard oral arguments in Louisiana v. FDA , a lawsuit filed by the Louisiana attorney general seeking to end
America PAC, Elon Musk’s super PAC supporting conservative candidates and causes, is churning out dozens of digital ads vilifying transgender people and criticizing Democratic candidates over their pa
INDIANAPOLIS — Does Indiana’s near-total abortion ban impinge on religious freedom? That’s the question that was brought before the Indiana Supreme Court on Thursday morning. Oral arguments were the l
There are no trans women in the WNBA, and no known history of them ever having played in the league. So how did Sophie Cunningham and Enes Kanter Freedom become the faces of a movement to “protect” wo
Twenty-five years after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, many Muslim Americans are still perceived in ways shaped by 9/11 and continue to face discrimination, bigotry and suspicion. Muslim
