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Today at Ms. | July 5, 2023
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Turning 50: Writing Women into the Story of Hip-Hop, Five Decades After its Founding [[link removed]]
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BY JANELL HOBSON | A feminist history of the past five decades of hip-hop ought to be told. Far from being secondary players, women and girls have been integral to this cultural phenomenon.
(This series is part of “ Turning 50 [[link removed]] ,” which recognizes the women who shaped hip-hop.)
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Our Abortion Stories: ‘I Had an Abortion … I Had Everything I Needed, Including a Choice’ [[link removed]]
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A rally in support of abortion rights outside the U.S. Supreme Court in on April 14, 2023—the day the Court temporarily preserved access to mifepristone, a widely used abortion pill, in an 11th-hour ruling preventing lower court restrictions on the drug from coming into force. (Probal Rashid / LightRocket via Getty Images)
BY SEN. MARTHA HENNESSEY | Former state Senator Martha Hennessey details her abortion experience, inspired by the first person she ever told—Gloria Steinem.
”I fell into the small percentage of those who become pregnant while on the pill. … I did not have to go to Sweden. I did not have to tell my parents. I did not have to tell anyone my reasons, because it did not matter. … I cannot fully understand why I let anyone keep me from speaking openly about doing the right thing for myself and my family, including our seven granddaughters, but that changes today.”
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Abortion Stigma Is a Reality AAPI Women Know All Too Well [[link removed]]
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Supporters of abortion rights protest at Union Square during Labor Day on September 5, 2022 in New York City. (Jenn Moreno / VIEWpress)
BY ISRA PANANON WEEKS | Twenty-two million Asian Americans live in the United States, and one-third of low-income Asian women reside in states where abortion is banned or severely limited. Yet there is little research that examines the reproductive health care needs of AAPI communities.
AAPI women deserve frank conversations about our health and open communication about where to find care. We deserve to access sexual and reproductive health services easily, often, and without shame.
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In early June 2023, for the second time in two months, Trump was indicted—this time on 37 felony counts for allegedly mishandling sensitive, classified government materials and obstruction of justice. What does this most recent indictment mean for Trump, the 2024 elections, and the future of American democracy as a whole?
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