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A ‘March on Billionaires’ event on July 17, 2020 in New York City. (Spencer Platt / Getty Images)

BY AMY ROYCE| On Dec. 5, the Supreme Court will hear Moore v. United States, which could dramatically limit the government’s ability to raise revenue for critical priorities, including childcare, disability care, affordable housing and paid leave. It could also widen an already gaping wealth gap for women and people of color, particularly single Black women and Latinas.

The case is being brought by Charles and Kathleen Moore, who own a small stake in an Indian manufacturing firm. Due to a provision in the 2017 Trump tax law, the couple was directed to pay a one-time tax of $15,000 on the profits of their investments. Rather than do so, they are challenging the law. Unless you’re a tax lawyer, this technical legal question may not only seem dry, but also irrelevant. So why should women care about this case? Even a narrow ruling in favor of the Moores could upend our existing tax code.

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Anti-abortion activists participate in a Celebrate Life Day Rally at the Lincoln Memorial on June 24, 2023, the first anniversary of the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Supreme Court decision which reversed abortion rights established by Roe v. Wade. (Anna Rose Layden / Getty Images)

BY KAVITHA SURANA | On the floors of state legislatures over the past year, doctors detailed the risks their pregnant patients have faced when forced to wait to terminate until their health deteriorated. Women shared their trauma. Some Republican lawmakers even promised to support clarifications.

But so far, few efforts to add exceptions to the laws have succeeded.

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Elisa Lees Muñoz at the IWMF Courage in Journalism Awards on Oct. 23, 2023, in Washington, D.C.; Cindi Leive at the Fast Company Innovation Festival at the 92nd Street Y on Oct. 25, 2018 in New York City. (Kevin Mazur / Getty Images for IWMF) (Bennett Raglin / Getty Images for Fast Company)

BY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S MEDIA FOUNDATION | Both Elisa Lees Muñoz and Cindi Leive have built their decades-long careers creating and uplifting reporting by and for women. In this back-and-forth conversation, the two journalists discuss the risks women in the news face, the importance of women-centered and feminist reporting, and how we can best protect press freedom.

(This essay is part of the “Feminist Journalism is Essential to Democracy” project—Ms. magazine’s latest installment of Women & Democracy, presented in partnership with the International Women’s Media Foundation.)

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