From the ongoing fight for abortion rights and access, to elections, to the drive for the Equal Rights Amendment, there are a multitude of battles to keep up with. In this weekly roundup, find the absolute need-to-know news for feminists.

U.S. border patrol agents process a group of migrants in San Ysidro, Calif., on May 11, 2023. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

BY MARY GIOVAGNOLI | For months now, the words “we must do something about the border” have been thrown about in the United States—as though the border were a leaky roof or broken window that could be quickly repaired and made new again. Listen closely, however, and it becomes apparent that many politicians mean something different altogether: To them, “doing something about the border” means preventing people from accessing border crossings and preventing them from obtaining asylum or other legal means of entry. The only “fixing” going on is the kind that makes it so people in need can be turned away.

To the thousands of people arriving at the southwest border each day, “doing something about the border” frequently translates into despair and tragedy. Many of the schemes currently being proposed—such as bringing back some form of Title 42 expulsions or gutting the asylum system—will affect real people.

The impact on those real people easily gets lost in budget talks and political squabbling. Understanding who is coming to the border can help us make better decisions about what actually needs to be done to create a functioning migration system.

But painting a picture of who is coming to the U.S. requires some statistical context.

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Because it's hard to keep up with everything going on in the world right now. Here's what we're reading this week: 

• "A Nurse Called Police After a Black Woman Miscarried—There’s a History to That” — Mother Jones
• "How tens of thousands of Black U.S. doctors simply vanished” — The Washington Post

Listen to United Bodies—a new podcast about the lived experience of health, from Ms. Studios, on Apple Podcasts+ Spotify. 

Grief is long, complicated, isolating, and devastating. It’s also something that we will all experience. So then, the question becomes, if so many of us are experiencing such profound loss in our lives, why isn’t it easier to talk about? In this episode, Wanda Irving, Co-Founder of Dr. Shalon’s Maternal Action Project, joins to discuss grief and how she’s used it to spark a movement. 

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