Five conversation starters for your next digital gathering.

*"Getting Together with Ms."** | **April 21, 2020*

*Log on to social media in the age of social distancing and it might seem like everyone you know has been digitally gathering with friends, family, books clubs, coworkers and more via Zoom, Google Hangouts, FaceTime, Skype and other video chatting platforms. The "Ms". Team has put together a few of our top articles – perfect conversation starters at your next digital get-together! *

*From Nevada to Pennsylvania, Voting Rights Battles Erupt in Key Swing States [ [link removed] ]*

BY STEVEN ROSENFELD | Troubling signs are emerging that voter suppression efforts will intensify in battleground states before the general election this November. In some key states, Republicans have already begun changing the rules to favor their base this fall.

*"Abortion is Not Elective": Midwest Reproductive Health Care During a Pandemic [ [link removed] ]*

BY ABBEY HARDY-FAIRBANKS and CHRISTINA BOURNE | "Most patients we cared for had been seeking abortion care for at least two to three weeks, with multiple clinic appointments cancelled due to restrictions. Several of these patients would have been able to have a medication abortion, but due to the delays, were no longer eligible."

*Getting Cops Out of California Schools [ [link removed] ]*

BY NADIA FARJAMI | For many students of color, the presence of school resource officers (SROs)-armed, district-funded trained police officers-does not make school a safer place. [This article is a part of "The" "Future is Ms.", an ongoing series of news reports by young feminists, made possible by a grant from SayItForward.org.]

*On 4/20, Feminist Conversations Shift to the War on Drugs [ [link removed] ]*

BY FIONA PESTANA | Exposing the racism and misogyny of The War on Drugs.

*I (Don't) Want A Wife [ [link removed] ]*

BY MAGGIE TRINKLE | This moving, personal essay sparked robust conversation on social media this week. A modern response to Judy Brady's classic satirical feminist manifesto, "I Want a Wife" (which appeared in the first issue of "Ms". in 1971), Trinkle envisions a feminist society for all.

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