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Letter from an Editor | August 10, 2024
Dear John,
I don’t think I’m the only one who’s noticed a distinct shift in the tone of the discourse around this election over the past week or so from one of dread, to one of excitement. One might have expected that to die down in the weeks following the announcement of Kamala Harris’s nomination—but instead, it ramped up this week with the announcement of Harris’s selection of Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate.
It’s true that advocates for feminist issues like reproductive health, child welfare and public education have a lot to be excited about when it comes to having Walz on the ticket. The Minnesota Governor has a strong track record when it comes to supporting abortion rights, and is very outspoken about his family’s experience of going through IVF. Last year, he signed into law broad protections for abortion and other reproductive rights, along with protections for gender-affirming care. In his former career as a school teacher he stood up for students, starting the first Gay-Straight Alliance at the high school he worked at in the 90’s. Later on, as Governor, he signed a bill to provide free breakfast and lunch to all Minnesota students, regardless of family income, at participating schools.
This track record is important, because the Republican agenda on all these issues is more than just “weird”—it’s downright dangerous. Though the head of the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 stepped down last month, that does not mean that the Project itself is over, by any means. In fact in some ways, it’s already being put into action: Senate Republicans last week blocked a tax policy bill that could have expanded the child tax credit, which would lift 500,000 children out of poverty according to a study from the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities.
With all this in mind, we’re going to be on the ground in Chicago in one week at the Democratic National Convention—listening in on key speeches, and reporting on the policies and politicians that matter to feminists this election year. If you’re in Chicago, we’d like to invite you to join us! We’ll be featured at several events throughout the DNC:
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Monday
8/19
@
2pm
CT:
Join
the
Feminist
Majority
and
ERA
Coalition
for
a
Feminist
Equalitea
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gathering
in
celebration
of
Kamala
Harris
for
smashing
the
highest
of
glass
ceilings,
the
ratification
of
the
Equal
Rights
Amendment
and
the
fight
for
its
recognition,
and
fabulous
feminist
candidates
and
elected
officials
at
Palmer
House
Hilton,
State
Ballroom,
17
East
Monroe
Street
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Tuesday
8/20
@
Noon
CT:
USC
Annenberg
School
will
host
“Why
Women
Matter”
(a
media
series
with
Ms.,
Politico,
Univision,
and
others)
featuring
Michele
Goodwin,
Jennifer
Weiss-Wolf,
Carol
Jenkins
and
myself
at
Hilton
Chicago,
Astoria
Room
3rd
Floor,
720
South
Michigan
Avenue
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Wednesday
8/21
@
Noon
CT:
USC
Annenberg
School
will
host
a
conversation
between
myself
and
expert
pollster
Celinda
Lake
at
Hilton
Chicago,
Astoria
Room
3rd
Floor,
720
South
Michigan
Avenue
We hope to see you there! And even if you’re not going to be in Chicago, be sure to check MsMagazine.com or subscribe to our daily newsletters [[link removed]] for ongoing dispatches from the DNC.
Onward,
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Kathy Spillar
Executive Editor
P.S. — As the Paris Olympics come to a close this Sunday, we’re celebrating women’s wins, gender parity, and saluting Title IX (which of course, Project 2025 intends to destroy). Check out Susan Shaw’s excellent piece about the U.S. women’s basketball team and Title IX below!
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