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Today at Ms. | May 12, 2025
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Profiles in Courage: Denise Cheung Had the Courage to Walk Away From a Compromised Justice Department [[link removed]]
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By Sheree L. Williams and Eleanor Wesley | Ms.‘ Profiles in Courage honors the extraordinary women and men who have transformed American institutions through principled public service. At a time when trust in government is fragile, these stories offer a powerful reminder of what ethical leadership looks like—from those who litigate for civil rights and resign on principle, to those who break military barriers and defend democracy on the front lines.
As the head of the Criminal Division at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Washington, D.C., Cheung wielded unparalleled oversight over national security cases, violent crime prosecutions, and some of the most consequential investigations in recent history—including many of the prosecutions stemming from the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. However, in February, faced with a Justice Department under increasing political pressure, she made a principled decision: to resign rather than compromise the integrity of her office.
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Employers Must Choose: Complicity or Courage on Civil Rights [[link removed]]
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By Seher Khawaja | As the Trump administration wages an unlawful assault on civil rights, employers and institutions must resist complicity and stand firm in defending the anti-discrimination laws that remain the backbone of workplace equality—because we all have a stake in the fight against a regime that fosters discrimination and inequity.
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Why Trump’s Pronatalist Agenda Is Actually Anti-Motherhood [[link removed]]
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By Sara Estep | The Trump administration’s motherhood agenda touts family values—while gutting the tax breaks, healthcare and childcare programs that real moms rely on.
While the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress are working together to raise prices and taxes on single-mom families in order to pay for tax cuts for the rich, they’re also trying to defund the social safety net programs so many of these moms rely on like Medicaid and SNAP. Across the nation, more than four in 10 births are financed by Medicaid. How do congressional Republicans expect women to want to have children without healthcare? How do they expect families to thrive without SNAP, which helps nearly 40 percent of single moms put food on their tables? The answer is, they don’t.
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Despite persistent obstacles—from intergenerational pay inequity and earning just 63.7 cents for every dollar made by a white guy for the same work, to constant surveillance and doubt—Black women consistently excel in their chosen fields and rise to leadership positions. In this episode, we’re joined by powerful Black women in leadership to discuss the glass ceilings, glass cliffs, pink ghettos, and other obstacles they’ve faced—and the strategies they’ve used to triumph against the odds.
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