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Today at Ms. | June 27, 2025
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Keeping Score: Americans Oppose Mass Deportations; Supreme Court Upholds Free Preventive Care Under ACA [[link removed]]
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By Katie Fleischer | In every issue of Ms., we track research on our progress in the fight for equality, catalogue can’t-miss quotes from feminist voices and keep tabs on the feminist movement’s many milestones. We’re Keeping Score online, too—in this biweekly roundup.
This week:
—marking three years since the Dobbs decision overturned Roe v. Wade
—"Deep cracks are showing in the Trump and Miller mass deportation agenda," says Vanessa Cárdenas, executive director of America’s Voice.
—Rest in power, Minnesota Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark, who were assassinated in an act of political violence.
—The Supreme Court upheld bans on gender-affirming care for minors.
—Harvey Weinstein was again convicted of a criminal sex act.
—raising awareness for LGBTQ Equal Pay Day
... and more.
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Kaila Adia Story on Why Queer Liberation Must Center Black Feminism [[link removed]]
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By Janell Hobson | The Black Feminist in Public series continues with a conversation with Kaila Adia Story, professor of women’s, gender and sexuality studies at the University of Louisville, co-host of the award-winning podcast Strange Fruit and is the author of the recently published The Rainbow Ain’t Never Been Enuf: On the Myth of LGBTQ+ Solidarity .
“Black feminist thinkers and scholars are the blueprint for not only Black feminist liberation but queer liberation, trans liberation,” said Kaila Adia Story.
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Karen Read Was Acquitted of Second-Degree Murder. The Misogyny She Faced Remains on Trial. [[link removed]]
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By Cat Ross | Karen Read was acquitted on Wednesday, June 18, of the second-degree murder of her late boyfriend, Boston police officer John O’Keefe. Last summer, a harrowing eight-week trial in Dedham, Mass., ended in a hung jury. In her international-headline-making retrial, which lasted nearly two months from late April until June, the jury reached a final verdict: innocent on all charges, except operating a motor vehicle under the influence, for which she will likely only receive probation.
No matter what one’s opinion on the controversial Boston murder trial of Karen Read, the misogyny plaguing her case is unquestionably clear.
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Welcome to Speaking Freely: a First Amendment Podcast with Stephen Rohde. In this new series, First Amendment expert Stephen Rohde, who has litigated and written about freedom of expression for decades, will explore some of the most controversial free speech and free press cases decided by the U.S. Supreme Court—looking at hot-button issues like hate speech, defamation, incitement, social media, obscenity, flag burning, espionage, and academic freedom.
We hope you'll listen, subscribe, rate and review today!
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