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By Deborah Widiss, Rachel Arnow-Richman, Stephanie Bornstein and Tristin Green | Since the Trump administration made diversity, equality and inclusion “immoral” and “illegal,” a large part of workplace discrimination in the country still remains to be experienced by women and members of racial minority groups. Now, these groups have less of a platform to make complaints about such discrimination.

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By Elmira Bayrasli | Russia’s hostility to feminism today stems not from its foreignness, but from memory. A century ago, it was Russian women who lit the first sparks of revolution. On International Women’s Day in 1917, factory workers filled the streets of Petrograd demanding bread, peace and equality—an uprising that toppled the Romanovs and pulled the world into modernity. Under the Bolsheviks, women won the right to vote, divorce became accessible and abortion was legalized. For a brief, radical moment, the Soviet experiment made women’s liberation a pillar of the state.

Julia Ioffe’s book, Motherland: A Feminist History of Modern Russia, from Revolution to Autocracy, reminds us that today’s Russia rejects feminism precisely because it once knew what it could do: ignite revolutions, upend hierarchies and reimagine power itself.

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By Katie Fleischer | The government shutdown continues, with Republicans refusing to extend enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies. Federal workers continue to go without pay, and critical programs will begin running out of funding in November.

At a press conference on Tuesday, Oct. 28, hosted by anti-hunger advocates including MAZON and Share Our Strength, speakers warned that the ongoing government shutdown could soon disrupt SNAP benefits—an unprecedented crisis in U.S. history. Claire Babineaux-Fontenot of Share Our Strength said her organization is “very concerned that the shutdown is happening as holidays are approaching and under the context of rising food prices,” noting that many children rely on SNAP for meals when school is out. Abby Leibman, president and CEO of MAZON, called the situation “so unprecedented and so cruel … unlawful” and said, “We have never seen our government turn on its people this way.”

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This last Supreme Court term was harrowing—from momentous merits decisions about the First Amendment, parental rights, trans rights and more, to the stream of shocking “shadow docket” decisions and its enabling of many of the Trump administration’s executive actions. What does the 2025-2026 term have in store for our nation? What do we think will advance through the Court? What do we think will come up, when it comes to the shadow docket? And perhaps most importantly, how will the Court choose to mediate the Trump administration’s continued onslaught of executive actions?

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