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Today at Ms. | January 8, 2026
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The Affordability Crisis Is Here, and It’s Hitting the Working Class the Hardest [[link removed]]
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By Angela Hanks and Julie Margetta Morgan | A new national survey reveals that rising prices are forcing working-class families to skip meals, delay care and rely on high-cost debt to survive.
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Ms. Global: Iraq’s Child Marriage Surge, Hurricane Devastation in Jamaica, Historic EU Abortion Vote and More [[link removed]]
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By Olivia Mccabe and Maya Olson | The U.S. ranks as the 19th most dangerous country for women, 11th in maternal mortality, 30th in closing the gender pay gap, 75th in women’s political representation, and painfully lacks paid family leave and equal access to health care. But Ms. has always understood: Feminist movements around the world hold answers to some of the U.S.’s most intractable problems. Ms. Global is taking note of feminists worldwide.
This week: News from Iraq, Jamaica, the EU, Cambodia and Thailand, and more.
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I’m a Texan. But I Don’t Know if I Can Be a Texas OB-GYN. [[link removed]]
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By Bonnie Fuller | Mary (not her real name) tells her story to Bonnie Fuller:
“Texans don’t give up easily, and I’m a Texan. I’m in my second year of medical school in Texas, and I’m studying to be an OB-GYN.
“I grew up in Texas, and I’m open-minded about staying in the state to practice obstetrics and gynecology after I graduate, despite the laws that ban most abortions from conception. A lot of the people that I love are in Texas, and there’s this big draw to stay here because it’s my community. I really want to care for other women.
“But what worries me most about practicing here is that I won’t be able to provide certain types of care because of the laws. I worry about the moral distress I’ll feel if I’m unable to act in particular cases—especially in emergency situations when a woman might need a termination and the law says that you can’t do one.”
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