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By Hazel Kaminsky | I have aspired for a political career since elementary school, where I would pour over books about female trailblazers. As a fifth grader, I dressed up as Ruth Bader Ginsburg for Halloween and posed for a photo with a boy my age dressed in a Trump costume.

I am a high school senior now, and the playful divide that picture symbolized has become all too real. 

As Jan. 20 approaches—the one-year anniversary of Donald Trump’s inauguration—I find myself taking stock of what has shifted in that first year of his return to power. The political climate that once felt abstract or distant now shapes my classrooms, my friendships and my sense of what adulthood will demand of me.

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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.

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By  Carrie N. Baker | On Sept. 28, 2025, activists nationwide commemorated the 25th anniversary of the U.S. Food and  Drug Administration’s approval of mifepristone for early termination of pregnancy.

Beyond abortion care, the FDA has also approved mifepristone for treatment of Cushing’s disease (a hormonal disorder) and has granted “compassionate use” to treat meningioma (a benign brain tumor) and other serious or immediately life-threatening conditions. Doctors widely prescribe mifepristone off-label to manage miscarriage, treat ectopic pregnancies, support cervical dilation during childbirth and induce labor.

But the drug has many other uses, especially for women. 

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Tune in for a new episode of Ms. magazine's podcast, On the Issues with Michele Goodwin, at MsMagazine.com, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts. 

Welcome to “The Magazine,” our mini-pod, which gives a peek into Ms. magazine’s forthcoming and current issues. In this episode, take a glimpse inside our Winter 2026 issue, which delves into the promise and potential of the abortion medication Mifepristone—which has been shown to treat a striking range of diseases and conditions including fibroids, breast cancer, depression, endometriosis and more. Also in the Winter issue: Jess Michaels on surviving Epstein, the Iceland “Women’s Strike” turns 50, and more.

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