Today at Ms . | September 1, 2020

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Democracy Needs You: How and Why You Should Become a Poll Worker This November [[link removed]]

BY VIOLET RAWLINGS & AUDREY GIBBS | Today is National Poll Worker Recruitment Day! Wondering how you can get involved in the coming elections? Register to be a nonpartisan poll monitor to help people navigate the voting process and cast their ballots without intimidation (And say hello [[link removed]] to Ms . intern and co-author of this article, Violet Rawlings, who is volunteering as a poll worker!)

“We The Africans”: How Two U.S. College Students Are Fighting a Hunger Pandemic in Ghana and Nigeria [[link removed]]

BY SHRIYA BHATTACHARYA | Meet Mary Yeboah and Koluchi Odiegwu—two second year college students—who have raised more than $32,000 for the residents of nine remote villages in Ghana and Nigeria, who are facing mass hunger caused by coronavirus. They have helped feed more than 800 families since April.

Fact Check: Trump Rejects UN Criticism of Using COVID-19 to Violate Reproductive Rights—Despite Evidence [[link removed]]

BY LAUREN CROSS | FACT: 11 states used baseless claims to restrict abortion access, under the guise of protecting public health during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Tune in for a new episode of Ms. magazine's podcast, On the Issues with Michele Goodwin on Apple Podcasts [[link removed]] + Spotify [[link removed]] .
For Women's Equality Day, Dr. Goodwin and her guests take a deep dive into the fraught and complex history of the 19th Amendment, to help listeners understand the power and promise of the women’s vote—and where we go from here.
We hope you'll listen, subscribe, rate and review today!

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