Impeachment, #MeToo and Kavanaugh-the week in review.

Dear John,

It's been an extraordinary week here at "Ms". As the impeachment inquiry into President Trump moves forward, we've been reporting on the feminist lawmakers leading the fight to save our democracy, as well as the ways in which women's opinions are shaping public sentiment.

It has also been two years since the online explosion of the #MeToo movement and one year since Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation to the Supreme Court-and "Ms". has been reporting and truth-telling every step of the way.

It's the goal of the "Ms". team to not simply report on allegations of harassment and misconduct as they arise, but also to provide a unique, feminist perspective and solutions-focused journalism. I hope you will read and share some of the stories we've rounded up for you below.

In these dangerous times, now more than ever, "Ms". is needed to keep feminists everywhere informed and empowered to fight back. If you are able, please consider supporting our work for as little as $5 a month. [ [link removed] ]

For equality,
Kathy Spillar, Executive Editor

P.S. The fall issue is a must-read. Check out a sneak peek of what's inside [ [link removed] ] before the issue hits newsstands.
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*Weekly Digest | October 5, 2019*

Less than two weeks have passed since Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the House of Representatives launched an inquiry into President Donald Trump's abuses of power-and new revelations about the extent of the President's wrongdoing are emerging every day. Feminist lawmakers are leading the fight to save our democracy in Congress by holding the Trump administration accountable [ [link removed] ].

As the impeachment inquiry heats up, one thing is for sure: women are driving public opinion. One of the first new polls has made clear that women's attitudes are shaping the country's overall sentiment on impeachment [ [link removed] ]. 54 percent of women support beginning an impeachment inquiry, compared to 45 percent of men who do-a nine-point gender gap.

We explained what it means that the House has begun an impeachment inquiry and what happens next. Then we asked our readers-what else do you want to know about impeachment?-and answered a few of their queries [ [link removed] ]. If you have a question for the next edition of Ask "Ms"., tweet at us using #AskMs and we'll do our best to answer.

This week marks two years since Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey's bombshell piece exposed Harvey Weinstein's decades of sexual harassment and abuse, resulting in the viral explosion of the #MeToo movement. [ [link removed] ]

It also marks one year since the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. We've compiled reflections on Kavanaugh's appointment to the Supreme Court: Golden Globe winner Kathleen Turner reflected on the "mountain of misogyny" that polluted his confirmation process [ [link removed] ]-and the abuse Dr. Christine Blasey Ford faced when speaking out against injustice. We took a hard look at the new book, "The Education of Brett Kavanaugh" [ [link removed] ]-and the ways in which the authors made an effort to be fair to Kavanaugh at the expense of fairness to Ford and Deborah Ramirez. We reported on the effects of his confirmation on the 2018 Midterm Elections. At the time, many Republicans predicted that Democrats who took a stand against the Supreme Court nominee would be punished at the polls; the opposite turned out to be true [ [link removed] ].
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*More Must-Reads from "Ms". *

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*On Breaking the Gender Barrier at Yale-50 Years Later [ [link removed] ]*

Another milestone-fifty years ago, Yale accepted its first class of women students. Last month, some 250 of those women returned to campus to look back, take stock and celebrate.

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*In Spite of Taliban Threats, Afghan Women Come Out to Cement Their Right to Vote [ [link removed] ]*

Presidential Elections were held in Afghanistan last Saturday. Despite threats of violence from the Taliban, women turned out to vote. With those votes, they made a statement: women will retain their right to vote, and the Taliban will not take it away.

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*October Reads for the Rest of Us [ [link removed] ]*

[ [link removed] ]New book recommendations from our resident gender and women's studies librarian, featuring much anticipated fall releases from Cyntoia Brown-Long, Eliane Brum and others.

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*In Midst of Polarized Times, a Hopeful Experiment in Deliberative Democracy Shows Voters Can Agree on Solutions to the Country's Problems [ [link removed] ]*

Many consider political polarization-the vast gap between Republicans and Democrats-to be a defining and ever-growing feature of American politics today. But an experiment called "America in One Room" set out to discover just how rigid and vast that gap is. Turns out: it's not as solid or as wide as you may think.