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Today at Ms. | December 2, 2022
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White Men Are the Last Best Hope for Herschel Walker in Georgia Senate Runoff [[link removed]]
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Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) at a campaign rally featuring former President Barack Obama on Dec. 1, 2022 in Atlanta. Warnock continues to campaign throughout Georgia for the runoff election on Dec. 6 against his Republican challenger Herschel Walker. (Win McNamee / Getty Images)
BY JACKSON KATZ | What happens in Georgia Dec. 6 doesn’t stay in Georgia. If Democratic U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock can hold off Republican challenger Herschel Walker and win reelection, the Democrats will gain a 51-49 advantage in the Senate, giving them slim but clear majorities in key committees. Vice President Kamala Harris will no longer need to cast tie-breaking votes to pass legislation, confirm federal judges, and otherwise advance liberal and progressive priorities.
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White Christians Are Still Taking Native Children [[link removed]]
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Rosa Alvarez, a Yaqui Indian Native American, was protected under Indian Child Welfare Act, passed by Congress in 1978 to help keep Native American children close to their families and traditional heritage. (Joshua Lott / The Washington Post via Getty Images)
BY CARRIE N. BAKER | The U.S. Supreme Court recently heard oral arguments in a case, challenging the constitutionality of the 1978 Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA).
The lead plaintiffs, the Brackeens, are a well-to-do white, evangelical Texan couple, who are seeking to adopt a Navaho girl against the wishes of her relatives, who want to adopt her themselves. Among other arguments, the Brackeens allege reverse racism—that the law discriminates against them based on their race in violation of the equality guarantees of the U.S. Constitution.
But this is just the most recent chapter in a long history of white people taking Native children from their parents, tribes and cultures.
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Ms. Muse: Melissa Studdard on the Power of Poetry to Create the World We Want [[link removed]]
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BY CHIVAS SANDAGE | Ms. Muse is a discovery place for riotous, righteous and resonant feminist poetry that nourishes and gives voice to a rising tide of female resistance.
How do you redeem a woman’s worst nightmare lived—or at least one of them? How do you give a mute, silenced or dead woman a voice? These are a few of the questions answered by Melissa Studdard’s poems.
“after I died / I put my clothes back on. / Like women do. / When everything has been taken.”
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Iran is currently experiencing its largest civil rights movement since the 1979 revolution. Dr. Goodwin is joined by Dr. Parmis Khatibi and Dr. Yalda Hamidi to delve into the feminist uprising, sparked by the killing of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini—who died after being detained by the Iranian "morality police" for being improperly veiled.
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