Roxy Szal
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reporter, managing digital editor @msmagazine.com, former Texas teacher. [email protected] (she, her)
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“Recovery is not just a personal journey. It is a political one."

Explore our latest Women & Democracy offering, presented in collaboration with @oneillinstitute.bsky.social in honor of National Recovery Month: The Right to Recovery is Essential to Democracy.
The Right to Recovery is Essential to Democracy
Recovery is a democracy issue. In honor of #RecoveryMonth, we partnered with Georgetown Law’s O'Neill Institute to explore addiction, gender justice & solutions that center dignity, equity, care & civ...
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On Oct. 3, 1977, Rosie Jiménez—a 27-year-old mother, student and aspiring teacher in McAllen, Texas—died after being denied Medicaid coverage for abortion.

Nearly 50 years later, the policy that killed her is still on the books.
Remembering Rosie Jiménez: How the Hyde Amendment Took Her Life and Denies Care Today
Rosie Jiménez—a 27-year-old mother, student and aspiring teacher in McAllen, Texas—died after being denied Medicaid coverage for abortion
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A must-read: @msmagazine.com is running an important 4-part series about the rise in anti-abortion violence under the Trump administration.

It feels especially timely this week, as conservatives try to paint the left as politically violent in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s murder.
Antiabortion Violence in America: A Ms. Investigation Archives - Ms. Magazine
Ms.’ four-part investigation into antiabortion violence reveals how political extremism, radicalized religion and weakened federal protections have created a climate of unprecedented danger for aborti...
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"if we’re going to get real equality, we have to have a constitutional guarantee of equality."

for the latest episode of "looking back, moving forward," i talked to ms. executive ed kathy spillar about the promise of the equal rights amendment.

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‘Who Could Be Opposed to This?’: Why the ERA Is Kathy Spillar’s ‘North Star’ in the Fight for Gender Equality
‘Who Could Be Opposed to This?’: Why the ERA Is Kathy Spillar’s ‘North Star’ in the Fight for Gender Equality
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"the expectation of equality is the most important cultural thing that we can achieve."

in the latest episode of "looking back, moving forward," i talked to trailblazer carol moseley braun about the long battle for the ERA—and why it still matters.

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‘I’m Not Going to Tolerate Being Treated as a Second-Class Citizen’: Carol Moseley Braun Isn’t Giving Up on the Fight for Constitutional Equality
‘I’m Not Going to Tolerate Being Treated as a Second-Class Citizen’: Carol Moseley Braun Isn’t Giving Up on the Fight for Constitutional Equality
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Carol Moseley Braun became the first Black woman elected to the Senate after her involvement in the movement to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment. In the final episode of Looking Back, Moving Forward, more than 40 years later, she asked a simple question: “Why haven’t we gotten this right yet?”
‘I’m Not Going to Tolerate Being Treated as a Second-Class Citizen’: Carol Moseley Braun Isn’t Giving Up on the Fight for Constitutional Equality
‘I’m Not Going to Tolerate Being Treated as a Second-Class Citizen’: Carol Moseley Braun Isn’t Giving Up on the Fight for Constitutional Equality
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"people think it’s either won, or we can’t ever do it. they’re both wrong."

i talked to @feminist.org president ellie smeal for the latest ep of "looking back, moving forward" about the history and future of the fight for the ERA.

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‘It Was The Most Important Thing I Could Do’: Ellie Smeal Reflects on a Lifetime of ERA Activism—And What Comes Next
‘It Was The Most Important Thing I Could Do’: Ellie Smeal Reflects on a Lifetime of ERA Activism—And What Comes Next
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Survivors of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell came together in Washington, D.C., united in demanding truth, accountability, and the release of long-hidden federal files. See our photos from the event:
PHOTO ESSAY: Epstein Survivors Confront Congress, Demand Transparency
Survivors of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell united in Washington, D.C., demanding truth, accountability and release of federal files.
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The Heritage Foundation is hyping the Catholic-based "restorative reproductive medicine" as an "ethical" alternative to IVF. In reality, it’s just standard fertility care repackaged to advance a pro-natalist agenda. #reproductiverights #Catholic #Project2025

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Trump’s IVF Walkback Opens the Door to a Catholic 'Alternative'
President Donald Trump’s IVF Walkback Opens the Door to a Catholic 'Alternative': Restorative reproductive medicine
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"As abortion pills and telehealth expand access nationwide, antiabortion crisis pregnancy centers are rebranding as 'telehealth providers' to mislead and delay patients seeking real care." More from Carrie N. Baker, @msmagazine.com:
Digital Deception: Beware the Rise of Fake Telehealth Abortion Clinics
antiabortion crisis pregnancy centers are rebranding as ‘telehealth providers’ to mislead and delay women seeking real care.
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"Their agenda is to dismantle constitutional protections, disempower communities of color, and consolidate white moneyed interests. And it’s working. Today, nearly 60 percent of state supreme court justices were appointed by Republican governors."
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State Courts Hold the Power to Free Us Or Erase Us
State supreme courts decide abortion, protest, custody and LGBTQ+ rights—critical battlegrounds for women, democracy and grassroots power.
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In Front & Center, Mississippi mom Adrian explains how guaranteed income has lifted a weight off her shoulders: “Money is always tight. Childcare was always a struggle. I was told I made too much money to qualify for help, but it never felt like enough.”
‘Some Months Are Good, Some Aren’t’: A Mississippi Mom on Security, Self-Reliance and Showing Up for Her Kids
Front & Center is a collaboration with Springboard to Opportunities, a nonprofit in Jackson, Miss., working with mothers in federally subsidized housing.
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Where to find the best August books by women, femme, feminist, queer, trans, Black, Brown, and Native writers?? My latest for @msmagazine.com, of course!

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August 2025 Reads for the Rest of Us
The best feminist books written by women, Black, brown, AAPI, LGBTQ, Native, disabled, trans, nonbinary writers in August 2025.
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Care work fuels every part of our economy, yet remains undervalued.

Building a strong economy means making care central to economic recovery and growth.

Hear more on Looking Back, Moving Forward w/ @msmagazine.com feat. @lenorepalladino.bsky.social 🎧 msmagazine.com/2025/08/01/gen...
Poverty Is a Policy Choice—and Women Deserve More 
In the third episode of the <em>Ms.</em> Studios podcast <em>Looking Back, Moving Forward</em>, economists and advocates break down how our economy is leaving women behind and lay out strategies for advancing a feminist economic future. “Poverty is the result of systems that have been intentionally put in place that the majority of us benefit from,” said Aisha Nyandoro, founding CEO of Springboard to Opportunities, home to the Magnolia Mother’s Trust guaranteed income program. “So much of the conversation among economists and among policy people about infrastructure has always been about male-dominated infrastructure,” Lenore Palladino said. “We cannot rebuild our economy or build back better, as it were, with male-dominated sectors and not female-dominated sectors.” "We have to continually ask: In whose interests are we fighting? Who will benefit from the work that I'm doing right now? Who should we put at the center of our organizing campaigns?" said Premilla Nadasen, labor and women's historian. <strong>The newest <em>Ms.</em> podcast, <em>Looking Back, Moving Forward</em> is out now on <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/0UfhY6TQtiH1mkdm7y84YW">Spotify</a>, <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/looking-back-moving-forward/id1823086940">Apple Podcasts</a> or wherever you get your podcasts.</strong>
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