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Today at Ms. | May 29, 2025
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Profiles in Courage: IRS vs. ICE? Melanie Krause Quit Rather Than Hand Over Your Tax Data for Deportations [[link removed]]
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By ELEANOR WESLEY and SHEREE L. WILLIAMS | Profiles in Courage honors the extraordinary women and men who have transformed American institutions through principled public service. At a time when trust in government is fragile, these stories offer a powerful reminder of what ethical leadership looks like—from those who litigate for civil rights and resign on principle, to those who break military barriers and defend democracy on the front lines.
As soon as Trump took office, the administration unveiled a plan to share IRS taxpayer data with the Department of Homeland Security to accelerate immigration enforcement. On the morning of Tuesday, April 15 (coincidentally Tax Day), Krause convened her leadership team. With quiet resolve, she announced that she would accept a deferred resignation offer rather than lend her name or the agency’s credibility to a policy she believed threatened taxpayer privacy, undermined statutory limits and risked eroding voluntary compliance.
“If the public cannot trust that their confidential returns will remain sacrosanct,” she said, “the foundation of our tax system cracks.”
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The ‘Subway Shirt’: How Young Women Are Dressing to Deflect Unwanted Attention [[link removed]]
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By LEORA TANENBAUM | An excerpt from Sexy Selfie Nation: Standing Up for Yourself in Today’s Toxic, Sexist Culture , in which Leora Tanenbaum offers an incisive exploration of why many young women wear body-revealing outfits and share sexy selfies and what these choices say about our toxic, sexist culture:
“As temperatures in New York City climbed, young women faced a dilemma: They wanted to wear summery tank tops and miniskirts but were concerned that as they traveled around the city, especially on the subway, they would be met with predatory stares, harassing, ‘Hey baby, won’t you give me a smile?’ comments, and even unwanted touches and gropes.
“And so, being resourceful New York women, they hatched a solution: the ‘subway shirt’—an oversized, shapeless shirt one slips over her ‘real’ outfit.”
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Who Gets Hurt When Congress Cuts Healthcare and Food Aid? Everyone But the Rich. [[link removed]]
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By SAGE WARNER | House Republicans just passed a “big, beautiful” budget bill that would devastate basic needs programs for the most vulnerable Americans in order to pay for tax breaks for the rich. It now heads to the Senate, where Republicans aim to pass a final version by July 4.
Who gets hurt when Congress cuts healthcare and food aid?
Children with disabilities who lose access to therapy. Seniors who can no longer afford their medications. Single mothers choosing between rent and food. Adults with disabilities forced from their homes into institutions. Rural families left without doctors or groceries. Over 10 million people who could lose Medicaid. More than 42 million who rely on SNAP. And every American who believes that basic dignity shouldn’t depend on your ZIP code, income or party in power.
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In this emergency episode, we’re ringing the alarm bells: We just learned that in the state of Georgia, a woman named Adriana Smith, who passed away in February, and has been declared brain-dead, is being forcibly kept on a ventilator due to the state’s strict abortion ban, against her family’s wishes. Dr. Michele Goodwin breaks down Adriana Smith’s case, and the cases of other women who, like Smith, have been disrespected and desecrated in death thanks to abortion bans and pregnancy exclusion laws.
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