Jamila K. Taylor, Author at Ms. Magazine https://msmagazine.com/author/jktaylor/ More Than A Magazine, A Movement Tue, 10 Jun 2025 15:08:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://msmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/cropped-ms-logo-32x32.jpg Jamila K. Taylor, Author at Ms. Magazine https://msmagazine.com/author/jktaylor/ 32 32 Why Democracy Needs Data—and What Happens When It Vanishes https://msmagazine.com/2025/05/20/trump-data-collection-budget-cuts-research-surveys/ Tue, 20 May 2025 21:18:21 +0000 https://msmagazine.com/?p=379824 In the first few months of Donald Trump’s return to the presidency, one thing has become crystal clear: The war on gender and racial equity is being waged in a new arena—on the battleground of data.

This fight isn’t waged with tweets or soundbites. It’s carried out through budget cuts, shuttered research programs and disappearing federal surveys. It’s a quiet but devastating assault on the tools we rely on to tell the truth—and to hold those in power accountable. And the message is chilling: If we can’t measure inequality, maybe we can pretend it doesn’t exist.

When race is stripped from maternal health reports, we overlook the crisis facing Black mothers. When LGBTQ+ identity is erased from youth surveys, we lose critical insight into mental health and safety. When disability status is omitted from labor market data, inequities in access and pay go unaddressed.

We need a renewed federal commitment to the research infrastructure that allows us to see and solve inequality—not ignore it.

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]]> Five Actions the Biden Administration Can Take To Expand and Protect Abortion Access https://msmagazine.com/2022/06/27/biden-abortion/ Mon, 27 Jun 2022 18:27:00 +0000 https://libertymediams.wpenginepowered.com/?p=291803 The Biden–Harris administration alone cannot solve the abortion access crisis that will worsen now that Roe is officially overturned—but it is not without options to act. By exploring the five avenues discussed here, the administration can help mitigate the harm that is about to come.

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]]> Ending the Public Health Emergency Could Prove Disastrous for New Moms on Medicaid https://msmagazine.com/2022/03/22/new-moms-medicaid-covid-pandemic/ Tue, 22 Mar 2022 21:13:00 +0000 https://libertymediams.wpenginepowered.com/?p=277401 Last week, the Senate narrowly passed a bill that would end the national emergency declaration for the pandemic after two years. Next month, the nationwide public health emergency is set to end as well. While the steadily falling case numbers are encouraging, for many pregnant people and new moms who qualify for Medicaid, the crisis is far from over, and the end of pandemic-era flexibilities could mean disaster.

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