What Topics and Current Stories Does Ms. Magazine Cover?

Ms. Magazine covers feminist news, analysis, and cultural criticism across politics, law, international affairs, and the arts—and its recent front page shows that range clearly. If you want to know what the publication is actually running right now, the current stories cluster around four areas: institutional failures in sexual assault cases, voting rights, the U.S. retreat from global engagement, and feminist readings of culture. The magazine also publishes a Fall issue and a weekly news digest, so the site functions as both a rolling news outlet and a magazine with themed editions.

Recent reporting on sexual violence and institutional failure

One of the most prominent current stories is a reported lawsuit by a former Cornell University student who alleges she was pressured to take ketamine and then gang-raped for seven hours at a Cornell fraternity house. The piece connects this case to A24's film Primetime and argues that public exposure—whether through film or social media outrage—often becomes the only recourse when universities and law enforcement fail to act.

The coverage also notes a concrete development: Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten said his office is reopening its investigation and acknowledged it had relied on campus police's investigation rather than conducting its own. Ms. frames the open question as whether Cornell and law enforcement will answer the questions raised by the lawsuit, and whether the next student who comes forward will have to wait for the internet to demand answers.

This is a useful example of how the magazine handles a news story: it reports the legal development, then asks what it says about institutional accountability.

Voting rights and political participation

Another current piece is framed as "We Fought Too Hard for This Vote. Here's How We Protect It." It sits alongside the magazine's Fall issue, which the site describes as covering Gloria Steinem's legacy, voting rights, and the Epstein modeling pipeline. Voting rights appears as a recurring thread rather than a one-off topic, tying into the magazine's broader focus on how women's experiences and voices enter national debate.

International affairs and American withdrawal

"'America Is Better With Friends': What We Lose When the U.S. Turns Away From the World" is a current story examining the consequences of U.S. disengagement internationally. It shows that the magazine's feminist lens extends to foreign policy and global relationships, not just domestic gender issues.

Culture: theater, books, and reimagined stories

Ms. runs cultural criticism with a feminist angle. Two current examples:

• "What If the Virgin Mary Had Said No?" — a review of the off-Broadway play The Body of Mary, described as hilarious and heartbreaking, which reimagines an old story.
• "In 'Lotus Leadership,' Kamini Ramani Explores What Immigrant Daughters Owe the Mothers Who Taught Them to Be Strong but Quiet" — coverage of a book about immigrant daughters and their relationships with their mothers.

These pieces show the magazine treating books and theater as sites where feminist questions get worked out, not as separate "lifestyle" content.

Investigative threads: the Epstein legacy and the modeling industry

The Fall issue includes reporting on what the site calls "the darker side of the modeling industry"—a hidden path connected to sex exploitation, Jeffrey Epstein, and the abuse of women and girls. This is framed as an unpacking of "a critical aspect of the Epstein legacy," positioning the magazine's investigative work alongside its cultural coverage.

How to follow current coverage

If your goal is to track a specific issue—say, campus sexual assault investigations or voting rights—the homepage and the weekly digest are the fastest ways to see what's new. If you want sustained, themed treatment of a subject, the quarterly issue is where that lives. The magazine describes itself as "more than a magazine; it's a movement," which is a fair signal that its coverage blends reporting with advocacy framing rather than aiming for neutral wire-service style.