2026 Events
For 60 years, the National Organization for Women (NOW) has led the charge for gender justice—transforming outrage into action and building the largest grassroots feminist movement in the United States. Founded in 1966 by visionaries including Betty Friedan, Dr. Reverend Pauli Murray, and Muriel Fox, NOW continues today with powerful, intersectional activism across every state, advancing reproductive freedom, racial justice, LGBTQIA+ rights, and constitutional equality.
Check out what is coming in 2026 and we invite you to join us as we celebrate the legacy and the future of a movement that still shapes history.
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Octobers book: Man Up by Cynthia Miller-Idris
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The revelatory and urgent story of how an explosion of misogyny is driving a surge of mass and far-right violence throughout the West—from an internationally recognized extremism expert and media commentator
What two things do most mass shooters, terrorists, or violent extremists have in common? Most of us know the they are almost always men or boys. But the second? They are almost always virulent misogynists, homophobes, or transphobes—even if they are also motivated by racism, antisemitism, or xenophobia. The antigovernment militiamen charged with plotting to kidnap and execute Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer used language saturated with misogyny, with one telling an FBI informant, “Just grab the bitch.” The men who killed scores at Virginia Tech, the Pulse nightclub, and a Maryland newsroom all had prior reports of stalking, domestic violence, or harassment of women. And in dozens of other incidents—from North America to Norway to New Zealand—an increasing number of misogynist incel (involuntary celibate) and male supremacist attackers have explicitly targeted and killed women, blaming feminism or sexual frustration with women as motivation for their attacks.
Yet, despite all evidence, the bright red thread of misogyny running through these attacks is barely acknowledged by the media or even experts—and this failing leaves us powerless to stop the violence. In Man Up, Cynthia Miller-Idriss, a leading expert on extremism, addresses this crucial oversight head-on, revealing how an epidemic of misogyny—both online and off—and a patriarchal backlash are driving an exponential rise in mass and far-right violence. She also offers essential strategies that all of us—including parents, teachers, and counselors—can use to fight the rising tide of violence, beginning with recognizing the misogyny that pervades our everyday lives.
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Past time for a Reckoning with Cheyenne Hunt
Holding powerful men accountable used to mean going through the courts. Now, it means winning the fight for public opinion online, too. This week, Kim and Rose sit down with Cheyenne Hunt, lawyer, organizer, and founder and executive director of Reckoning Action, to talk about exposing abuse by powerful men, supporting survivors, and the narrative battles now playing out in real time on social media.
Cheyenne walks through how she helped bring the Eric Swalwell story to light, why she pulled her support for Graham Platner once new reporting changed the picture, and why she calls misogyny a threat to democracy, not just a private harm. The conversation also covers Reckoning Action’s survivor support work and its ongoing “Cover-Up Roundup” project tracking who’s still avoiding scrutiny in the Epstein case. You can browse the DOJ’s public Epstein Library yourself.
Whether you’re a lifelong feminist or newly feminism-curious, join us this season as Kim and Rose speak with the movers and shakers defining the feminist movement. Listen to new episodes of Feminism NOW released every other Wednesday. To find out more about the National Organization for Women, visit our website.
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In this episode:
- How the Eric Swalwell story broke, 11 days after Cheyenne posted publicly and other survivors came forward
- Why survivors often stay silent even in the Me Too era
- Misogyny as a democratic threat, not just a workplace or private issue
- Why Cheyenne withdrew her support from Graham Platner after new allegations surfaced
- Reckoning Action’s survivor support work: legal help, crisis communications, mental health resources, digital security
- The Epstein cover-up and the “Cover-Up Roundup” project
- A grassroots update from NOW organizers in East Texas
Cheyenne Hunt is a lawyer, organizer, and the founder and executive director of Reckoning Action, an organization that supports survivors of abuse by powerful men through legal help, crisis communications, mental health resources, digital security, and creator amplification. She played a central role in bringing the Eric Swalwell story forward and now leads Reckoning Action’s work on political accountability and the Epstein cover-up.