by Arlene Goldbard Citizenship. What with the errors and omissions of cartoon democracy and fervid anti-immigrant agitation, the word has …
by Barbara Becker Two decades ago, an encounter with a now-famous global trailblazer helped point me on a path of …
by Mary Lou Greenberg Several older women stood on the sidewalk a few feet from the entrance to Choices Women’s …
by Jaye Austin Williams In a 2007 interview, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, Tony Kushner was asked, “Can theater or film make …
by Stephanie Gilmore and Sarah Barr As women – a faculty member and a student – at Dickinson College, a …
by Megan Carpentier When my parents instilled in me the belief that I could do anything a boy could do, …
by Eleanor Bader When I was growing up, my father had two favorite words, ignoramus and moron. He hurled them …
by Resa Crane Bizzaro If I ask my students to write about someone they admire, chances are they’ll write about …
by Maame-Mensima Horne I was raised in a feminist household where I was exposed to feminism and its theory early. …
by Susan Feiner As a feminist economist I am constantly amazed—though I suppose I should be used to it by …
by Carol Hanisch Consciousness-raising was birthed as a mass-organizing tool for the liberation of women in 1968 when the country …
By Elayne Clift Ive always felt ambivalent about Nicolas Kristofs columns in The New York Times, even though they have …
By Myriam Miedzian The issue of violence touches me in a very personal and profound way. I am a Holocaust …
In our Spring ’10 edition, On The Issues Magazine contributors look at ways to enhance and augment our understanding of …
by Fran Luck Political feminism barely exists in corporate mainstream media. Shows like “Oprah” and “Tyra” – boasting female audiences …
By Carol Downer The women of Iran and Afghanistan used International Womens Day this year to carry forward their struggle …
Cynthia L. Cooper When Loretta J. Ross speaks, people listen. Ross is a big-picture thinker on reproductive justice, national coordinator …
by Gloria Feldt Whenever I set foot in Brooklyn where Margaret Sanger opened the first American birth control clinic 93 …
By Gail Kregel On Christmas day, 2008, Guatemalan Congresswoman Anabella De Leon, called me. A new president had taken office …
by Cynthia L Cooper Almost as soon as I entered the German Memorial Resistance Center in Berlin, I regretted having …
by Barbara Becker When I was in college, I had a small book of questions meant to serve as conversation …
By Marylou Greenberg Editors Note: In light of the devastating earthquake in Haiti and in tribute to the courage of …
by Linda Stein How does Wonder Woman do it? She is able to stop the bad guys—even convince them to …
by Judith Arcana I’ve been thinking about Grace Paley, the late activist and writer, in relation to this theme of …
by Janet Benshoof Aung San Suu Kyi’s unwavering commitment to a nonviolent path to democracy in Burma, and her decades-long …
by Theresa Braine In mid-December 2009, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights condemned Mexico’s handling of the cases of three …
by the Editors When On The Issues Magazine decided to pursue Passion, Freedom, Women and the topic of women fighting for freedom around the …
On The Issues Magazine provides an Online forum for artists to exhibit their art, including moving images and audio, as …
Ms. Michael angel Johnson Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller, a woman of African descent too often overlooked in arts history, was …
by Dr. Sakena Yacoobi When I saw the Afghans in refugee camps in Pakistan in 1992, I couldn’t believe what …
by Merle Hoffman Children are natural resistance fighters. From the time they realize that they have the agency (if not …
by Resa Crane Bizzaro Over the years, much of my writing has been in response to news articles. Among stories …
by Mary Lou Greenberg and Eleanor Bader Abortion is one of the safest medical procedures in the country; ironically, those …
By Cindy Cooper The biggest feminist con ever might be the failure to inscribe equal rights into the United States …
By Cindy Cooper The count is four to zero. Four times voters have been asked to consider anti-abortion ballot measures …
by Karen Jones Meadows As a child I learned of Harriet Tubman, icon of the anti-enslavement movement, and the most …
By Ariel Dougherty Fitting for these times Is The Social Network a movie with social good In the opening sequence …
By Ann Farmer WATCH THE VIDEO: Yvonne Rainer: Back to the Future A founding member of the avant-garde Judson Dance …
by Tobe Levin “During training, I would say out loud what others were merely thinking. For example, the day that …
by Laura Eldridge While feminists in the 1960s and ’70s dreamed that a “male Pill” was close to happening, today …
by Kathleen Barry I had not planned to write a book on masculinity and war. But following the Israeli invasion …
by Juhu Thukral When a young creative on this past season of the show Mad Men was fired for posting a sexually …
by Editors We are delighted and proud to announce that the Newswomen’s Club of New York has awarded Publisher and Editor-in-Chief Merle Hoffman its …
By Theresa Noll As Gloria Feldt points out in her new book, No Excuses: 9 Ways Women Can Change the Way …
by Marcy Bloom Melinda French Gates, philanthropist, co-founder and co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, was greeted with …
By Jodi Magee At Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health, we know that abortion is an essential part of comprehensive …
by Ariel Dougherty The World Cup coverage by ESPN (and ABC) washed over the U.S. this summer like a fever …
By Lauren Zuniga Every year at the National Poetry Slam poets from all over the country gather to tell their …
by Angela Bonavoglia If ever there were doubt about the relationship between the Catholic Church’s spectacular failure to address the …
By Georgia Kral Scan through the pages of a major music magazine, the arts section of The New York Times, Pitchfork.com or …
by Cindy Cooper Perhaps one of the biggest impediments to women’s equality in the United States is a pervasive, persistent …
by Marie Shear I am lying on a gurney in a hospital hallway, alone, waiting to be rolled into the …
by Loretta Ross My mother always asked the question, “Why would I want to be equal to men, when I’ve …
by Carolyn A. Cook Looking back now, my parents’ divorce was my first awakening to the double standard for women. …
By Deborah Savadge Remember the Virginia Slims ad campaign from 40 years ago Directed at women, it announced, “You’ve come …
by Eleanor J. Bader Inside insular religious communities in the U.S. women are quietly, and sometimes covertly, rolling back limitations …
by Megan Carpentier This summer, Hanna Rosin warned readers of The Atlantic that the apocalypse was nigh — for boys, at least. …
Car mechanic and mother Audra Fordin dons her work gloves to do a grease job on an automobile in her …
by Lu Bailey I’ve always been interested in the media’s impact on public policy as well as the media’s role …
By Helen Gilbert When I heard from Radical Women members who attended this summer’s U.S. Social Forum that some participants …
by Joan Williams The gender pay gap is standard measure of women’s economic inequality. At the dawn of second-wave feminism, …
By Rev. Rebecca Turner Growing up in a small Missouri town Southern Baptist church in the 1960s, I recall very …
The Editors It’s generally called “nontraditional” employment women working in jobs that are mostly held by men. While becoming an …
by Eleanor J. Bader Inside insular religious communities in the U.S. women are quietly, and sometimes covertly, rolling back limitations …
By Sonia Pressman Fuentes On August 26, we’ll be celebrating the 90th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendment …
By Rev. Rebecca Turner Since the 1960s, a sex education war has waged in school districts and state legislatures around …
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