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The Cafe at On The Issues Online Magazine is deepening the conversations by continually adding the insights of progressive writers, thinkers and artists on the topics we address.

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  • All
  • 2008 Fall Café
  • 2008 Spring Café
  • 2008 Summer Café
  • 2009 Fall Café
  • 2009 Spring Café
  • 2009 Summer Café
  • 2009 Winter Café
  • 2010 Spring Café
  • 2010 Winter Café
  • 2011 Fall Café
  • 2011 Spring Café
  • 2011 Summer Café
  • 2011 Winter Café
  • 2012 Spring Café
  • 2012 Winter Café
2012 Spring Café

From Israel, With Questions: Learning to do Abortion Care

By Gabrielle Korn January 12, 2012 Maayan Melamed, a first-year medical student at The Medical School for International Health at …

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2011 Fall Café

African FGM Author Finds Herself Called to Activism

by Tobe Levin January 5, 2012 That African kid with a sand belly, as the author and activist Khady calls …

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2011 Fall Café

Not Waiting for Rapture: The Lesbian Avengers March In

by Dulcey Lewis December 23, 2011 “We want revenge and we want it now! Lesbians! Dykes! Gay Women!” The six …

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2011 Fall Café

Trans Violence Is Violence Against Women

by Ida Hammer December 14, 2011 Trans women are disproportionately impacted by murder and violence, and yet there is a …

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2011 Fall Café

Education as Action: Supporting the Sexual Health of Sex Workers

by Sarah Elspeth Patterson December 8, 2011 Sexuality education is, in many ways, an esteem-building practice. Knowledge of any kind, …

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2011 Fall Café

World AIDS Day: Women HIV Activists Make Sex Ed A Reality

by Alison Yager December 1, 2011 In August 2011, New York City announced that all public middle and high schools …

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2011 Fall Café

Echoing at “Occupy”: The Women Behind Social Security

By Carolyn Gage November 23, 2011 The emergence of the Occupy Wall Street movement would not have been a surprise …

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2011 Fall Café

My Feminist Action: Locating Sex in Sexual Harassment and Rape

by Kathleen Barry November 16, 2011 Here we go again! Last week Mother Jones published an article, “Herman Cain’s Sexual Harassment Scandal …

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2011 Fall Café

Stopping Police and DAs from Using Condoms to Convict Sex Workers

by Crystal DeBoise November 10, 2011 Last winter, “Sheila,”a sex worker in her early 20s, had just finished her counseling …

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2011 Fall Café

“Occupy” and Feminism Equal New Solidarity: Frances Fox Piven Speaks

By Cindy Cooper November 3, 2011 “I think there may be a new page that we’ve come to the United …

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2011 Fall Café

Saying No in Mississippi: No to Personhood, No to Voter Restrictions

October 29, 2011 In Mississippi, we are witnessing the intersection of race and gender politics in two ballot initiatives on …

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2011 Fall Café

Engaged Activism: Two Women Challenge Global Sex Trafficking

By Gabrielle Korn October 28, 2011 Uncovering the roots of global sex trafficking and protecting its victims are driving forces …

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2011 Fall Café

Haven Volunteers: An Immediate Impact on Abortion Care

By Mary Lou Greenberg October 7, 2011 Karen Duda signed petitions, went to rallies and participated in traditional pro-choice activism. …

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2011 Fall Café

Resilience Circles: Conscious-raising Groups for Tough Economic Times

By Sarah Byrnes October 20, 2011 Here in the U.S., our economic system is just not working for most Americans. …

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2011 Fall Café

The Populist Movement Reborn, At Last, In Occupy

By Rosalyn Baxandall October 14, 2011 At last the 99 percent are shaming them: “This is not a Recession; It’s …

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2011 Summer Café

TV Documentary Series Elevates Women’s Work to Stop Warring

by Ariel Dougherty September 22, 2011 “The finest minds have always underscored the peacemaking role of women,” Nobel Peace Prize …

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2011 Summer Café

Pushing Back Attacks on Artistic Freedom

By Linda Stein September 15, 2011 Conservative Republicans flexed considerable muscle earlier this year and threw a knockout punch against …

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2011 Summer Café

Challenging Militarism and Ending Violence Against Women

By Keely Swan September 8, 2011 The Center for Women’s Global Leadership’s 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence is an international …

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2011 Summer Café

Most Wanted: Meaningful Enforcement in the War Against Domestic Abuse

By Madeline Lee Bryer September 1, 2011 The war against domestic violence is heating up. In a decision released publicly …

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2011 Summer Café

Ending Wartime Rape Means Ending War and Ending Patriarchy

August 24, 2011 You can’t build peace leaving half of the people out. Women are a prime target in conflict, …

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2011 Summer Café

No Women, No Peace: Time to Change Peace Building

by Shelagh Daley August 24, 2011 You can’t build peace leaving half of the people out. Women are a prime …

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2011 Summer Café

Ending Wartime Rape Means Ending War and Patriarchy

By Judith Avory Faucette August 17, 2011 The international legal system treats rape in wartime as a serious crime, especially …

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2011 Summer Café

Fighting to Fight: Questioning the Battle of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”

By Gabrielle Korn August 11, 2011 On September 20, 2011, “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” — the law barring gays and …

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2011 Summer Café

A Lesson From History: WWII and Fighting to Keep Women From Slavery

The war in Afghanistan is not the first U.S. war in which the ill-treatment of women was used to stoke …

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2011 Summer Café

Why I Wrote A War Novel

By Helen Benedict August 3, 2011 In 2006, when I discovered that more women were serving and fighting in the …

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2011 Summer Café

Good News for Trans Veterans: New VA Health Care Guidelines

By Autumn Sandeen July 28, 2011 The Veterans Administration released a new directive on transgender veterans in June 2011, “Providing …

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2011 Summer Café

Afghan and Rwandan Women Entrepreneurs Seek Peace through Business

by Dr. Terry Neese July 21, 2011 Rwandan women now boast the highest percentage of women in government of any …

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2011 Summer Café

Understanding the Myth: Why Cassandra Must Not be Silenced

by Laura A. Shamas July 13, 2011 The archetype of Cassandra may be seen as a key symbol for women …

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2011 Summer Café

Trapped In The Story: Local Journalists Face Sexual Violence

by Lauren Wolfe July 6, 2011 “I’ve never told anyone this before,” the email said. It was one of several …

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2011 Summer Café

Jeannette Rankin, Suffragist and Pacifist: She Speaks for Me

By Jeanmarie Simpson June 29, 2011 In October 2002, I was scrolling around on the Internet, when an image caught …

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2011 Summer Café

Military Women: Unfair Denial of Abortion Access Needs to End

By Marjorie Signer June 23, 2011 Jessica Kenyon was one of more than 400,000 women who serve in the Armed …

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2011 Spring Café

Theo Colborn: Making Her Own Scientific Path

by Cindy Cooper June 6, 2011 Dr. Theo Colborn is often compared to Rachel Carson, whose famous book, Silent Spring will celebrate …

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2011 Spring Café

Women’s Rights, Human Rights and Climate Change

By Cate Owren May 26, 2011 A major paradigm shift in dealing with climate change has been unfolding in the …

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