Youth Videos Push Back Gender Violence
by rebecca s. a. connie and Tara Malik When TOMS Attack is the name of a short video created by Global Girls in Chicago to
by rebecca s. a. connie and Tara Malik When TOMS Attack is the name of a short video created by Global Girls in Chicago to
by Sharon Collingwood In November of 2008 a conference was held at Ohio State University. Over 50 academics from Europe, North America and Australia met
By Jen Nedeau Democrats in the Senate got what they wanted this Christmas: a passed health care reform bill. Low-income women, however, seemed to be
by Cindy Cooper What revolutions do we need? “We still need the feminist revolution,” Eleanor Smeal, president of the Feminist Majority Foundation, said in a video commentary
By Lauren Guy McAlpin A young woman, we’ll call her Amanda, walked into an agency she saw advertised in her college newspaper. Having missed her
by Jessica T. Solomon What if the people responsible for protecting our nation, writing our laws or discovering new medicines were encouraged to be artists,
by Emily May HollabackNYC started in 2005 the way a lot of good revolutions must begin – as conversations with friends over a couple of
by Donna Schaper Attach fair and just policies to the “emergency” economic stimulus bills and you will find a powerful anti-depressant, the kind that brings
by Myra Kovary We are living in a new era for persons with disabilities. One sign of this occurred in the last week of February
By Lesley Cohen Healthcare remains a forefront issue for the American public. With a new president who acknowledges the need for healthcare reform, midwives are
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“Merle Hoffman has always known that in a democracy, we each have decision-making power over the fate of our own bodies. She is a national hero for us all.” —Gloria Steinem
In the wake of the Supreme Court overturning Roe V. Wade and a country divided, a pioneer in the pro-choice movement and women’s healthcare offers an unapologetic and authoritative take on abortion—“the front line and the bottom line of women’s freedom and liberty.”
Merle Hoffman has been at the forefront of the reproductive freedom movement since the 1970s. Three years before the Supreme Court legalized abortion through Roe v. Wade, she helped to establish one of the United States’ first abortion centers in Flushing, Queens, and later went on to found Choices, one of the nation’s largest and most comprehensive women’s medical facilities. For the last five decades, Hoffman has been a steadfast warrior and fierce advocate for every woman’s right to choose when and whether or not to be a mother.