by Barbara Santee Note by the author: I wrote this article in 1992, but believe it is as relevant today as it was 21 years
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by Sarah Browning Like many white, middle-class poets coming of age in the early-to-mid-1980s, I was told by my poetry teacher not to write political
by Merle Hoffman When I first opened a clinic for women’s abortion care in New York in 1971, women finally had access to safe, legal
Speaking out, raising banners, uploading ideas – new & old activists are stepping up. On The Issues Magazine Fall 2011 explores progressive & feminist inspiration.Featuring
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by Laura Whitehorn If you saw the film The Weather Underground, you saw about three minutes of me. The film, through interviews, narration and clips, describes
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