Filming Against Odds: Undocumented Youth “Come Out” With Their Dreams
by Anne Galisky My first feature-length documentary film, “Papers: Stories of Undocumented Youth,” was produced by a scrappy crew, undocumented and documented, old and young,
by Anne Galisky My first feature-length documentary film, “Papers: Stories of Undocumented Youth,” was produced by a scrappy crew, undocumented and documented, old and young,
by Linda Stein I hate violent movies. I was never drawn to the shoot ‘em up genre that attracts so many viewers to the big
by Nona Willis Aronowitz This past summer, I found myself in Chicago’s Grant Park amid a sea of zealots. They were pushing and laughing, or
by Jennifer L. Pozner Step right up, folks, it’s time for everyone’s favorite guessing game, Regress-o-Rama. Who said the following? “I will make the best
by Eleanor J. Bader Inside insular religious communities in the U.S. women are quietly, and sometimes covertly, rolling back limitations on women’s equal participation in
by Angell Delaney Playing like a girl is no longer an insult. It’s a HOOP DREAM millions aspire to.Thousands of females, from skinned-kneed kindergartners to
by Betty G. Lall Choices. We are asked: Why is it so important to have more women in politics? To get out and exercise our
On The Issues Magazine Online is a successor to the progressive, feminist quarterly print publication from 1983 to 1999.
© 2023 On The Issues Magazine
Website & SEO By: MI Digital Solution
“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, Merle Hoffman, a pioneer in the pro-choice movement and women’s healthcare, offers an unapologetic and authoritative take on abortion calling it “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.