October 29, 2011 In Mississippi, we are witnessing the intersection of race and gender politics in two ballot initiatives on which African American voters are
by Loretta J. Ross Sixty-five billboards were quickly erected in predominantly African American neighborhoods in Atlanta on February 5, 2010. Each showed a sorrowful picture
by Karen Jones Meadows As a child I learned of Harriet Tubman, icon of the anti-enslavement movement, and the most celebrated “conductor” on the Underground
by Loretta Ross My mother always asked the question, “Why would I want to be equal to men, when I’ve been superior to them all
by Lu Bailey I’ve always been interested in the media’s impact on public policy as well as the media’s role in depicting women and people
by Natalie Bell By the early 1970s, nearly 20 years after the U.S. Supreme Court had found segregated schools to be inherently unequal, little had
by Jaye Austin Williams In a 2007 interview, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, Tony Kushner was asked, “Can theater or film make a difference? You wrote the
by Resa Crane Bizzaro If I ask my students to write about someone they admire, chances are they’ll write about their mothers, grandmothers, or great-grandmothers.
by Maame-Mensima Horne I was raised in a feminist household where I was exposed to feminism and its theory early. I realized my grandfather was
Cynthia L. Cooper When Loretta J. Ross speaks, people listen. Ross is a big-picture thinker on reproductive justice, national coordinator of SisterSong, Women of Color
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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.