By Abigail Collazo January 17, 2012 What does war look like Taste like Smell like Images and soundtracks come to …
By Sarah Flint Erdreich January 17, 2012 It had been a lovely wedding, and now the reception was packed. We …
by Tanya Melich Republican women have become a not-so-subtle weapon for breaking apart the Democratic coalition, grounded in the women’s …
by Kathryn Joyce These days anti-abortion ingénue Lila Rose needs no introduction. In advertisements for this year’s Values Voter Summit, …
By Gabrielle Korn January 12, 2012 Maayan Melamed, a first-year medical student at The Medical School for International Health at …
by Merle Hoffman When I first opened a clinic for women’s abortion care in Flushing, New York in 1971, women …
by Carole Joffe What about abortion gives it staying power as the central issue in domestic politics, even in the …
by Alexis Greene Words of Choice first emerged as a theatrical performance in the late 1990s when Cindy Cooper, its creator, …
by Gloria Feldt The day before the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was expected to rule, rumors circulated that the …
by Sarah Elspeth Patterson December 8, 2011 Sexuality education is, in many ways, an esteem-building practice. Knowledge of any kind, …
by Alison Yager December 1, 2011 In August 2011, New York City announced that all public middle and high schools …
by Anne Galisky My first feature-length documentary film, “Papers: Stories of Undocumented Youth,” was produced by a scrappy crew, undocumented …
by Susie Cagle Graphic journalist Susie Cagle researched anti-abortion Crisis Pregnancy Centers by visiting several in the Bay Area “pretending …
By Carolyn Gage November 23, 2011 The emergence of the Occupy Wall Street movement would not have been a surprise …
by Gabrielle Korn “What does activism mean to you?” Jennifer Baumgardner: For me, activism is putting into action my feminist …
by Leslie Cagan My mind is racing as I begin to address this quite large topic: the state of progressive …
Student Think Tank is a new feature of On The Issues Magazine to host and include the writings of students on feminist and …
by Sunsara Taylor People generally think of activism as something you do. But activism aimed at changing how people think is equally important. …
by Lindsey Hennawi “This Little Light of Mine” is the song that my mother chose for all of us to …
by Kathleen Barry November 16, 2011 Here we go again! Last week Mother Jones published an article, “Herman Cain’s Sexual Harassment Scandal …
by Amanda Marcotte My fondest wish for 2012 is that it becomes the year where we, as a society, stop …
by Crystal DeBoise November 10, 2011 Last winter, “Sheila,”a sex worker in her early 20s, had just finished her counseling …
By Cindy Cooper November 3, 2011 “I think there may be a new page that we’ve come to the United …
by Ileana Jiménez During a recent Twitter chat on #sheparty hosted by the Women’s Media Center, I tweeted: “How many feminists …
October 29, 2011 In Mississippi, we are witnessing the intersection of race and gender politics in two ballot initiatives on …
By Gabrielle Korn October 28, 2011 Uncovering the roots of global sex trafficking and protecting its victims are driving forces …
by Carol Downer In the 1970s, I got involved in the women’s self-help movement in California, traveling the countryside to …
By Mary Lou Greenberg October 7, 2011 Karen Duda signed petitions, went to rallies and participated in traditional pro-choice activism. …
by Merle Hoffman When I first opened a clinic for women’s abortion care in New York in 1971, women finally …
by Stephanie Gilmore In Cuernavaca, Mexico and Tegucigalpa, Honduras, it was called Marcha de las Putas. In New Delhi, it was Besharmi …
by Laura Whitehorn If you saw the film The Weather Underground, you saw about three minutes of me. The film, through …
By Sarah Byrnes October 20, 2011 Here in the U.S., our economic system is just not working for most Americans. …
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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