by Eleanor Bader When I was growing up, my father had two favorite words, ignoramus and moron. He hurled them …
by Resa Crane Bizzaro If I ask my students to write about someone they admire, chances are they’ll write about …
by Maame-Mensima Horne I was raised in a feminist household where I was exposed to feminism and its theory early. …
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by Carol Hanisch Consciousness-raising was birthed as a mass-organizing tool for the liberation of women in 1968 when the country …
By Elayne Clift Ive always felt ambivalent about Nicolas Kristofs columns in The New York Times, even though they have …
By Myriam Miedzian The issue of violence touches me in a very personal and profound way. I am a Holocaust …
by Fran Luck Political feminism barely exists in corporate mainstream media. Shows like “Oprah” and “Tyra” – boasting female audiences …
By Carol Downer The women of Iran and Afghanistan used International Womens Day this year to carry forward their struggle …
Cynthia L. Cooper When Loretta J. Ross speaks, people listen. Ross is a big-picture thinker on reproductive justice, national coordinator …
by Gloria Feldt Whenever I set foot in Brooklyn where Margaret Sanger opened the first American birth control clinic 93 …
By Gail Kregel On Christmas day, 2008, Guatemalan Congresswoman Anabella De Leon, called me. A new president had taken office …
by Cynthia L Cooper Almost as soon as I entered the German Memorial Resistance Center in Berlin, I regretted having …
by Barbara Becker When I was in college, I had a small book of questions meant to serve as conversation …
By Marylou Greenberg Editors Note: In light of the devastating earthquake in Haiti and in tribute to the courage of …
by Linda Stein How does Wonder Woman do it? She is able to stop the bad guys—even convince them to …
by Janet Benshoof Aung San Suu Kyi’s unwavering commitment to a nonviolent path to democracy in Burma, and her decades-long …
by Theresa Braine In mid-December 2009, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights condemned Mexico’s handling of the cases of three …
by the Editors When On The Issues Magazine decided to pursue Passion, Freedom, Women and the topic of women fighting for freedom around the …
Ms. Michael angel Johnson Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller, a woman of African descent too often overlooked in arts history, was …
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By Cynthia L Cooper When I was a little girl in the mid to late 1980s, I thought hippies were …
by Resa Crane Bizzaro Over the years, much of my writing has been in response to news articles. Among stories …
by Mary Lou Greenberg and Eleanor Bader Abortion is one of the safest medical procedures in the country; ironically, those …
by Jessica Yee I am proud to be Native. I am also proud to be a woman. I am proud …
By Jen Nedeau Democrats in the Senate got what they wanted this Christmas: a passed health care reform bill. Low-income …
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by Angela Poh Heroines of Jiangyong: Chinese Narrative Ballads in Womens Script, translated by Wilt L. Idema, is the first …
by Andrea Smith In a society that, in large measure, condones gender violence, the problem cannot be solved by locking …
by Loretta J. Ross Sustaining a progressive movement based on shared politics requires not only unification on positive values, but …
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By Clare Coss What is the role of the artist as we strive to understand issues that divide us How …
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