by Kimberly Roberson “Nuclear meltdown” is a term for a catastrophic reaction in a nuclear reactor that has overheated. The …
by Tanya Melich A U.S. Senatorial nominee for the Republican party arguing that a woman who is raped can simply …
by Jamie Hagen As a political scientist concerned with securing minority rights, I have had to ask myself what “security” …
by Sheila Parks Yes, my side won. So, the argument could be made that I was wrong when it comes …
by Samuel Huber and the Feminist Press It’s easy to get tunnel vision during election season. In these months of …
by The Editors Challenging the personal, political and economic realities of women and pushing toward a more liberatory future is …
by Sheila Parks In next week’s presidential elections women could, in effect, lose ownership of their bodies if the Romney-Ryan …
by Alyssa Pelish, Associate Editor The sad news of Shulamith Firestone’s death in August has, it turns out, given new …
by Jan Goodwin Unless you’ve been living on a desert island for the last couple of years, you’ve probably heard …
by Barbara Fischkin, Senior Editor It was 1992 and the presidential race between incumbent George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton and …
by Sunsara Taylor From November 26th, the Jackson Women’s Health Organization (JWHO), the last abortion clinic left in Mississippi, will …
by Amanda Marcotte There can be no doubt now: this is a war on sex. More than most campaign seasons …
by Alyssa Pelish, Associate Editor The Heathcliff brought home one night in Andrea Arnold’s Wuthering Heights adaptation is a slight and wary …
by Diane Vacca “How do women achieve true parity in political representation?” The question is simultaneously simple and impossibly complex, …
by Mary E. Plouffe Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs tells us that basic needs (food, shelter, safety) must be satisfied before higher …
by Alyssa Pelish, Associate Editor In her essay in The Atlantic last June (you know, that little piece called “Why Women Still Can’t …
by Fiona Carmody, Special to On the Issues Queens, New York, “From locker room to boardroom is a very real …
by Juhu Thukral What will the next president mean for the way we live and pursue safety in our daily …
by The Editors OCT 15, 2012 We’ve just learned of efforts by the Hoshyar Foundation* to build a school for girls in Pakistan, …
by The Editors Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard made international headlines (and garnered much admiration) last week when video of …
by Merle Hoffman, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief OCT 12, 2012 Congressman Joe Walsh says abortions never save women‘s lives. He’s wrong. Here’s …
by Robina Niaz OCTOBER 11, 2012 On this UN-declared International Day of the Girl, it breaks my heart to think …
by Merle Hoffman, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief After debating every major “right-to-life” leader in this country- including Jerry Falwell – I …
by Jennifer L. Pozner Two months. That’s how long it took for three high school girls to reverse a two-decade …
by Nick van der Graaf Currently, Canada is the only country in the world where there are no criminal laws …
by Dani McClain One highlight of Election Day 2012: voters in Maryland, Washington and Maine deciding, with their ballots, whether …
by Chris Lombardi SUSAN BROWNMILLER, author of Against of Our Will: Men, Women and Rape Quote: “She was the first radical …
by Jennifer Baumgardner Almost 15 years ago, I picked up my ringing phone and the voice on the other end …
by Elayne Clift Since the days of the goddess Athena, armed and shouting war cries, there have been female warriors. …
By Gwen Deely May 24, 2012 My life aquatic was in full swing before I was born. Evidently I was …
By Avory Faucette May 21, 2012 As the Summer 2012 Olympics in London gear up, the media will be presenting …
by Jennifer Jordan I came to this rather obscure subject of “women high altitude climbers” as any self-respecting journalist should …
by Zerlina Maxwell “I’m going to make it to the Olympics!” I shrieked as a knot formed in my throat …
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