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2012

The Day After: Feminist Leaders and Writers On The Issues That Will Remain After the Elections

by Editors NEW YORK (September 12, 2012) – Between political convention battles, the war on women, and a pivotal presidential …

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2012

On The Issues Magazine Launches, Level the Playing Field: Girls, Women and Sports

by The Editors NEW YORK | The convergence of two events this summer brings excitement and attention to women in …

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2012

On The Issues Magazine and Merle Hoffman Take on The Past, Present and Future of Abortion

by The Editors NEW YORK — To mark four decades of women exercising the right to have an abortion and …

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2012

Choices Women’s Medical Center Announces Expansion To Jamaica, Queens

by Cara Amore For More Information and to Attend Luncheon Contact:Cara AmoreDirector of Marketing/Outreach718-349-9100 ext. [email protected] On Wednesday, October 26, …

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2011

On The Issues Magazine Launches Fall 2011 Issue, “Activism!”

by editors With this past year’s spontaneous eruptions of social action across the world from Occupy Wall Street to SlutWalk …

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2011

On The Issues Magazine Launches, “Women, War and Peace”

by On The Issues Magazine NEW YORK, June 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — As the U.S. rounds the corner into a …

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2011

On The Issues Magazine Launches: ‘The Ecology of Women’

by The Editors The Spring 2011 edition of On The Issues Magazine “The Ecology of Women”  examines how environmental health affects …

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2011

Anti-Choice Tactics Attempt to Codify The Hyde Amendment Into Permanent Law

by The Editors Today, House Republicans pulled a frightening revision from HR3, or “The No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act” …

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2010

Merle Hoffman Wins Prestigious Front Page Award

by Editors We are delighted and proud to announce that the Newswomen’s Club of New York has awarded Publisher and Editor-in-Chief Merle Hoffman its …

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2010

Merle Hoffman, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief, Wins Front Page Award

by The Newswomen’s Club of New York Front Page Awards for 2010 to Recognize the Work of 31 Women in …

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2010

YouTube, Slam Poetry & Remembering Jill Johnston

by Editors On The Issues Magazine on YouTube On The Issues Magazine is on YouTube! See our page for all the …

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2010

Women’s Equality Day: After 90 Years, Where Do Women Stand?

by On The Issues Magazine It has been 90 years since women won the right to vote, and what’s happened …

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2010

EQUALITY: How much further away?: Summer, 2010 Issue Up Now

by [email protected] How are women faring on “equality”? What remains unequal? And is equality really the summit for progressives and feminists, …

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2010

New Wonder Woman: A Missed Opportunity

by [email protected] Art Editor Linda Stein responds to Wonder Woman’s new depiction and persona in “Wonder Woman Confronts a Makeover Moment: …

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2010

Sex, Seminaries and Wonder Woman’s New Look

by [email protected] Don’t miss the new articles in The Cafe at On The Issues Magazine: Pro-choice activists today need to take …

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2010

How to Keep Thinking Radically

by [email protected] In “The Feminist Mind,” On The Issues Magazine explores ways to inspire feminists and others to continue thinking radically. …

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2010

The Feminist Mind, Spring 2010

by From The Editors How do we, as feminists and progressives, keep thinking fresh and alive during these difficult times? …

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2010

The Hyde Amendment: Unacceptable for More Than 30 Years

by Merle Hoffman It was a major tactical and long-term strategic error of the Pro-choice movement to not have unleashed …

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2010

February 5, 2010 Passion, Freedom & Women: Winter 2010 On The Issues Magazine Is Launched

by Contact: [email protected] Aung San Suu Kyi, Aminatou Haider, Harriett Tubman, German anti-Nazi resistance fighters abortion providers. The winter edition of On The Issues Magazine, …

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2009

November 5, 2009 Launch of Race, Feminism, Our Future

by Contact: [email protected] On The Issues Magazine launched its Fall 2009 edition, “Race, Feminism, Our Future.” Writers and artists address the two provocative …

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2009

November 3, 2009: Race, Feminism, Our Future: New Edition at On The Issues Magazine

by Managing Editor [email protected] What do postfeminism and postracialism have to do with liberation and freedom? “Nothing, not a single …

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2009

October 6, 2009 Domestic Violence Awareness Month Inspires Art

by [email protected] For Domestic Violence Awareness Month, On The Issues Magazine features an exclusive article by playwright Nancy Genova, whose play “The Death …

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2009

July 30, 2009 “Our Genders, Our Rights,” Summer 2009 Edition

by [email protected] 718-391-0023 On The Issues Magazine launched “Our Genders, Our Rights,” its Summer 2009 edition. A unique combination of articles, poetry, art and …

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2009

June 4, 2009 Dr. George Tiller: A Life Lived on the Line

by [email protected] 718-391-0023 Statement from Merle HoffmanPresident, CHOICES Women’s Medical CenterPublisher and Editor-in-Chief, On The Issues Magazine George Tiller was a friend, comrade and …

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2009

May 14, 2009 Intimate Lines in the Sand

by [email protected] 718-391-0023 The transcendent values we fight for are beyond the political. Sex inspires lines in the sand, too. In our Spring edition, …

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2009

April 29, 2009 Higher Ground, Not Common Ground: Our Lines in the Sand

by Contact: [email protected] Lines in the sand… What are yours? Our lines are the values and principles that motivate and inform …

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2009

March 19, 2009 The Pope, Condoms and The Cafe

by ManagingEditor@On The Issues Magazine 718-391-0023 The Pope’s recent statement on condom usage in Africa has created an international uproar, and rightly …

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2009

March 12, 2009 New Feminist Revolutions from On The Issues Magazine

by Contact: 718-391-0023 [email protected] is Women’s History Month and On The Issues Magazine is featuring articles about what kinds of …

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2009

January 21, 2009 On The Issues Magazine: NEW REVOLUTIONS

by Contact: [email protected] NEW YORK: On the Issues Magazine, the progressive feminist online publication’s current web release,NEW REVOLUTIONS, provides a breadth of …

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2008

December 10, 2008 New York Times Can Find Terror for Women in the U.S.

by Contact: [email protected] In a commentary on On The Issues Magazine,, publisher and editor-in-chief Merle Hoffman commented on a recent column by …

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2008

October 1, 2008 On The Issues Magazine: WHAT IS TERROR FOR WOMEN

by Contact: [email protected] NEW YORK On the Issues Magazine, the progressive feminist online publication’s current web release, WHAT IS TERROR FOR WOMEN …

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2008

July 22, 2008 Time for Media and Feminists To Penetrate Prostitution: On The Issues Magazine Challenges Stale Stereotypes

by Contact: [email protected] NEW YORK: Prostitution penetrated the news in a major way in recent months — from ex-governor Eliot Spitzer …

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2008

June 24, 2008 Women At Risk for HIV-AIDS by Sexism in Media, Down-Low Effect, Global Gag Rule in Probing New Commentary of On The Issues Magazine

by Contact: [email protected] Men on the “down low” go to extreme lengths to deceive the women they marry about their sexual …

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2008

May 21, 2008 HIV-AIDS and Women Equals Misogyny finds “On The Issues Magazine,” Publishing Online with new OCR Technology

by Contact: On The Issues Magazine – [email protected] NEW YORK: HIV-AIDS is crossing the gender divide and targeting women while the …

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2008

April 08, 2008 Feminist and Progressive: “On The Issues Magazine”Relaunches Online

by Contact [email protected] On the Issues Magazine, an award-winning print publication known for tantalizing progressive and feminist articles, announces a new …

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2008

April 2008 A Message from the Publisher on Our New Online Publication

by From Merle Hoffman, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of On The Issues Magazine A Message from the Publisher on Our New Online Publication …

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