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The Courage of No- by Merle Hoffman
Finding the genius of struggle against the assault on abortion and corruption of power. •Art by Christine Peloquin
Justice for Aung San Suu Kyi: End Male Power Structures - by Janet Benshoof
Women Nobel Laureates take action to put gender into human rights. •Art by Tamara Wyndham •Video
Convictions to Action: Lessons from Margaret Sanger - by Gloria Feldt
A birth control pioneer succeeded by making controversy her best friend. •Art by Linda Stein, Joan Barber •Audio
Esther Chavez Cano Added Up the Devastation of Gender Violence - by Theresa Braine
When the murders of women were pushed aside, an accountant went to work. •Art by Meredith Bergmann
Harriet’s Voice: A Writer and Her Inhabitation - by Karen Jones Meadows
There's no easy path when digging into enslavement with a tenacious fighter.
Facing Down Danger to Make Reproductive Freedom A Reality - by Mary Lou Greenberg and Eleanor Bader
Clinic owners struggle with threats and stigma to deliver women's healthcare •Art by Danielle Mailer •Videos
Film Review: Liberian Women Forge a Real-Life Lysistrata- A Review by Jaye Austin Williams
Looking through the complexity of peace in "Pray the Devil Back to Hell." •View the Trailer
Unlocking the Quiet Courage of Afghans - by Dr. Sakena Yacoobi
Opening minds when dim years of war have subjugated women.
MAHIN HASSIBI: Visionary Ideas, Thinking Out Loud - by the Editors
A sagacious contributor leaves final thoughts on martyrdom, adding to years of insight.
The Poet's Eye - From Poetry Co-Editor Judith Arcana
Poets express the vastness of women's courage. •Art by Christine Peloquin
With the Understanding of Gandhi, Aminatou Put Her Life on the Line - by Barbara Becker
A hunger strike and world support move a desert kingdom, but challenges still lie ahead. •Art by Ellen Pliskin
Wonder Woman: A Comic Book Character Shows the Way - by Linda Stein
With her magic lasso from Aphrodite and Athena, our heroine fears no evil. •Video
In The Act Alone: German Resistance to the Nazi Movement - by Cynthia L. Cooper
In the darkest of times, women of conviction refuse to be silent. •Art by Diana Kurz
The Art Perspective- Curated by Linda Stein
Featuring the Art of Miriam Schapiro: a mini-retrospective of an artist whose life and work fight for democratization of art.
Abortion is a Moral Decision
by Rev. Debra W. Haffner
February 2, 2012
I have been an advocate for safe and legal abortion for more than…
A Counselor's View: Embracing A Holistic Perspective of Abortion
by Linda Weber
January 26, 2012
Imagine the whole universe -- the vast expanse of reality in which…
From the On The Issues Print Archive
A Conversation with Earth First! Activist Judi Bari
by Christine Keyser
On The Issues Magazine
Summer 1991
The spirit of Mother Jones lives on today in the backwoods of Northern California. The North Coast's most eloquent anti-chainsaw organizer, Earth First's! Judi Bari, is back at work defending the ancient forests from corporate slaughter after surviving a crippling car bomb in Oakland last May and the FBI's subsequent attempt to pin the blame on her and her companion Darryl Cherney. Just as the grandmother of the American labor movement fought King Coal a century ago, Bari has taken on the Big Timber barons armed with a bullhorn and a diehard credo, "No Compromise in Defense of Mother Earth."
From Our Files:
In previous issues, both online and in print, On The Issues Magazine has interviewed and written about many women whose passionate commitment to freedom and justice has motivated them to risk personal safety and even their very lives. They are from many countries and different backgrounds, and their examples continue to challenge others to live lives that make a difference.
J’Accuse! by Laura Flanders, Spring 1995
Laura Flanders reports on a daring meeting in Port-au-Prince to gather testimony against military rapists in 1995 after the return of President Aristide to Haiti.
"Despite the risks, the women testified in detail, describing their attackers, streets, dates, times of day. Some had been raped in front of their children, some alone; some in their own homes, some in abandoned shacks. Some had been forced to submit in order to protect their kids. Geraldine told her story, angry but confident that change was on its way.
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Winter 2012
Realities of The Waiting Room: Constantly Shifting by Lori Adelman
Anti-Abortion Harassment and Violence Still Stifle Access by Eleanor J. Bader
We're Not Sorry. Still. by Jennifer Baumgardner
The Poet's Eye From Poetry Co-Editor Sarah Browning
Calling Black LGBTQ Institutions: Where Are You? Where is Reproductive Justice? by Jasmine Burnett
Privacy at Stake: Patients, Clinics and Electronic Medical Records by Corinne A. Carey
Can We Choose Move Forward on Reproductive Justice? -- And How? by Ayesha Chatterjee and Judy Norsigian
"Love Means Second Chances": Reproductive Freedom in a Novel by Susan Elizabeth Davis
Satirist's View: Same Old Dilemma, or The Virgin Rebirth by Susie Day
As Access Slides, Feminists Need to "Extract" From Our Self-Help Past by Carol Downer
Abortion: On The Issues Magazine - by The Editors
How Anti-Abortion Protesters Got Me: Letter From a Young Activist by Sarah Flint Erdreich
The Grand Folly of Focusing on "Common Ground" by Gloria Feldt
Before "Roe": Legal Battles, Involuntary Servitude, My Mom by Justine Goodman
Next Generation Access: Medical Students Fill A Void by Mary Lou Greenberg
The Power of Theater: "Words of Choice" Touches Hearts by Alexis Greene
Where the Reality of Abortion Resides: Intimate Wars by Merle Hoffman
Gone Too Far? Reproductive Politics in the Time of Obama by Carole Joffe
Lila Rose: A Sweet Face to Accompany Extreme Anti-abortion Claims by Kathryn Joyce
Glorifying the Fetus While Ignoring the Fetal Environment by Margie Kelly
Reframing Compassionate Care: Of Madame Restell and Other Outlaws by Jeannie Ludlow
Helping Bloggers To Help: Tips for Reproductive Health Organizations by Amanda Marcotte
What To Do When They Say Holocaust by Carol Mason
"Silent Choices": African American Women Open Up on Film by Faith Pennick
Fine Thoughts On Fertilized Personhood by Marge Piercy
Heading Toward Menopause, Still Caring about Abortion by Andrea Plaid
Letter to a Young Activist: Don’t Drop the Banner by Barbara Santee
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