Cynthia L. Cooper, Author at ihtbd

In Beijing, Domestic Workers Are Acting Out Their Tales

By Cynthia L. Cooper ● Employment ● October 20, 2015

The plays that wind up getting performed emerge from group storytelling and are a form of people's theater. “This is a way to help household workers to stand up and make their voices heard,” says the group's founder. “This is what I want.” Translation assistance by Yuan Ye.

More Moms Losing Kids in Family Court Drug Wars

By Cynthia L. Cooper ● Uncategorized ● January 20, 2014

Women across the country are often tested for drugs without consent and punished with government interventions when results are positive. Advocates say “test and report” is the “stop and frisk” of the curtained world of juvenile protection agencies.

Roe Turns 40 with Doctors Worried All Over Again

By Cynthia L. Cooper ● Uncategorized ● January 22, 2013

The role of doctors in upholding Roe v. Wade over the past 40 years includes millions of procedures, key court battles and withstanding threats of violent attack. After all that, in the face of mounting abortion restrictions, one doctor says “we have to fight this state by state.”

1970s Laws Are Today's Ammo for Women's Rights

By Cynthia L. Cooper ● Arts & Culture ● March 15, 2012

It's Women's History Month and a mighty time in this ongoing saga occurred not so long ago, during the 1970s. It all began at Newsweek Magazine, when the men got the bylines and women did the research.

Holocaust Women's Rape Breaks Decades of Taboo

By Cynthia L. Cooper ● Arts & Culture ● May 30, 2011

The rape and sexual abuse of Jewish women during the Holocaust have been long overlooked. But when researchers probed, stories began to emerge as if they were old photographic film waiting for the right chemicals.

Abortion Ban Found Unconstitutional for Third Time

By Cynthia L. Cooper ● Health & Science ● March 22, 2010

A judge in Nebraska has joined his counterparts in New York and San Francisco and declared the so-called Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act unconstitutional. The ruling could spell the end of the 2003 ban.

Teens Fashion a Wardrobe for Grandparents' Kids

By Cynthia L. Cooper ● Employment ● December 11, 2009

Grandparents who have custody of the kids often struggle to make ends meet on a fixed income. To help out, two teens in Cleveland have created a fashion-minded thrift boutique in an old car barn, with personalized shoppers, where all the clothes are free.