Just one vote; how women got the vote HuffPost - Huffington Post, July 19, 2017

We Never Said "We Wanted it All AlterNet, August 5, 2012 This commentary will be reprinted in a section of a book titled "Critical Perspectives on Feminism" in Analyzing the Issues.

We will not be beaten OpenDemocracy.net/50.50 Inclusive Democracy, September 8, 2014

Free speech: another weapon in the war against abortion in the US OpenDemocracy.net/50.50 Inclusive Democracy, June 30, 2014

The Invisible War: Sexual Assault in the Military OpenDemocracy.net/50.50 Inclusive Democracy, Mar 19, 2014

US: why Women's History Month? OpenDemocracy.net/50.50 Inclusive Democracy, Mar 7, 2014

The War Against Contraception:"Women must be freed of their libidos" OpenDemocracy.net/50.50 Inclusive Democracy, Feb 17, 2014

US Republicans and their "Female Troubles" OpenDemocracy.net/50.50 Inclusive Democracy, Jan 6, 2014

The war on women: The newly invisible and undeserving poor in America OpenDemocracy.net, Dec 16, 2013

Justice Sotomayor Votes Her Conscience WCWOnline.org, Sept 30, 2013

Chelsea Manning's Past and Future ReaderSupportedNews.org, Aug 28, 2013

Why the relentless assault on abortion in the United States? 50.50 Inclusive Democracy, July 22, 2013

Women and the language of peace protest 50.50 Inclusive Democracy, May 24, 2013

Rape: The Universal Crime ReaderSupportedNews.org, February 24, 2013

AGAINST FORGETTING: Pity the poor CVS workers and the customers and patients who toil there. The Berkeley Daily Planet, February 21, 2013

You've Come a Long Way, Baby (or have you?) TomDispatch.com, February 4, 2013

What will it take to end violence against women? OpenDemocracy.net, HuffingtonPost.com, February 21, 2013

Reflections on Roe 40 years later Dissent, January 23, 2013

Gender wars: women redefining customs as crimes 50.50 Inclusive Democracy, January 22, 2013

President Obama: "It's not true." 50.50 Inclusive Democracy, October 17, 2012

Women are the key to the presidential debate and election 50.50 Inclusive Democracy, October 12, 2012

US Presidential debate: who cares most about ordinary Americans? 50.50 Inclusive Democracy, October 4, 2012

Behind the Scenes of the First Debate OpenDemocracy.net, October 4, 2012

Voter suppression: the "Schurick Doctrine" and the unravelling of American democracy 50.50 Inclusive Democracy, August 27, 2012

Contraception: the new American soap opera www.commondreams.org, March 8, 2012

Drugged by Testosterone: Why Did Bill Keller and Other Male Pundits Support the Iraq War? First appeared on Talking Points Memo. AlterNet, January 2012

Occupy: you can't evict an idea 50.50 Inclusive Democracy, December 12, 2011

Are Male Baby Boomers Doomed To Become Lonely Seniors? AlterNet, October 27, 2011

American Pie: A Cautionary Tale About Three Sixth Grade Misfits TPM, October 3, 2011

Tom Friedman Tries to Scapegoat Baby Boomers -- He Should Remember That We Helped Forge American Prosperity AlterNet, September 28, 2011

Finally, a liberal hawk repents TPM.com, AlterNet, History News Network, September 11, 2011

Jewish Americans and the Fate of Israel DissentMagazine.com, May 12, 2011

What Obama Can Learn from the Social Movements That Changed the World AlterNet, November 4, 2010

Gender Apartheid Online Talking Points Memo, June 16, 2010 Reprinted on AlterNet, CommonDreams, Ms.Blog, History News Network

Why Do Americans love Sarah Palin? OpenDemocracy.net, November 23, 2009

Reclaiming Mother’s Day Slate Magazine, May 8, 2009

Looking back at Star Trek and Leonard Nimoy's views Talking Points Memo, May 7, 2009

Mr. President, War Crimes Must Be Investigated Talking Points Memo, April 17, 2009

What Kind of Economic Stimulus do American Woman Want? OpenDemocracy.com (England), April 2009

Two things to remember on March 8, 2009 OpenDemocracy.net, March 6, 2009

American women's stimulus: voice, agency, change OpenDemocracy.net, February 18, 2009

Poor Women are not ”Pork” Religion Dispatches, January 28, 2009

Wait until the Revolution, Honey Talking Points Memo, January 27, 2009

Women Sealed the Deal Talking Points Memo, November 8, 2008

Dancing in the Streets Talking Points Memo, November 6, 2008

What about Josephine the Waitress? Talking Points Memo, October 15, 2008

Biden vs. Palin: Where was half the population? Talking Points Memo, October 3, 2008

Sarah Palin and Feminists for Life Talking Points Memo, September 4, 2008

Age Matters Talking Points Memo, August 27, 2008

Tales from Inside the Editorial Board Room Talking Points Memo, June 6, 2008

We're Already Married Talking Points Memo, May 16, 2008

The Politics of Patriotism Talking Points Memo, March 24, 2008

Life After "The Wire" Talking Points Memo, March 10, 2008

The Politics of Fear---Again Talking Points Memo, March 5, 2008

Give the Freedom Riders Honorary Degrees! Talking Points Memo, April 3, 2008

Let us remember Barbara Seaman, crusading pioneer of the women's health movement Talking Points Memo, February 28, 2008

When will John McCain apologize to Hillary Clinton--and all American women? Talking Points Memo, February 11, 2008

Is Misogyny the Last Taboo? Talking Points Memo, February 9, 2008

Why would a Feminist Vote For Obama? Talking Points Memo, February 5, 2008

When the jury summons arrives---go and serve! Talking Points Memo, January 16, 2008

Soft Crimes against Democracy: What ever happened to Freedom of Information? Talking Points Memo, September 6. 2007

Shutting Down the Information Society, Bush-Style tomdispatch.com, September 6. 2007

"Naming the problem," rather than blaming the media Talking Points Memo, March 20, 2007

Who Should Own Our Water? The Nation, March 12, 2007

The Care Crisis Talking Points Memo, March 18, 2007

Berkeley Blues Talking Points Memo, March 8, 2007

Why Working Women Are Stuck in the 1950s Alternet.org, March 8, 2007

Note to Nancy Pelosi: Challenge Market Fundamentalism Talking Points Memo, January 28, 2007

When Father Didn't Know Best San Francisco Chronicle, December 3, 2006

Mother Knows Best San Francisco Chronicle, November 16, 2006

Coming to terms with Father Talking Points Memo, November 16, 2006

America's election: Daddy's swagger vs Mommy's care OpenDemocracy.net, November 14, 2006

Sexual Politics, South Dakota, and the American Elections Talking Points Memo, October 27, 2006

The Care Crisis Talking Points Memo, October 4, 2006

Political Earthquake The American Prospect, September 17, 2006

Take a picture; lose ten pounds Talking Points Memo, September 6, 2006

The Politics of Olivers Stone's "The World Trade Center" Talking Points Memo, August 16, 2006

Oliver Stone, 9/11 and The Big Lie Talking Points Memo, August 12, 2006

The Hidden War on Iraqi Women Tomdispatch.com, July 13, 2006

Military opposition: Bravery by another name Talking Points Memo, June 23, 2006

Speaking of Words: Totalitarianism Talking Points Memo, May 15, 2006

The Motherhood Manifesto and the Care Crisis Talking Points Memo, May 9, 2006

Liberal Hawks and Genocide in Darfur Talking Points Memo, May 8, 2006

Sneak Preview: What women talk about when men are not listening Talking Points Memo, April 27, 2006

Talking Taxes Talking Points Memo, April 10, 2006

The political and the personal Los Angeles Times Book Review, November 27, 2005

Women's Vote is an Elusive Force Los Angeles Times, October 12, 2005 reprinted Longviewinstitute.org

Get Hitched, Young Woman TomPaine.com, September 26, 2005 reprinted Longviewinstitute.org

Old Women in the Cold The Nation, April 11, 2005

Wurster’s Jensen Cottage Endangered Berkeley Daily Planet, November 5, 2004

Women *Really* on their Own The Nation, October 27, 2004

Hospitals Are Gouging the Uninsured History News Newswork, September 7, 2004

1964: The Summer that Changed America History News Newswork, August 26, 2004

The Feminist Revolution in California What’s Going On? California and the Vietnam Era, University of California Press, 2004

Secrets of the Second Sex in Scholarly Life Chronicle of Higher Education, July 27 , l999, p.A48

China, One of the Consequences of Kosovo San Francisco Chronicle, 1999

Rescue Mother's Day From Cards and Flowers San Francscio Chronicle, May 9, l999

A Gift That Honors Moms and Families Los Angeles Times, May 9, l999

Women Want Bread and Roses, Too San Francisco Chronicle, March 8, l999

Clinton's 'Spent' Legacy San Francisco Chronicle, March, l999

Holocaust Tale for Kids The Los Angeles Times Arts Section, Sept. 1, l998

Frightening shortage of ER capacity San Francisco Examiner, July 29, l998

S.F. Champions Women's Human Rights San Francisco Chronicle, July 10, l998

Where is the Governor's Compassion? The Los Angeles Times, Oct. 7, l998

Vietnam Atrocities Still Happening San Francisco Chronicle, Jan. 20, l998

A Woman on The Ticket Isn't Enough San Francisco Chronicle, December 20, l997

Ruth Rosen responds to Zelda Bronstein on Hillary Clinton Dissent, Summer l997

Chipping Away at Historical Amnesia The Los Angeles Times, July 28, l997

Refusing to be a Token Artist The Los Angeles Times, July 13, l997

Next Time, Ask Mother The Los Angeles Times, July 7, l997 Reprinted in Women Strike for Peace Legislative Alert, Nov. 1997

The Sinister Images of "The X Files" The Chronicle of Higher Education, 1997

Stupid Building Syndrome Davis Enterprise, June, 22, l997

Hillary Makes her case, but Abroad The Los Angeles Times, May 1, l997

Moving Wall Can't Heal All Hurts The San Francisco Chronicle, April 7, l997

A Passion for Justice: a Gentle Warrior's Fight for Free Speech Chronicle of Higher Education, Jan. 10, l997

Students of Peace Find Murderous Conflict San Francisco Chronicle, Nov. 19, l996

Next: Clinton's Place in History San Francisco Chronicle, Nov. 7, l996

Poverty Drives Girls Into Early Motherhood The Los Angeles Times, July 21, l996 Reprinted in Teenage Pregnancy, Opposing Viewpoints, Greenhaven Press, l997

A Physics Professor Drops a Bomb on the Faux Left The Los Angeles Times, May 23, l996

Honor Mothers in the Streets The Los Angeles Times, May 9, l996 Reprinted Touchstone, May l999

Clinton Needs to Widen the Gender Gap The Los Angeles Times, April 28, l996

Living with Gratitude The Los Angeles Times, March 6, l996

Pillorying Hillary Is Part of Gender Wars The Los Angeles Times, February 2, l996

"Conversations" in News and Newsmakers the Pro Femina Research Consortium, U.C. Davis, Fall l995

An Update on "Harry and Louise" San Francisco Chronicle, November 17, l995

A Feminist Send-Off for a Million Men The Los Angeles Times, November 12, l995

What's Ahead for Chinese Women San Francisco Chronicle, October 27, l995

San Francisco Teachers and Gay Sex Talk San Francisco Chronicle, October 10, l995

The Gender Wars Rage On San Francisco Examiner, October 5, l995

The Forgotten Women's Agenda San Francisco Chronicle, September 7, l995

Mr. President, Send Your Wife to China The Los Angeles Times, Aug. 11, l995

More Than Ever, UC Needs Goodwill The Los Angeles Times, July 24, l995

'Cybersex' Issue Is a Diversion San Francisco Chronicle, June 27, l995

In the 90's, Prison Come Before Schools The Los Angeles Times, June 11, l995

Cut Insurance Profits, Not Nurses The Los Angeles Times, May 9, l995

All's Not Fair When It Comes to Families The Los Angeles Times, March 21, l995

When Religion Is Used To Exclude The Los Angeles Times, December 5, l994

Which of Us Isn't Taking Welfare? The Los Angeles Times, December 27, l994 Reprinted in UAW Solidarity asWe Are All On Welfare, April, l995

The War to Control the Past The Los Angeles Times, November 24, l994

Society Fails the Next Generation The Los Angeles Times, August 30, l994

The Politics of Hate San Francisco Examiner, August 24, l994

Summer, l964: A Different Sort of Mud Bath The Los Angeles Times, August 16, l994

His Crime Results in a Gain for the Public The Los Angeles Times, June 29, l994

Character Assassination with Political Overtones The San Francisco Examiner, May 23, l994

U.C Isn't In the Widget Business The Los Angeles Times, March 22, l994

MacKinnon Does Not Speak For Me The Los Angeles Times, February 9, 1994

Generation X Finds a Home - in Prague San Francisco Examiner, December 2, 1993 Reprinted in Peace and Democracy, VIII Summer, l994, 23

Toxic Racism The Los Angeles Times, September 5, 1993

Training for Peace in the Midst of War The Los Angeles Times, October 24, 1993

When Double Denial Kills Children San Francisco Examiner, October 14, 1993

Curb Abuse of Power, Not Sex The Los Angeles Times, August 19, 1993 Reprinted in The Resourceful Writer, ed. William Barnucell, October 1994.

Boys Will Be Boys' No Longer Cuts It The Los Angeles Times, April 29, 1993

Who Do We Think Tended Our Children? The Los Angeles Times, February 9, 1993

An Ex-Arkansan's Views on Clinton The San Francisco Examiner, October 30, 1992

Untraditional First Lady The Christian Science Monitor, September 4, 1992

What Did You Do Against the War? The Los Angeles Times, September 9, 1992

Will Congress Leave Women in the Lurch? The Los Angeles Times, August 31, 1993

Be a Real Man and Stand by Your Woman The Christian Science Monitor, August 11, 1992

The Fight is for Transformed Lives The Los Angeles Times, July 23, 1992

Trashing of the Public University The Los Angeles Times, June 7, 1992

The Character Question Aims at George Bush The Los Angeles Times, June 15, 1992

Insider Clout With Outsider Concerns The Los Angeles Times, May 21, 1992

Family Values is a GOP Code for Meanness The Los Angeles Times, April 21, 1992

Look Who's Inspiring Trust Now The Los Angeles Times, May 3, 1992

Voter Apathy? No, More Like Voter Disgust The Los Angeles Times, April 9, 1992

Will Bush Ignore the North-South New World Order? The Christian Science Monitor, February 24, 1992

When All Else Fails, Start a War The Los Angeles Times, January 26, 1992

Hate Ads and Free Speech The Christian Science Monitor, January 16, 1992

Democrats Jettison the Working Class The Los Angeles Times, January 6, 1992

Draw the Line at the Knife The Los Angeles Times, November 17, 1991

What if the Candidate Had an Abortion? The Los Angeles Times, November 25, 1991

Star Trek is on Another Bold Journey The Los Angeles Times, October 30, 1991

Affirmative Action: Not on Thomas The Los Angeles Times, October 6, 1991

Cold War's Loss Should be Family's Gain The Los Angeles Times, September 9, 1991

Splintered Politics, East and West The Los Angeles Times, September 2, 1991

Democracy for Men, Mostly, East and West The Los Angeles Times, July 18, 1991

The Abortion Wars Christian Science Monitor, August 16, 1991

Temper Tantrums Over a Dystopian Nightmare The Los Angeles Times, July 7, 1991

American Jews Have a Stake, Too The Los Angeles Times, July 25, 1991

It's Show and Tell; Is it Seen or Heard? The Los Angeles Times, July 19, 1991

Seeking Peace in a Living War Museum The Los Angeles Times, July 7, 1991

The Working Woman's Wish List: Bread and Roses The Los Angeles Times, April 24, 1991

Women's Rights are the Same as Human Rights The Los Angeles Times, April 8, 1991

What Feminist Victory in the Court? The New York Times, April 1, 1991

In a Rambo World, What's Left for Peace? The Los Angeles Times, March 24, 1991

Caught Between Love of Israel and Hatred of War Christian Science Monitor, February 26, 1991

New Times, Fossil Minds on the Campus The Los Angeles Times, January 22, 1991

A Grass-Roots War Resistance is Blossoming The Los Angeles Times, December 13, 1990

Two Women Draw a Line of Their Own The Los Angeles Times, December 20, 1990

The Anti-War Gender Gap is Back The Los Angeles Times, November 26, 1990

Error of 60s Dissent Mustn't be Repeated Now The Los Angeles Times, November 15, 1990

It's Not Just a Tragic Part of Life The Los Angeles Times, September 28, 1990 Reprinted in Cast A Cold Eye : The Best Opinion Essays of 1990-91 Voices of American Journalists, James Ridgeway, ed. (Four Wall Eight Windows Press, 1991) and Misdiagnosis: Woman as Disease, ed. Karen M. Hicks, (Allentown, Pa. People's Medical Society, l994) 173-174.

Co-authored, Give the 60s Generation a Break The New York Times, April, 1988