Cynthia L. Cooper

Articles appearing in: Ms.Magazine; The Nation; Mother Earth News; Women's eNews; MAMM Magazine (the journal of women and cancer); Poz; TomPaine.com; Marie Claire Magazine; iVillage; Glamour Magazine; American Bar Association Journal; Common Dreams; National Law Journal; Equal Justice Magazine; In These Times; New York Law Journal; On The Issues Magazine; San Diego Union-Tribune; Vote.com; Ford Foundation Magazine; Odyssey; California Lawyer; Trial; Twin Cities Reader; Canadian Woman Studies; Creative Loafing; Reproductive Freedom News; Perspectives on Women and Law; FAIR Extra!; Global Information Network; Student Lawyer; Corp Watch; Vocal Area Network; Alternatives; Znet; Literature in Performance; Feminist Studies; New England Journal on Prison Law; WorkingforChange.com; On Your Behalf (KSTP-TV); Crimestoppers TV; others.

An independent journalist, Cynthia L. Cooper's writing appears in magazines, newspapers, pamphlets, booklets, reports, on the web, and in television pieces.

In scores of articles, Cynthia L. Cooper probes issues of justice and gender, human rights and human quirks. Drawing upon her background in law and politics, many articles crack through perplexing subjects in today's society; relying upon her abilities as a dramatist, others celebrate the work of progressives and trailblazers.

Women Raise Heat on Immigration Debate Women's eNews, Znet

Impeachment and the Media: Not for Discussion, Only for Derision Extra! FAIR -- Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, July 2007

Trafficking Victims: Helping to Stop Abuse Equal Justice

The Gulf Rush: Reconstruction of Gulf Coast is Another Disaster for Workers In These Times

Terror Talk Crowds Out Context: Wiretapping Americans for foreign intelligence Extra! FAIR -- Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting

World premiere of talented New York composer Becca Schack by Melodia Women's Choir of NYC opens ears to the world Vocal Area Network

Religious Right Discovers Investment Activism Corp Watch

Not Grand Standing: The law should not treat grandparents who care for kids as second-class citizens Equal Justice Magazine.

Special Report: Pregnant Women Sent to Prison Marie Claire Magazine.

Private Eyes, Public Eyes: Function creep and the right to be left alone, Ford Foundation Magazine.

News and ViewsThe future will look like South Dakota: A State Votes,Feminist Studies Vol. 12, No.1.

Defending Their Lives: Domestic Violence Issues Crop Up In Every Area of Law.

Learning to Laugh with the First Woman to Swim the English Channel Women's Enews.

Special Citation: Mayor, City of Providence, for outstanding work as a journalist and playwright.

EXCEL SILVER AWARD: Feature Category, for Under the Influence from Society of National Association Publications.

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Samples On Wade Horn: Hand That Feeds and Wade Leaps and DailyKos on my blog.

SELECT ARTICLES

A Cancer Grows: Women's Medical Care in Prison Ranges from NonExistent to Brutal in The Nation , reprinted in TomPaine.com

Women Documentary Filmmakers as Social Activists in Women's E-news

Abortion Under Attack in Ms. Magazine, reprinted in Human Sexuality, Twenty-Eighth Edition McGraw-Hill/Dushkin (Dec.2002).

Kathleen Collins, a lawyer with physical disabilities, is a pro at maneuvering around boundariesin ABA's Student Lawyer
Winner of APEX Award for Publishing Excellence

Sandra Day O'Connor Legacy Women's eNews.

From Day One, Streams of Women Pour Out Katrina Disaster Relief Perspectives Magazine

Touched by a Centurion -- Group works to free inmates in tainted capital cases in ABA Journal

A Human Rights Community in Ford Foundation Report

Complementary Medicines in Mamm Magazine, a journal about women and cancer

Second Sex First: HIV and Women in Bejing +5 in Poz Magazine

Women of Color Pressing Reproductive Health Agenda in Women's Enews

Vulnerable Immigrants Seek Relief Equal Justice

10,000 Lawsuits in the Naked City: Cite-Seeing Tour of New York's Legal Landmarks in the New York Law Journal

For Trial Buffs, It's Like Watching a Soap Opera in the New York Law Journal

Life, Interrupted: Reproductive Damage from Chemical Pollutants co-authored with Margie Kelly in Women and Sustainability Special Issue of Candian Woman Studies (Les Cahiers de las Femme.)

Enviros and Pro-Choicers Join Forces in TomPaine.com ,and Working for Change.com

Museum Displays Contraceptives from Past Eras Women's eNews

Playing God -- Bioethicists, a new class of consultants, juggle principles of law, medicine and philosophy in California Lawyer

Help, Is It a Conspiracy?--Blocked from Getting RU-486 The Abortion Pill in Glamour , reprinted in Vogue Taiwan

Women In Black Stand Silent, Oppose War in Women's Enews

First Amendment on Trial in Odyssey Magazine

Polls on Abortion Can Be Misleading" in Women's Enews

Suffrage in Y1900: Women Lawyers at the Start of the Twentieth Century in Perspectives on Women and the Law

Are Victims Rights Wrong? in The Fifth Estate on Vote.com

Chattahoochee: Going Down the Drain in Creative Loafing

OTHER ARTICLES in varied publications; Request further information by going to REACH ME.

SELECT

Business Leaders for Sensible Priorities, Newsletter * People's Rights and the Law: Series * Teaching Law * Court Guide to Public Information * Medical Malpractice Newsletter * Matrimonial Law Newsletter * Product Liability Newsletter * Alternatives to the Law, Newsletter * Reproductive Freedom Newsletter * The Parenting Project Guide * 25 Years of Civil Rights, Lambda LDEF * Targeted Investments, NYC Comptroller * Amnesty International * Open Society Institute (OSI)

"Medical Experimentation on Prisoners": New England Journal of Prison Law * "Resitution As An Alternative to Incarceration": Emory Law Journal *"News and Views on South Dakota": Feminist Studies.

Editorials, Op-Eds, appearing in: Glamour, Los Angeles Times, Newsday, London Observer, New York Times, Knight Publications, USA Today, others.

Producer, Head of Investigative Team, ABC Affiliate, Mpls.
Producer, On Your Behalf consumer reports
Producer, Crimestoppers
Pilot, National Law Journal: You and the Law
Out of Court: Alternative Dispute Resolution
Independent Productions, NYC
Consultant: Nova; CBS TV movie; Wind Dancer Films; Old Dog Productions

SELECT AWARDS
EXCEL Silver Award (Feature) Society of National Association Publications for Under the Influence
Citizen Citation for "outstanding achievements as a playwright and journalist devoted to women's history and to exploring the issues and challenges that mean the most to women", City of Providence, RI, October 2006.
SPECIAL Maggie Award to Women's Enews from Planned Parenthood Federation of America, for Reproductive Rights Coverage, April 2004
APEX Award for Publishing Excellence -- PROFILE: "Kathleen Collins, A Pro At Manuevering Boundaries"
Page One Award TV, Minneapolis

SELECT POSITIONS and ASSOCIATIONS
Acting Features Editor, MAMM Magazine, NY
Communications Director, Center for Reproductive Law and Policy, NY
Speechwriter, Elizabeth Holtzman, New York City
Managing Editor, Newsletters, New York Law Journal Publishing Company
Investigative Reporter/Producer: KSTP-TV
Director, Court Information Office, Supreme Court of Minnesota
Director and Founder, Community Legal Education Program, Legal Aid of Minneapolis
Co-Founder, Legal Assistance to Women (LAW) Clinic, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Newspaper reporter, Cleveland OH.