Mothers deserve celebration every day of the year! Our writers report on mothers' many challenges and mothers fighting back.

• Mothers Deserve More than One Day a Year, S. Seltzer
• Celebrating Courageous Acts of Motherhood, G. Dempsey
• "What if Your Mother Had Aborted You?", F. Kissling
• From Inside Prisons, Mothers Long for Their Children, C. Hall
• Too Poor to Parent?, G. Burroughs
• Motherhood Melee: An Interview with Amy Richards, L. Barcella
• The Best Gifts for Mother's Day Are Rights and Respect, M. Bloom
• The Politics of Motherhood, the Capacity for Choice, C. Austria
• New Moms in Africa Fight Postpartum Depression, M. Biriwasha
• Motherhood: Canada's New Glass Ceiling?, P. Pizarro