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Elayne Clift is a writer,lecturer, workshop leader and activist. She is senior correspondent for Women's Feature Service, columnist for the Keene (NH) Sentinel and Brattleboro (VT) Commons and a contributor to various publications internationally. Her latest book is ACHAN: A Year of Teaching Thailand (Bangkok Books, 2007). She is also the editor of Women, Philanthropy and Social Change: Visions for a Just Society (UPNE/Tufts U., 2007). She lives in Saxtons River, Vt. and invites readers to visit her website: www.elayneclift.com
SHARE Thursday, February 11, 2016 Time for a Second Look at the Second Wave
Young women need to understand what's at stake in this election. Hillary Clinton and her team aren't exactly helping them. They need historical context and full information to make good decisions, and they need to vote!
SHARE Wednesday, February 3, 2016 The Perversity of Sexual Assault Knows No Bounds
First it was the military. Then college campuses and churches. Then prisons. Then war crimes and UN Peacekeepers. Now come stories of sexual aggression in Baltimore's public housing sector, refugee and migrant camps abroad, and the public squares of some of Europe's finest cities. How does it end?
(2 comments) SHARE Friday, January 1, 2016 Overcoming the Politics of fear
FDR was right about not letting fear paralyze us. So are others who refute right-wing scare-mongers seeking to be President. We all have a responsibility as well as a stake in this.
(1 comments) SHARE Thursday, December 24, 2015 The Pathologizing of Children
The over-prescribing of psychotropic drugs to children, some still in the crib, is alarming. Parents, physicians and educators must remember to "do no harm."
(7 comments) SHARE Thursday, October 29, 2015 The Continuing Harassment of Planned Parenthood
The Gotcha Game surrounding Planned Parenthood isn't likely to end soon. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)is right: "The American people are sick and tired of it."
(11 comments) SHARE Thursday, October 1, 2015 He Said, She Said: An Election Dilemma
Choosing between Bernie and Hillary is a real challenge for some Democrats. Here's what I need to see in any candidate.
(3 comments) SHARE Thursday, September 24, 2015 Glimmers of Hope for Our Common Future
It's hard these days to hang on to a positive picture of our common future. But there are some glimmers of hope.
SHARE Saturday, August 22, 2015 The Fine Art of Listening
Listening doesn't always come easily but it's deeply important in a world full of pain - and promise.
(2 comments) SHARE Wednesday, July 1, 2015 Is Big Pharma Getting Away with Murder?
When profit-driven Big Pharma behaves badly patients suffer but stockholders rejoice. What's wrong with that picture?
(6 comments) SHARE Tuesday, June 9, 2015 Sexual Bliss for Women with a Little Pink Pill - Really?
Flibanserin is Big Pharma's latest controversial innovation designed, it seems, to respond to American women's quest for an eternal wet dream. Why is Puritanical America so fixated on sex, sexual desire and sexual performance?
(1 comments) SHARE Monday, June 1, 2015 Is Lyme the Next Infectious Disease Disaster?
Lyme disease is now endemic in several states and growing exponentially across the country. Why are infectious disease specialists still in denial about its severity and chronic nature?
(5 comments) SHARE Friday, May 29, 2015 Policing Post Mortem: What Needs to Happen Next?
Let's not let police brutality go the way of gun control legislation or the war on women. Some suggestions for stopping the violence.