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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
(1 comments) SHARE Wednesday, January 28, 2015 Time to End a Two-Tiered Justice System
Why do white collar criminals get away with murder - sometimes literally - while ordinary people - who are sometimes innocent - languish is inhumane prisons?
(1 comments) SHARE Tuesday, April 29, 2014 The Elephants in the Pay Equity Room
We lost a great opportunity to talk about myriad issues surrounding pay equity (and discrimination) during media coverage of National Pay Equity Day last month.
(1 comments) SHARE Saturday, January 28, 2012 It's Not Just the Economy, Stupid!
Now that we're finally in the election year, let's play careful attention to the myriad issues that matter.
(3 comments) SHARE Thursday, April 28, 2016 Thoughts From a Disillusioned Democrat
It's hard being a news junkie, especially when sandbox politics prevail, even between the candidates in my party, in light of how vital this election is.
(4 comments) SHARE Wednesday, January 28, 2009 There's Hope for Health Care Yet
A commentary on health care reform as new ideas float in the ether of Washington, D.C. among organizations that do their homework and have access to policymakers.
(5 comments) SHARE Monday, May 27, 2013 Lessons From Abroad: Ten Tips in Ten Days
What can we learn from "the old country"? Plenty when it comes to culinary pleasures, transportation and sustainable living.
SHARE Monday, January 14, 2013 Remembering a Rape Victim and the Meaning of Her Death
The rape unto death of an Indian woman is not unlike the massacre of innocent children by gun violence in CT: We must understand the root cause of such violence and put an end to it now.
SHARE Sunday, November 27, 2011 Occupying First Class
The dichotomy between the world's wealth and poverty could not be more stark or disturbing from 40,000 feet above Africa.
(2 comments) SHARE Thursday, June 26, 2014 Micro-aggression: Subtle But Searing
Subtle forms of aggression - a particular kind of bullying - have a terrible impact and need to be stopped.
(1 comments) SHARE Wednesday, August 22, 2012 This Election is a Moral Referendum
This year's election is more than a political event of vast consequence. It is a collective decision on the future of morality in the world's leading democracy.