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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

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(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        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?
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, February 24, 2011
International Women's Day and the Launch of UN Women It's the 100th anniversary of International Day and the UN has just launched its new agency for women. There's hope yet!
(35 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, March 31, 2013
Putting an End to "The Woman Question" Can we finally put an end to Freud's irritating question about what women want?
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, November 25, 2009
On the Backs of Women: The Politics of Betrayal From Afghanistan to America, when the chips are down, it's always women who get thrown under the bus.
SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Ennui, Anonimity and Overload: A 21st Century Paradigm At least 3 phenomena are affecting us more than we may realize. Is that the sound of a collective sigh we're hearing?
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, August 28, 2009
America Reveals Its Shadow Self Reflections and worries about political violence in America
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, January 30, 2016
What's Missing in Dialogues About Poverty? Republicans just don't get poverty and don't want to - or else they'd have to fix it.
(4 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, August 27, 2014
A Long Cold Summer When Civilization Seemed to Retreat Dare we hope that the summer of so many disasters coupled with political violence might lead us to find our better selves?
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        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 More Sharing        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 More Sharing        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 More Sharing        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 More Sharing        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 More Sharing        Sunday, February 1, 2015
Can We Do Better on Childcare in America? Why isn't the abysmal state of childcare in America on the radar screen? We have lessons to learn from abroad.
SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Notes from the Field: A Development Project That Actually Works An international education program that supports social justice work around the world. What could be better than that?
SHARE More Sharing        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 More Sharing        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 More Sharing        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.
SHARE More Sharing        Friday, June 26, 2015
Where Are Women's Organizations in the Fight for Reproductive Rights? What explains the invisibility of feminist organizations as women's reproductive rights continue to be eroded? And why don't they want to talk about that question with a feminist writer and activist?
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        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.

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