Elayne Clift
Women are still treated as chattel
Elayne Clift (elayne-clift.com) has written this column about women, politics, and social issues for almost 20 years.
That place where anxiety and numbness meet in despair
How could Donald Trump’s behavior, personality, and criminal record not be enough to stop him? And where do we go from here?
Elayne Clift (elayne-clift.com) has written this column about women, politics, and social issues for almost 20 years. BRATTLEBORO-Usually around this time I begin thinking about writing my cheery Christmas letter to share the highlights of another year in the life of our family. This year is different. I'm still...
In good company
Kamala Harris is part of a sisterhood who envisioned a different way of being. She is not an anomaly.
Elayne Clift (elayne-clift.com) has written this column about women, politics, and social issues for almost 20 years. BRATTLEBORO-As Vice President Kamala Harris has proven since she began campaigning to become president, she is no neophyte in the world of politics, as some proclaim. Nor is she a potted plant:
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We’re living in a dystopian tech world gone mad
Elayne Clift (elayne-clift.com) has written this column about women, politics, and social issues from the earliest days of this newspaper. BRATTLEBORO-Remember what it was like before our lives were ruled by algorithms, artificial intelligence, autopay, QR codes, social media, virtual chats, usernames and passwords? I remember when you could go to a store and a well-trained person would be on hand to assist you if you couldn't find what you were looking for. My dad owned a small haberdashery in...
What’s at stake with the election in November
Elayne Clift (elayne-clift.com) has written this column about women, politics, and social issues from the earliest days of this newspaper. BRATTLEBORO-Let's get right to it: The shocking decision about presidential immunity by the Supreme Court has us non-Trumpers in a place of deep anxiety and overt fear. We know that our lives and our kids' futures will be forever changed by a court that has become so outrageously biased and openly political that it is not hyperbolic to charge them...
Recommended reading
BRATTLEBORO-Thank you for your thoughtful editorial. (Full disclosure: My personal views align with those of Jewish Voice for Peace, which also had a Viewpoint in Voices on the same day.) I would like to suggest three books that I believe will offer your readers necessary historical context for the terrible war taking place now in the Middle East. Well-researched and documented history adds important context that is vital to understanding the tragedy that is occurring there. These books provide that...
What civilized, developed nation justifies executions?
Elayne Clift (elayne-clift.com) has written this column about women, politics, and social issues from the earliest days of this newspaper. BRATTLEBORO-In February this year, Texas executed a man named Ivan Cantu for murder despite the fact that evidence discovered post-trial had raised serious questions about his guilt, persuading jurors from his first trial to ask the courts to reconsider his case. A campaign supported by thousands of Texans pushed to pause the execution, and faith leaders called for a closer...
Looking the truth in the eye
BRATTLEBORO-As someone who has been a public health educator and advocate for many years, I appreciated Joyce Marcel's article, which illuminated racial disparities in health care caused by diagnostic tools that rely on technology. I also applaud the sources she quoted who are drawing attention to those disparities. I'd be interested to read a follow-up article about differences in care that derive from racism in the medical profession in general, which is rife with race-based assumptions and stereotypes. A variety...