Eleanor Clift Discusses Women in Politics at Samford
For generations of journalists, covering the statehouse has been a prestigious beat. It typically came with a desk in the building, and ample access to lawmakers. It was not an assignment for a novice. You worked your way up to it, and you had to be good. Bringing down a governor, exposing corruption—all in a [...]
From a deal with Iran to an uptick in the employment rolls, a lot can happen to shift the political conversation between now and November. Immigration reform, for example, was supposed to help Democrats in the midterm elections. Clashes on the border between angry Texans and buses carrying immigrant children fleeing gang violence and sex [...]
The finding that one in five women are sexually assaulted in college is as widely known as it is startling. Countless media reports repeat and recycle the alarming statistic, and it headlined the initial report introduced by Vice President Biden from the White House Task Force to Protect Students from Campus Assault. But how trustworthy [...]
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Upcoming Appearances
May 15 – Appearance on the Diane Rehm show, which runs on NPR stations across the country – I will be talking about my new book, “Selecting a President,” co-authored with Matthew Spieler, and I will be on with Sam Popkin, author of “The Candidate: What it takes to Win – and Hold – the White House”
May 19 – I will receive an honorary degree from Westfield University in Pittsfield, Mass
May 30 – Keynote Speaker at the Silent Sentinel event for the Turning Point Suffragist Memorial
June 5 – Health Policy Roundtable – Detroit Public Television
June 11 – League of Women Voters -- political panel, Washington DC
June 13 – Medical Musical Group evening concert, Baltimore, Md
