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Elayne Clift

Elayne Clift is a writer in Saxtons River, Vermont.

Bloody coat hanger overlaid on the Supreme Court building (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call)

What the Supreme Court has done to women: We will not forget

Elayne Clift
View of a mass meeting of 20,000 members of the League of the Friends of the New Germany, which was held in New York's Madison Square Garden. (Bettmann/Getty Images)

Fascism in America: It’s nowhere near as new as you might think

Elayne Clift
Abortion rights advocates and anti-abortion protesters demonstrate in front of the Supreme Court of the United States Supreme Court of the United States on Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Supreme Court stands up for centuries of entrenched misogyny: It’s a grim history lesson

Elayne Clift
A Honduran mother carries her son, 4, across the U.S.-Mexico border as part of a group of at least 25 asylum seekers who where were allowed to travel from a migrant camp in Mexico into the United States on February 25, 2021 in Matamoros, Mexico (John Moore/Getty Images)

Why is the Biden administration still keeping migrant kids locked up? The saga of Title 42

Elayne Clift
Syrian Kurdish refugees walk with their belongings after crossing into Turkey from the Syrian border town of Kobani on September 26, 2014 near the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province, Turkey. (Stringer/Getty Images)

America talks big about “human rights”: We should be ashamed of that hypocrisy

Elayne Clift
Protesters hold signs as they rally in support of Planned Parenthood and pro-choice (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Ending Roe v. Wade is the goal of draconian new abortion laws — and we’re getting closer every day

Elayne Clift
A woman holds a Trump 2020 flag and a Q Anon flag outside of Mankato Regional Airport as President Donald Trump makes a campaign stop on August 17, 2020 in Mankato, Minnesota. Trump spoke at the airport before continuing on to a campaign stop in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. (Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)

How to lose America: The death of democracy looks nearer than ever

Elayne Clift
Young woman behind prison bars (Getty Images)

A survivor of sexual violence is free after 33 years — but her victimization isn’t over

Elayne Clift
Donald Trump and Benito Mussolini (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Escaping the “Mussolini moment”: Trump’s enablers and the banality of evil

Elayne Clift