Ruth Rosen
- : Berkeley, California
- : Ruth Rosen is a journalist and historian. She is professor emerita of history at the University of California, Davis and a visiting professor of public policy and history at U.C. Berkeley. For 11 years, she wrote op-ed columns for the Los Angeles Times and from 2000-2004, she worked full-time as a political columnist and editorial page writer at the San Francisco Chronicle. Her editorials won regional and national awards, including those given by the Society of Professional Journalists,the National Federation of Women Legislators, and the National Association for the Mentally Ill. Her articles, commentary and books reviews have also appeared most frequently in Dissent, The American Prospect, The Los Angeles Times, The Nation, and The Women's Review of Books. She is the author of three books. The most recent, "The World Split Open: How the Modern Women's Movement Changed America, (2000), was chosen as a Book of the Month selection, listed among the Best Books Published in 2000 by The Los Angeles Times, and nominated as a Finalist for the Non-Fiction Award, given by the Bay Area Reviewers Association. A new edition with an updated chronology and epilogue essay was published in January 2007.
Tales From Inside the Editorial Board Room
When I first heard about Scott McClellan's charges that the Bush administration had lied and deceived Americans during the months and years leading up to the war, I burst into tears of happiness. No, nothing he wrote was new. And...more »
Posted on June 6, 2008 1:23 PM
We're Already Married
Four years ago, when Mayor Gavin Newsom began issuing marriage licenses for same sex marriages, I was still a political columnist at the San Francisco Chronicle. I rushed down to City Hall to bear witness to the historic events of...more »
Posted on May 16, 2008 8:35 AM
Give the Freedom Riders Honorary Degrees!
Many people remember the courageous civil rights activists who in the early 1960s risked their lives to challenge Jim Crow laws by riding racially integrated buses into the South. But few people know that southern universities expelled dozens of these...more »
Posted on April 3, 2008 4:30 PM
The Politics of Patriotism
"I think it would be a great thing if we had an election between two people who loved this country and were devoted to the interests of the country and people could actually ask themselves who is right on the...more »
Posted on March 24, 2008 9:06 PM
Life After "The Wire"
After five years of watching "The Wire," I confess to a fear of experiencing withdrawal symptoms. The series ended as it began, with a scathing expose of the corruption that exists among drug dealers, and inside the police department, the...more »
Posted on March 10, 2008 4:24 PM
The Politics of Fear---Again
Although I have supported Barack Obama in the primaries, I would not be devastated if Hillary Clinton should turn out to be the Democratic nominee. What does upset me, however, is how Clinton is employing the politics of fear and...more »
Posted on March 5, 2008 12:33 PM
Let us remember Barbara Seaman, crusading pioneer of the women's health movement
Let us pause, for a moment, to remember that one of the great activists of the 20th century died on February 27th, of lung cancer, leaving behind a legacy of critical challenges to the medical and pharmaceutical industries. Though many...more »
Posted on February 28, 2008 1:08 PM
When will John McCain apologize to Hillary Clinton--and all American women?
Sen. John McCain has a woman problem. As many people remember, a supporter asked him last November "how are we going to beat that bitch?" His response, after a good old boy's chuckle, was "That's an excellent question." He then...more »
Posted on February 11, 2008 2:25 PM
Is Misogyny the Last Taboo?
The good news in this campaign is that most Americans, including pundits and political analysts, seem to feel it is socially unacceptable to use overtly racist stereotypes or innuendo against Barack Obama. Though I still believe that racism is pandemic...more »
Posted on February 9, 2008 1:07 PM
Why would a feminist vote for Obama?
Some people are stunned that I have already voted for Barack Obama and that I signed a "Feminists for Obama" statement which now includes over a thousand rather distinguished names. They know I've been involved in the women's movement since...more »
Posted on February 5, 2008 2:05 PM
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But the postscript tells the viewer what happened later to the families, to the marine, to the men who were buried. It could have said: Later, government officials confirmed that X number men, who came from Y countries, all members of Al Qaeda, plotted and executed the terrorist attacks.
Posted at August 12, 2006 3:20 PM in response to The Politics of Olivers Stone's "The World Trade Center"
