- Hadiya's Story: Love in a Time of Hate (2/21/2013)
- Chicago has been a grim place recently. But the most tragic news has been the continuing violence in the city's streets. I think we're all up-to-here with it, desperate for solutions. Thinking about it, I wrote this piece.
- 2013 Done Deal: "No More Women on Top" (1/9/2013)
- In the aftermath of Susan Rice's fall from (Obama) grace, @HuntsmanAbby hosted a HuffPost Live segment, "No More Women on Top?" The day's question: Does this mean no woman at State,Treasury or Defense (the big three)? This day's answer: YUP. Done deal.
- Still and always: And then my heart with pleasure fills and dances with the daffodils. (12/4/2012)
- Entitled Giving Thanks, this remembrance fits this season of charity and reflection. I hope you will take a still-moment to read it and enjoy the daffodils.
- Can we talk? Can I tell you this cookie-baking thing is driving me crazy? (10/5/2012)
- "Can we talk!" I wrote this piece for Huffington Post, in which I postulate that the "cult of mom" is about denying women public power, not about respecting the family choices women public officials make. So are cookie-baking contests for the First Lady and would-be First Lady.
- Why Would Any Woman Vote Republican This Year? (9/13/2012)
- "Fired-up and ready to go," I write to share two pieces I wrote for Huffington Post Politics and RH Reality Check as the presidential campaign season heated-up these last couple weeks.
- "Strong is the new pretty" (8/9/2012)
- Tuesday, Chris Jansing narrated a truly inspiring piece about all of the Olympic women. "Strong is getting prettier and prettier," said Sally Jenkins, Washington Post writer, summing-up the lesson the Olympians teach. I hope the November 2012 teaches the same lesson: winning is also the new pretty.
- Evolving Was Devolving: Back to the Future on Gay Marriage (5/15/2012)
- My later in the week, Mother's Day weekend Huffington Post piece: "Like Hope, Evolving Is Not a Strategy," discusses the President's shotgun marriage vow. In my take, I tell the story of my gay brother's, he-had-to-wait 25-years-to-marry marriage, at which my mother (and father) were his witnesses. I hope you'll read it.
- Soul Train Line at the Kennedy Center (2/2/2012)
- A piece about President Obama and the Rev. Al Sharpton -- in their very own Soul Train Line at the Kennedy Center --celebrating another great soul: Dr. King.
- Michelle Obama and the Jodi Kantor Book Kerfuffle: Not Hardly the Point. (1/19/2012)
- Looking beyond the Kantor book kerfuffle and the gossipy fixation on the Obama's marriage, the Obama's have an historic opportunity in 2012, and it's not the election I'm talking about. It is to engage with the American public on the issue the President discussed in his great Kansas speech: Income inequality, and how it's killing America. That's what I've written about: How Michelle Obama could be this generation's Eleanor Roosevelt.
- Mississippi Goddam? Not so fast. (11/16/2011)
- I "fessed-up," in a piece I wrote for Huffington Post Politics and RH Reality Check, Nina Simone Said Mississippi Goddam. I Thought It, to my decades'-long love affair with Mississippi music; specifically, the Delta blues.
- Huey Long to Occupy Wall Street: Want an agenda? Take mine. (10/24/2011)
- The other day, I struck a chord when I wrote about Occupy Wall Street, evoking Huey Long's advice. The featured post on Huffington Post Politics also made Louisiana political news!
- The President's poll numbers are tanking (10/12/2011)
- For those of you who might think that, at this point, just about any usually loyal Democratic subset is key to the President's re-election (true), read my latest Huffington Post Politics piece, which makes the case for why, and why now, it's important to mobilize these women in particular.
- Girls' School for Politics Now Open (9/12/2011)
- This piece is my Fall 2011 back-to-school post. And though I know not all of you are enrolled in the girls' school for politics, or, for that matter, in any school for politics, if you are curious about the lessons taught, this post may be informative.
- Girls Who Run This World (8/18/2011)
- I wrote a piece about two incredibly inspirational women: Toni Preckwinkle, first elected woman President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners, (Bobbie Steele was appointed to the position), and my eldest niece, Caitlin Sive, now a nationally-recognized chef at the ripe old age of 23. They have a lot in common, I'm delighted to report.
- White Men Can't Jump New Hampshire Presidential Debate Edition (6/13/2011)
- This week, the White Men Can't Jump award goes to all those male political reporters and pundits who Sarah Palin drove crazy on her bus tour last week. Rolling thunder, indeed: they were thunderous in their disdain for Palin's failure to follow their protocols.
- With Apologies to Beyoncé: Chicago Women "Run This Motha" This Day (5/16/2011)
- Thanks to Beyoncé, I was inspired to write this piece for Chicagoans thinking about this historic Inauguration Day. Yes, historic for the inauguration of Rahm Emanuel, notable in so many respects, but, in particular in my view, for his grounding in community organizing and political dealmaking.
- Planned Parenthood's Almost Demise, Michele Bachmann's Presidential Exploration, Geraldine Ferraro's Death, All Mark New Chapter in American Political History (4/13/2011)
- Here is a link to my latest screed about the future of American "pro-choice" women's political power. I'm letting it all hang out since, I have to tell you, it's time we tried something way new and way different.
- Rahm's Chance to Make Women's History (3/21/2011)
- This month, Women's History Month, the month that Rahm Emanuel begins preparing in-earnest for his new job, seems like a good time for the rest of us to put our thoughts together, too. Here are mine.
- Roe v. Wade Edition (and Subtraction): Right to Abortion about to Become Another Right of the Rich (Only) (1/21/2011)
- Here is my commentary on the current state of abortion rights, on this weekend of the 28th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Roe v. Wade.
- Check-out WBEZ.ORG at 9am (CST): Things are getting hot here, even if it is January. (1/7/2011)
- I will be a guest on Eight Forty-Eight, the WBEZ (NPR affiliate) morning show, at 9am CST this morning, talking about the latest in the Chicago mayoral race.
- Rev. Meeks Never Wanted to Be Mayor. (12/24/2010)
- Things were just starting to get all nice and quiet around here. I was getting dressed for a holiday dinner with my husband and some friends when I heard the TV newscaster say: Rev. Meeks has dropped-out of the race for Mayor of Chicago.
- Rahm: I've Got Seven Million Dollars, Don't You Mess with Me (12/1/2010)
- News from Rahm Emanuel's campaign for mayor of Chicago gave me a chance to write this piece for The Huffington Post, featuring one of my favorite Chicagoans, the great Chicago/Mississippi blues singer, Muddy Waters.
- TIME for YOUR Campaign (11/18/2010)
- Recently, several clients undertook some innovative strategic planning, in order to build and strengthen their organizations. Here are two really important reasons to undertake this effort now.
- Big Girls Don't Cry (11/4/2010)
- As the first, post-midterm election day came to a close, I decided to focus on the positive: The winning (political) ways of some women I admire greatly. Hence this piece for The Huffington Post.
- Mayor Daley Did (10/22/2010)
- I wrote a new piece late last week in my series for The Huffington Post about Chicago's 2011 mayoral contest. I've said it before. I'll say it again: This mayoral contest is both a laugh riot and very serious business.
- Sexual Politics in the City (10/5/2010)
- I've gone ahead and plunged headlong into the pool, sharks and all, that is our race to replace Mayor Daley. Here are links to three pieces in The Huffington Post, along with a link to the WBEZ radio show, Eight Forty-Eight, in which I've discussed the idea: Why not a woman for Chicago's next Mayor?
- Time for the Rich to Spend It All: A Lesson from Katrina (8/27/2010)
- Those of you who've followed my writing for The Huffington Post and OnEarth Magazine know that I love New Orleans. So, today, this week, I share a piece I wrote for The Chronicle of Philanthropy, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
- Jay-Z and Me (8/19/2010)
- "You guide people, don't you," he remarked, as I ordered my coffee. Out of the mouths of babes (in this case in looks, not age).
- The BP Oil Spill? Ida Tarbell Saw It Coming. (7/9/2010)
- Today, the link I offer-up is to another chapbook I'm writing: Hope's Great, But a Girl's Got to Organize. The link here is to my July column for Today's Chicago Woman, a column also published on the Chicago Tribune website, Chicago Now.
- From BP Massacre to BP Massacred (6/18/2010)
- Here is the latest chapter of my White Men Can't Jump chapbook;* the one all-about, and dedicated-to, BP CEO Tony Heyward, he who must no longer be obeyed. The chapter was featured this week in the Huffington Post Chicago edition.
- The Gulf: Between Perception and Reality (6/2/2010)
- I hope you'll take a look at this piece in today's Huffington Post: The Gulf: Between Perception and Reality. Then, if you're so inclined, take action (NOW)
- Take Two: The Supremes, And We're Not Talking Motown (5/12/2010)
- This piece about President Obama's nomination of Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the U.S. Supreme Court sailed out on the Internet this morning, as the featured piece for RH Reality Check.
- New Huffington Post Piece: Malcolm X to Barack Obama (4/21/2010)
- Here is my most recent piece for The Huffington Post Chicago edition and The Huffington Post Politics edition.
- Strong Medicine (3/26/2010)
- Last year, I started my blog, SiveSiftings: Rebecca Sive Talks Back, so that I could share my thoughts about the hot topics-of-the-day.
- It's Still An Olympian Moment for Chicago (10/2/2009)
- Even though Chicago won't be the site of the 2016 Summer Olympics, Chicago's women can still exert an Olympian effort to shape our city and improve the lives of the women who live in this still-great city.
- Today's Chicago Woman Launch (9/18/2009)
- I'm pleased to tell you that the September 2009 edition of www.tcwmag.com, the Today's Chicago Woman website, was my formal debut as a blogger for the magazine.
- SiveSiftings: “The mere presence of a woman or a black on the Supreme Court changed the way colleagues saw some issues.” (7/2/2009)
- Welcome to the newsletter version of SiveSiftings, an occasional publication, including a compilation of my SiveSiftings' blog posts at rebeccasive.com.
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