Elinor Tatum

Nov 6, 2024 | amsterdamnews.com | Elinor Tatum

Eight years ago, I wrote an editorial after the 2016 election put Donald Trump in the White House for the first time. At the time my daughter Willa had just turned six years old. In 2016 I was at Clinton Headquarters but this year, I asked my daughter, now 14 and a freshman in high school, if she wanted me to be home to watch the returns with her. With no hesitation, she said “Yes Mommy, come home now.

Sep 2, 2024 | tntribune.com | Elinor Tatum

On this Labor Day – let’s share with others the unsung story of Black Labor. That helped build the largest economy in the world and its democracy.

Apr 4, 2024 | wordinblack.com | Elinor Tatum

Losing a loved one is a horrible ordeal. Losing a child can be even harder to reconcile. Last week, a friend and former colleague lost his 33-year-old son, a vibrant young man full of life and love, in a tragic accident.  When I talked to my friend shortly after the passing of his son, this grieving father said to me with a smile, “He was an organ donor.

May 1, 2023 | editorandpublisher.com | Elinor Tatum |Gretchen A. Peck