Alexis Grenell
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New York, NY, United States
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Past articles by Alexis:
White Women, Come Get Your People
They will defend their privilege to the death. → Read More
The persistence of memory: Christine Blasey Ford knows exactly what she's talking about
Christine Blasey Ford remembers everything about the time Brett Kavanaugh and Mark Judge attacked her in a second floor bedroom in suburban Maryland during the summer of 1982. → Read More
Stop pretending women in politics are inherently better
After former New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman flamed out last month, a rallying cry burst across the internet: Elect more women! → Read More
Men are thriving despite #MeToo
We’re several months into the #MeToo movement, in which women refusing to shut up about their lives have → Read More
What men owe women in the #metoo era
After NBC fired Matt Lauer last week, the host of the "Today" show poured gasoline onto the flaming trash... → Read More
Women's credibility is the crucible of sex assault claims
Last week, the Washington Post broke a meticulously reported story that Alabama senate candidate Roy Moore... → Read More
A man with no Plan
New York Slant, a website dedicated to opinion and analysis on New York City and state politics and government. → Read More
Let’s make Women’s History Month history
New York Slant, a website dedicated to opinion and analysis on New York City and state politics and government. → Read More
Opinion: Any good he did can’t exonerate Vito Lopez
Disgraced former Assemblyman Vito Lopez is dead, but there’s at least one man willing to shed a public tear. Frank Seddio, Lopez’s successor as the boss of the Brooklyn Democratic Party, released a statement today praising Lopez’s long career as a housing advocate. It ended with a request for clemency: “As he faces the judgment on the value of his life, my hope is that all the good work he did… → Read More
Opinion: Any good he did can’t exonerate Vito Lopez
Disgraced former Assemblyman Vito Lopez is dead, but there’s at least one man willing to shed a public tear. Frank Seddio, Lopez’s successor as the boss of the Brooklyn Democratic Party, released a statement today praising Lopez’s long career as a housing advocate. It ended with a request for clemency: “As he faces the judgment on the value of his life, my hope is that all the good work he did… → Read More
Opinion: Came for the Clinton, stayed for the Bernie
At the first Democratic presidential debate Tuesday night, a cranky, septuagenarian, slightly deaf socialist owned the stage. Clutching the podium, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont railed against the ills of capitalism while explaining the concept of democratic socialism to the roughly 9.2 million Americans who tuned in. More than a decade after Republicans savaged John Kerry for speaking… → Read More
The Women’s Equality Party: A far cry from the suffragettes
In 1916, suffragettes Lucy Burns and Alice Paul were frustrated with the slow progress of American voting rights. Across the Atlantic Ocean, British women were firebombing London and chaining themselves to government buildings. So Burns and Paul decided to up the ante by founding the National Woman’s Party. Although not a true political party, the National Woman’s Party staged rallies, protests… → Read More
Alexis Grenell: Dangling Carly Fiorina over the cliff
As Carly Fiorina’s star in the Republican primaries continues to rise, her opponents have stepped up their scrutiny → Read More
Opinion: Free the working fathers
In the fight for paid family leave, the driving narrative behind the policy is how it will benefit women. And it’s true – women are uniquely harmed by social expectations placed on them for unpaid care work, like child rearing and elder care. The fact that there is no male equivalent for the awkward trope of “working mother” is proof alone that women still spend disproportionately more time on… → Read More
Skelos the Welfare Queen
The federal case against state Sen. Dean Skelos and his son Adam on charges of extortion, bribery and abuse of office seems to be another example of egregious public corruption. But aside from the sordid details of their allegedly wide-ranging malfeasance, the indictment reveals something equally offensive: hypocrisy. A few months prior to his arrest, Skelos defended a tax credit for yachts and… → Read More
Cathy Nolan Leaned In, but she couldn't win a rigged game
In the race to replace Sheldon Silver as speaker of the New York State Assembly, a rumor emerged that Cathy Nolan was a “stalking horse” for Queens County Democratic Chairman Joe Crowley. This implied she was a proxy, intended as a bargaining chip for someone more powerful. Absent any facts, it served only to undermine her candidacy. But why was it even plausible that a 30-year veteran of the… → Read More
The Bill Cosby of Albany
Gotham Gazette is an online publication covering New York policy and politics as well as news on public safety, transportation, education, finance and more. → Read More
Andrew Cuomo's Pink Ghetto
In the last election, Gov. Andrew Cuomo became the poster child for feminism. Rallying women to his newfound cause, the governor created the Women’s Equality Party (WEP) in “answer to the assaults on the basic rights of women and our lack of progress,” as per the website. No, he didn’t include any women in the decision-making process. Nor did he consult any experts on the complex history of the… → Read More
My Electrifying Phone Call With Mario Cuomo
When I was a child my mother told me that the Governor Mario Cuomo was “a great man." Later, I had the privilege to know it for myself. When I was working for Andrew Cuomo, then the Attorney General, I had the task of prepping his father for an interview with a reporter. The younger Cuomo had not yet announced his intentions to run for Governor, but buzz was building. It was my unenviable job to… → Read More
The Jills Are Due
During the Buffalo Bills’ first home opener against the Miami Dolphins, Gov. Andrew Cuomo aired a campaign commercial exposing his Republican opponent, Rob Astorino, as a lifelong Dolphins fan. The ad simultaneously touted Cuomo’s efforts to keep the Bills in New York: “Governor Cuomo stood with us. He’s delivered for Buffalo and all of Western New York.” Indeed, the governor has spent… → Read More