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Ann Friedman

Ann Friedman is an editor and writer. Formerly the executive editor of GOOD, she’s now hard at work on a crowd-funded magazine called Tomorrow and is a politics columnist for NYmag.com. She curates the work of women journalists at LadyJournos!, makes hand-drawn pie charts for The Hairpin, and dispenses animated advice at the Columbia Journalism Review. In July 2012, CJR named her one of 20 women to watch.

Recent Articles

The Vice-Presidential Face-Off, GIF-ified

Ann FriedmanOct 11, 2012

Raddatz, right out the gate:

 

Ryan gives props to Beau Biden.

 

"MALARKEY!"

 

"Let's move on to another war." :(

 

Biden is a real-time, one-man fact-checking team.

 

Ryan:

The Debate in 17 GIFs

Ann FriedmanOct 04, 2012

Obama Shouts Out to Michelle for Their Anniversary

 

Mitt Says He Loves Coal

 

Obama Nods.

 

Mitt Offers Some Simplistic Platitudes.

 

Obama Nods.

 

Obama Name-Checks Bill Clinton. Twice.

 

Running Away From "Mama Grizzly"

After the 2008 election, conservatives learned to talk about race and gender -- but not race and gender equality.

Ann FriedmanMay 10, 2011

If the 2008 election was all about change, then the 2012 race promises to be a referendum on whether things have actually changed. I'm not only talking about Obama's ability to fulfill his campaign promises of a more prosperous, fairer America. I'm also referring to the fact that the last time we elected a president, the candidates who graced the national stage marked a very visible change from previous campaigns. For the first time in history, race and gender did not default to white and male. Identity took center stage. I'm not old enough to remember all that many election cycles, but I'm confident that 2008 was different.

In the Streets

Old-fashioned street demonstrations and picket lines are enjoying their most popular moment since the late 1960s.

Ann FriedmanApr 04, 2011
The Rev. Jesse Jackson at a pro-union rally in Wisconsin yesterday (Flickr/Karen Hickey)

About a year and a half ago, as the Tea Party began to dominate headlines and cable-news chyrons, liberals were befuddled. This "movement" had seemingly come from nowhere. Slowly, a general-consensus explanation emerged: A few tiny conservative gatherings were trumpeted (and trumped up) by right-wing media until they had the appearance of scale. We still, however, had a hard time wrapping our heads around how big and widespread these gatherings really were. When Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin called the Tea Partiers to the National Mall this summer -- but stopped just short of calling it a Tea Party -- liberals couldn't look away.

Compromised Rights

Recent, radical attacks on abortion rights are the legacy of decades of compromise.

Ann FriedmanMar 05, 2011
Rep. Bart Stupak, co-author of the infamous Stupak-Pitts Amendment to the health-care bill (AP/Carlos Osorio)

For those of us concerned about women's health, the first few months of the 112th Congress have felt a lot like the early days of the George W. Bush administration. Republicans have introduced a cascade of anti-choice bills, each more appalling than the last. Far from stemming the tide of radical legislation, the Democrats' years of seeking the "middle ground" on this issue have only emboldened social conservatives. Rep. Joe Pitts, a Republican from Pennsylvania, recently declared, "This House is more pro-life than it's ever been."

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