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Keli Goff

Keli Goff, a Daily Beast columnist and contributor to KCRW's "Left, Right & Center," was nominated for two Emmy Awards for the documentary Reversing Roe.

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CHANGING THE CHANNEL

How Trump Voters and ‘Prestige’ TV Brought Down Hollywood

When I was a kid, there wasn’t a thing called “prestige” television. There was just television. If it was good, everybody watched it. If it was bad, it got canceled and mostly forgotten.

Keli Goff

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EVERYONE LOSES

Why Unending Purge of Media Leaders of Color Hurts Us All

Diverse bosses are no longer in big-name jobs. They’re not the only ones who’ll pay the price.

Keli Goff

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MAN OF FAITH

Jimmy Carter’s Life Should Make Christian Right Feel Ashamed

As a person of faith, I have been horrified to watch Christianity’s fall from grace in mainstream America. The former president’s legacy stands out as an embodiment of what is missing today from our leaders in Congress, and in church.

Keli Goff

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BEST FRENEMIES FOREVER

‘Morning Joe’ Making Nice With Trump Isn’t the Real Problem

The MSNBC hosts' job is not to reinforce their friends’ biases, but to report and analyze the truth.

Keli Goff

Kamala Harris, May 01, 2024 in Jacksonville, Florida.
HEARTS AND MINDS

How The Daily Beast’s Keli Goff Called the Election—In July

If Kamala Harris and her supporters, driven by ego and their own desire to see history made, help elect Trump, Goff argued shortly after Harris' candidacy was announced, then her legacy will end up just as damaged as Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s.

Keli Goff

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VOTE OF CONFIDENCE

How Black Men Have Already Won the 2024 Election

A potential shift in their political allegiance—or even the perception thereof—should mean Black men, and Black voters, become a demographic to be proactively courted.

Keli Goff

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UNFAIRLY JUDGED

Racism, Sexism, Power—and the Case For and Against Kamala

Asking Harris as a candidate to step aside—especially for white men who are less qualified and more disliked than her—will prove Democrats are as hypocritical as conservatives.

Keli Goff

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TIME TO PONY UP

Why Aren’t Dems Calling Out Movie Studio Bosses? Donations.

Top Democrats in Washington have yet to specifically call out the bad guys—because the bad guys happen to be their friends, donors, and business associates.

Keli Goff

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SURVIVE AND THRIVE

What Tina Turner Taught Black Women About Resilience

In her ability to subvert racial stereotypes, Turner represented celebrity at its best.

Keli Goff

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SEIZE THE MOMENT

What Kate Middleton and Queen Camilla Owe to Women of Color

They know what it is to be mistreated by the press. But they don’t know what it is to be a Black woman vilified in public.

Keli Goff

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