 She wrote for "The Economist", "The Wall Street Journal", "The Los Angeles Times", "The New York Times" and the (London) "Times Literary Supplement".She often spoke to the media about voting rights, education, and other issues and appeared on "Good Morning America", "Fox News Sunday", and "This Week with George Stephanopoulos", among other places.President Bill Clinton chose her as one of three authors to participate in his first "town meeting" on race in Akron, Ohio, on December 3, 1997, and she was part of a small group that met with the President again in the Oval Office on December 19, 1997.