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Michelle Obama Compares Trump Administration to Irresponsible Parent Who Lets Kids ‘Eat Candy All Day, Not Follow the Rules’

Michelle Obama has a few choice words about the Trump administration, especially in comparison with her husband’s presidency, one that was more like having a “responsible parent” caring for the household. “I think what we see is what happens when we take things for granted,” Obama told Simmons College President Helen Drinan at the Simmons…

By

Breanna Edwards

Published

April 6, 2018
Culture, Media

College to Be Named After Gwen Ifill

Alma Mater Offers Rare Tribute to Black Journalist Zimbabwe Media Slow to Report on Takeover Forbes Picks a Diverse ’30 Under 30′ Media List Reporter Remembers Unpunished Killings of 1972 Black Gay Editor Suspended Over Racist Tweets Moore’s Bible Rhetoric Attracted Some Black Voters Lincoln U., Missouri HBCU, Tries Drone Journalism Students Report Housing Fight…

By

Richard Prince

Published

November 16, 2017
Boston-Area College Will Name School After Trailblazing Journalist Gwen Ifill

For decades, journalist Gwen Ifill served as a role model for reporting with integrity, clarity and fierce intelligence. Now students at one Boston-area college will be able to study in a school that bears her name. According to the Boston Herald, Simmons College announced the Gwen Ifill College of Media, Arts and Humanities on Tuesday…

By

Anne Branigin

Published

November 14, 2017