On the same day that former president Donald Trump said vice president Kamala Harris “happened to turn Black,” Harris was at a Black sorority conference in Texas. “As a proud member of the Divine 9, when I look out at everyone here, I see family,” said Harris, speaking on July …
Read More »Student Journalists Face Storm of Campus Protest Disinformation
Disinformation doesn’t exist in a vacuum. It feeds on times of crisis and when authoritative information is needed faster than trusted messengers can get it out. This couldn’t have been more obvious last week as police departments raided college campuses and pro-Palestinian protests across the country. That’s why I invited …
Read More »The Kids Don’t Want to Go to College Anymore, and Why Would They?
ON THIS WEEK’S episode of Have a Nice Future, Gideon Lichfield and Lauren Goode talk to Paul Tough, education journalist and author of The Inequality Machine, about the future of higher education. Even as many Americans return to college campuses this month, rising costs and a lower return on investment have raised …
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