Vassar Board Chair Tony Friscia ’78 grew up in a “time of hope and optimism.” Fifty years later, he asks why we’re still fighting racial and gender inequality, poverty, and more. In The Media Posted 6/24/2020 Read article
Valarie Walker ’88, organizer of this year’s NYC Dyke March, is featured in a Vogue article on how the event pivoted to social justice. In The Media Posted 6/23/2020 Read article
Eric Marcus »80, journalist and founder of the podcast “Making Gay History,” reflects on the uniqueness of this Pride Month on NPR’s All Things Considered. In The Media Posted 6/23/2020 Read article
Playbill offers a look at the trajectory of actor Meryl Streep ’71, “from high school prodigy to Broadway and movie star.” In The Media Posted 6/22/2020 Read article
In Newsweek, Ed Adler ’76, P’16 puts into perspective the “often silly and selfish pursuits” his peers engaged in before the pandemic. In The Media Posted 6/15/2020 Read article
On NPR, Adam Serwer ’05, who covers politics for the Atlantic, compares today's protests with those of 1968. In The Media Posted 6/10/2020 Read article
In the Chicago Sun-Times, Tyrone Forman ’92 writes about black Americans’ daily “struggle for human dignity in a society that devalues blackness.” In The Media Posted 6/10/2020 Read article
On 60 Minutes, Sherrilyn Ifill ’84, head of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, says George Floyd’s death is a tipping point. She talks about where to go next. In The Media Posted 6/8/2020 Read article
In The Hill, Leonard Steinhorn ’77, who teaches communication and history at American University, discusses Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s unheeded warnings about the institutionalized dehumanization of African Americans. In The Media Posted 6/8/2020 Read article
In the New York Times, Mary Retta ’20 shares her disappointment about not having an in-person graduation ceremony, but admits there are some “pros.” In The Media Posted 6/2/2020 Read article