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Ben Bagdikian ’41 championed the public’s right to know

Ben Bagdikian ’41, who died March 11 at the age of 96, enjoyed a storied career in journalism. He won the Pulitzer Prize, reported on prisons, poverty and civil rights, and defied the federal government by helping publish the Pentagon Papers, thus securing one of history’s greatest victories for freedom of the press. Later he…
Sen. Warren urges every child be given ‘a fighting chance to succeed’

It was not a religious revival, but Sen. Elizabeth Warren did ask for one “amen” from the podium in Clark University’s Atwood Hall. Recalling the Supreme Court’s historic decision ending school segregation Brown v. The Board of Education, she cited Justice Earl Warren, who observed that a public school education “is a right that must be…
Make Central Mass. the affordable college capital

At or near the top of the long list of what makes Central Massachusetts an attractive alternative to other areas of the state and the country is its affordability. The WPI ranking comes on the heels of Anna Maria College and Quinsigamond Community College creating a $40,000 program for first responders and social workers to…
Historian shares research on the female face of genocide

Woodstock Academy welcomed Dr. Sarah Cushman as its third guest in a Genocide Speaker Series on March 7. Cushman is the head of educational programming at the Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Clark University in Worcester. She has made it her mission to take a hard look at the Holocaust and examine…
Elizabeth Warren hails civil rights legacy of education law

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, whose first job after college was as a special needs instructor for young children and who went on to teach aspiring lawyers at Harvard Law School, was in full history lesson mode today as she drew connections between the federal governments main education law and the civil rights struggles of the 1950s…
Sen. Elizabeth Warren calls for federal government to keep fighting for education equality in Worcester speech

Elizabeth Warren credited her own public school education with getting her to where she is today a senator fighting for all children to get a world class education. The senator from Massachusetts spoke at Clark University Monday morning in the sixth annual Gurel Lecture that focused on urban education. Warren, whose own career started as…
Clark professor explores parents’ relationships to gay in-laws

A woman who is gay lives about an hour away from her mother. Yet she only visits her mother every seven years. The mother never mentions her daughters wife, whom she has never acknowledged as her daughter-in-law. There are no holiday gifts for the wife, and the mother never asks about their adopted child. Yet,…
Elizabeth Warren on prez campaign: ‘I’m getting more involved’

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a liberal superstar who has remained on the sidelines during the presidential race, said she is now getting more involved, spurred by the ugliness in the Republican race. “I’m getting more involved and I will get more involved as we head closer and closer to November. I’m watching what’s happening right…
Clark sociology professor pens new book for parents: ‘When Your Gay or Lesbian Child Marries’

More than 70,000 same-sex couples have married in the United States since Massachusetts became the first state to legalize same-sex marriage in 2004. These marriages can pose unique challenges for both couples and their parents. In her new book, “When Your Gay or Lesbian Child Marries: A Guide for Parents” (Rowman & Littlefield, 2016), Clark Sociology…
Ben H. Bagdikian, journalist with key role in Pentagon Papers case, dies at 96

During his tenure as national editor of The Washington Post in the early 1970s, Ben H. Bagdikian embarked on two secret missions under very different circumstances. First, he obtained the Pentagon Papers for The Post, physically delivering them to the home of then-editor Benjamin C. Bradlee. The publication of the papers ultimately resulted in a…