In the Media
July 14, 2020
Archivist preserves Black history and culture
Reed College Archivist Tracy Drake is a member of The Blackivists, a national group of Black archivists who prioritize Black cultural heritage preservation and memory work. Drake was invited on OPB's prominent lunchtime news talkshow to discuss the group's work to help institutions build historical collections that include Black heritage.
July 14, 2020
After 43 years, Mossy Kilcher’s folk songs for Alaska get a second life
The New York Times chronicles the life of Mairiis "Mossy" Kilcher '66 as her reissued 1977 "Northwind Calling" hits the top of the folk music charts.
July 24, 2020
Attorney General Barr says DOJ acts independent of Trump's interests
Professor of Political Science Paul Gronke was asked to address Attorney General Barr's assertion that "you don't have to be a rocket scientist to figure out" that mail-in ballots would be an obvious target for voter fraud. "It shows a fundamental lack of understanding about the soup to nuts of administering an election. You can't just source the paper, re-create the ballot styles, fake the signatures, on any kind of mass scale."
June 4, 2020
U.S. states see major challenge in delivering record mail ballots in November
Professor of Political Science Paul Gronke talked with Reuters News service about the nessessity of election officials to plan for November. “Election officials need to move now” to make preparations to expeditiously move election mail and to avoid widespread disenfranchisement, said Gronke, who heads the Early Voting Information Center at Reed College in Portland.
May 19, 2020
