Popular video by Rachel Maddow (California & Lincoln, 1995) shows how Donald Trump incites violence

Rachel Maddow (California & Lincoln, 1995)

 “Speaking on Friday night, over footage of the violence that broke out around a Trump rally in Chicago when it was infiltrated by protesters and postponed, Maddow says: “This has turned out to be a night that may go down in history as one of the darker moments in American major politics.”

“I think we got here by deliberate means,” she says. “I don’t think we got here by accident.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuTe_sAI-UQ

Canada's International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland (Prairies & St Antony's 1991) speaks of "gold-plated" trade deal with the EU

Speaking on CBC radio, Canada's Minister of International Trade Chrystia Freeland (Prairies & St Antony's 1991), says the Canadian government is one step closer to ratifying a "gold-plated" trade deal with the European Union.http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-europe-trade-deal-amended-1.3468802

Ngaire Woods (New Zealand and Balliol, 1987) on how to save the world bank. Project Syndicate: The World's Opinion Page.

Founding Dean of the Blavatnik School of Government and Professor of Global Economic Governance at the University of Oxford says "the World Bank's management and member countries need to work together to create a faster, more responsive institution." 

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/saving-the-world-bank-by-ngaire-woods-2016-01

Time magazine names deputy chief of staff Nancy-Ann DeParle (Tennessee & Balliol 1979) one of two most influential women at the White House

http://time.com/4166609/barack-obama-nancy-ann-deparle-alyssa-mastromonaco-smurfettes/

Aliyyad Ahad (Bermuda, 2014) on the first portrait of a woman Rhodes Scholar to be unveiled at Rhodes House

"Leadership and courage take many forms," says Aliyyah Ahad, co-convenor of the Black Association of Rhodes Scholars.

http://www.cherwell.org/…/rhodes-house-unveils-portrait-of-…

“Alternative” Annual Report by Jess Merry Brett Auerbach (South Africa-at-Large and St Antony’s 2009) cited in Canada’s Globe and Mail

In September 2015, Jess Merry Brett Auerbach, a graduate student in anthropology at Stanford, published a 34-page alternative report focused on the accomplishments of former award winners who had become neither rich nor famous.  Rather, they had gone on to work as volunteers, teachers or in religious orders.  Read more at the link below. 

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/rhodes-scholarship-facing-a-new-debate-over-its-past/article27435212/

Canada's new International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland (Prairies & St Antony's 1991) sworn in during Ottawa ceremony on November 4, 2015.

http://www.lfpress.com/2015/11/11/liberals-have-chance-to-return-to-roots-on-trade

Research on millenial women leaders by Christie Hunter Arscott (Bermuda & Lincoln 2007) featured in the Huffington Post.

What do the next generation of women leaders want?  Research by Christie Hunter Arscott (Bermuda & Lincoln 2007) and featured in the Huffington Post today tells us.  Millenial women want a voice.  They care about compensation, prioritise fairness, and care about the purpose, mission and values of an organisation.  Read more here:  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeffery-tobias-halter/millennial-women-in-holly_b_8455864.html

2016 Rhodes Scholar elect Emilie McDonnell featured on ABC news. She wants to use her scholarship to make a difference in the lives of asylum seekers.

Tasmania's latest Rhodes Scholar wants to use the prestigious research grant to tackle the growing issue of processing asylum seekers in Australia.   http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-28/rhodes-scholar-wants-to-tackle-asylum-seeker-processing/6892128