Michele Weldon

"I can't have two dreams?" reads the bumper sticker line in the film, Ricki and The Flash, now in theaters. I…

Robert Holmes looks anguished in the photos - face tense, arms stiff - walking out of a Centennial, Colo., co…

He is not the first politician to say the wrong thing. Nor will he be the last. Missouri's beleaguered Republ…

Weldon stood in front of the bathroom mirror one morning before school in what could only be described as gle…

Michele Weldon is emerita faculty in journalism at Northwestern University and a senior leader with The OpEd …

In wrestling, competitors are required to earn an escape point each match - they have to prove they can extri…

In the media this week were several pairs of breasts belonging to the famous and the now infamous-- Adrienne,…

Lindsay Lohan is by all accounts a very responsible, demure young woman I can't wait until women like me are …

I cried when I read his email. It was 4 a.m., I couldn't sleep, so I grabbed my cell phone and starting click…

My three sons are happy to leave home -- and I'm fine with that.

Editor's note: Michele Weldon is an author and an assistant professor of journalism at the Medill School, Nor…

Unlike most of my peers in journalism school in the Watergate Era of the 1970s, I did not want to be like Car…

One day a year, the children of working parents are publicly acknowledged and officially welcomed in the work…

Michele Weldon is an author and assistant professor of journalism at The Medill School of Northwestern Univer…

I wager few mothers in my age bracket (54) can look at a wire hanger without cringing. That is because the de…

The 24 million American sons and daughters growing up without fathers are not all doomed. Nor are the childre…

This article originally appeared in the Huffington Post on June 15, 2013. By Michele Weldon My middle son, Br…

This article originally appeared in the Huffington Post on June 15, 2013. By Michele Weldon My middle son, Br…

My middle son, Brendan, graduated from The Ohio State University last month with an undergraduate degree in f…

Editor's note: Michele Weldon is an author, assistant professor of journalism at Northwestern University and …

Journalism can be much more than reporting. An authentic, human narrative touches audiences and keeps them re…

Michele Weldon is an author and assistant professor of journalism at The Medill School of Northwestern Univer…

There's been a furor over the decision not to guarantee wrestling a spot in the 2020 Olympics. Rightly so. I …