by Sylvan Lane | Mar 16, 2014 | Immigration, Living
WASHINGTON—Habtom Haile nervously tugs at the collar of his sweatshirts as he stares off into the distance. The 29-year-old refugee reflects on his lonely journey to the United States from Eritrea, a former colony on the horn of Africa locked in a long-running...
by Ellen Garrison | Mar 12, 2014 | Living
Data from un.org and Kristina Koch WASHINGTON — The biggest obstacle to recruiting women for the United Nations’ peacekeeping missions as senior managers in the field is not sexism, it’s a lack of qualified female applicants U.N. recruiter Kristina...
by Mary Kate Hayes | Mar 7, 2014 | Living
WASHINGTON — The Dalai Lama, wearing a baseball cap and laughing at the occasional joke, spoke at the Washington National Cathedral Friday, giving his views on ethical issues going beyond organized religion. Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, is the spiritual leader...
by Sara Olstad | Mar 5, 2014 | Living, Politics
WASHINGTON — The Senate should take up a bill to raise the minimum wage to $10.10, two Democratic senators said Wednesday, despite a congressional report saying the proposed nearly $3 hike would cost 500,000 jobs. Sens. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., and Mazie Hirono,...
by Sylvan Lane | Feb 26, 2014 | Living
WASHINGTON – A Justice Department program may save states billions of dollars and reduce their prison populations by promoting reforms aimed at making the criminal justice system more efficient, according to a report by the Urban Institute. However, the promising...
by Mary Kate Hayes | Feb 25, 2014 | Living
LGBT activists and journalists led a panel Tuesday to discuss oppression of lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender people in the United States and internationally. “We’re the new civil rights movement,” said Mandy Carter, vice president of...
by Jonathan Palmer | Feb 18, 2014 | Living
WASHINGTON — Domestic violence against women abroad is prevalent across economic classes and cultures in rapidly urbanizing communities. Rising violence against women is not limited to poorer, war-torn countries according to a panel of scholars with expertise in...
by Sara Olstad | Feb 12, 2014 | Living, Politics
WASHINGTON – Nearly 30 people have been killed at schools in the United States since the December 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn., according to new data released by two gun control groups. Two Democratic lawmakers and members of Moms...
by Sylvan Lane | Feb 12, 2014 | Business, Living
WASHINGTON—Five years after the Great Recession stalled the American economy, senior citizen entrepreneurship might be what the United States needs to kick the slow recovery into another gear. Now, the Senate is trying to figure out what needs to be done help “encore...
by Jane Herman | Feb 11, 2014 | Living, National Security
WASHINGTON- The Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program – widely known on college campuses as ROTC — is expanding to cover a more geographically and economically diverse student base, says retired Army Gen. Jack Keane. ROTC is the major military commissioning...
by Jeanne Kuang | Feb 4, 2014 | Living
WASHINGTON – If President Barack Obama’s recently announced Promise Zones initiative succeeds, five poverty-stricken neighborhoods across the country — urban and rural — will soon receive resources and volunteers to act on their plans for revitalization....
