by Astrid Goh | Jan 20, 2015 | Living, State of the Union
By Astrid Goh We asked several people to share their opinions of the country ahead of President Barack Obama sharing his view of the country in Tuesday night’s State of the Union address.
by Madeline Fox | Jan 19, 2015 | Living, Politics
WASHINGTON – A group of nine protesters decided to honor Martin Luther King Jr.’s memory in the same way they spend every Monday—demonstrating for more restrictive gun control laws in front of the White House. Linda Finkel-Talvadkar, who started the protest...
by Ashley Gilmore | Jan 19, 2015 | Living
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by Joshua Rosenblat | Jan 14, 2015 | Business, Living, Politics
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama announced measures to support access to faster and cheaper public Internet service during a speech in Iowa on Wednesday. But his proposals already face staunch opposition from the Federal Communications Commission and some giant...
by Astrid Goh | Jan 14, 2015 | Business, Living
By Astrid Goh WASHINGTON—Workplace harassment is a persistent problem that needs to be properly addressed and prevented by employers, said panelists at a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission meeting Wednesday. Led by EEOC Chairwoman Jenny Yang, the...
by Madeline Fox | Jan 13, 2015 | Living
WASHINGTON – The National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday released its annual “Most Wanted” list of safety improvements, supplementing six returners from previous years that are still dogging the NTSB with four new concerns. New to the list this year: Ensuring...
by Nancy Wang | Jan 13, 2015 | Business, Living
WASHINGTON — The nation faces a “transportation-funding crisis” due to a lack of financial efficiency, transparency and public education, John Schroer, the head of the Tennessee Department of Transportation, said Tuesday. “Our transportation system is falling...
by Madeline Fox | Jan 7, 2015 | Living
WASHINGTON — Activist Alveda King, niece of Martin Luther King, Jr., spoke about our era’s major social issues Wednesday at the National Press Club in a speech entitled “What Would Martin Luther King Say?” In celebration of her uncle’s birthday...
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...
