by Sylvan Lane | Jan 15, 2014 | Immigration, Living
WASHINGTON – Tens of thousands of Burmese refugees flowed into the country between 2002 and 2011. However, this ethnic community is too small and new to get on the radar screens of many government and social agencies, and at this point lacks the economic and social...
by Jane Herman | Jan 15, 2014 | Living
WASHINGTON — When she was a homeless single mother, Evelyn Wynn-Dixon contemplated suicide as her only escape from poverty. Today, she is the mayor of Riverdale, Ga. “All some people need is just a hand, not always money like people think, just support,” said...
by Sylvan Lane | Jan 14, 2014 | Business, Living
WASHINGTON – Legislation to increase the federal minimum wage from $7.25 per hour to $10.10 over two years will get a vote in the Senate in February, the chairman of the Senate labor committee said Tuesday. Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, introduced the Fair Minimum Wage...
by Ryan McCrimmon | Jan 8, 2014 | Living, Politics
WASHINGTON – Just as temperatures are beginning to return to normal after a nationwide cold spell, voters are warming up just a little bit to President Barack Obama. A national poll released Wednesday by Quinnipiac University Polling Institute shows the president’s...
by Sylvan Lane | Jan 8, 2014 | Business, Living
WASHINGTON – On the 50th anniversary of Lyndon B. Johnson’s War on Poverty, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., called the former president’s “big government” approach to the issue a failure and proposed ending all federal programs dedicated to fighting poverty, instead...
by Summer Delaney | Mar 13, 2013 | Living
WASHINGTON—As the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics looked toward their new leader Pope Francis I on the Vatican balcony, American Catholics appear divided on the direction they want for their church under a new pontiff. According to a Pew Research Center survey last...
by Marshall Cohen | Mar 7, 2013 | Living, Politics
WASHINGTON — “Elections have consequences,” politicians often say, but the long lines at polling places in November have triggered a debate on voting reform that could outlast the re-elected president and his agenda. In the wake of problems on Election Day, President...
by Summer Delaney | Feb 28, 2013 | Living, Politics
Voting Rights Act advocates rallied outside of the Supreme Court during the oral arguments of the case Shelby County v. Holder. Court hears Voting Rights Act challenge from Medill Washington on Vimeo.
by Kris Anne Bonifacio | Feb 27, 2013 | Living, Politics
WASHINGTON – Supreme Court justices pointedly questioned two key provisions of the Voting Rights Act on Wednesday, possibly signaling trouble for the landmark civil rights legislation. During oral arguments in Shelby County v. Holder, conservative justices questioned...
by Tom Meyer | Feb 26, 2013 | Education, Living
WASHINGTON — New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a long-time advocate of education reform, called Tuesday for a strong focus on reducing absenteeism in schools and advancing graduation from high school. Bloomberg urged school districts to concentrate on keeping...
by Kimberly Railey | Feb 13, 2013 | Living, Politics
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., urged the House to pass the Violence Against Women Act on Wednesday. (Audrey Cheng/Medill)House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer calls for solution for Dreamers on Wednesday. (Audrey Cheng/Medill)More than 20 House...
