by Jasper Scherer | Feb 17, 2016 | Politics
WASHINGTON — The media should stop reporting on young blacks and Latinos who are victims of police brutality or discrimination as if they are criminals, media researchers and civil rights advocates said Wednesday. “This matters because it’s not...
by Alex Lederman | Feb 17, 2016 | Politics
Justice Antonin Scalia died Saturday of natural causes. He was 79. Now, Senate Republicans are pushing not to approve President Obama’s upcoming nominee for the Supreme Court.
by Natalie Escobar | Feb 17, 2016 | Education
WASHINGTON–Preschool sandboxes have become battlegrounds for political debates about innovative education policies and how to pay for them. The Obama administration and individual states are busy devising strategies based on research, but experts caution...
by Sabrina Rodriguez | Feb 17, 2016 | Business
WASHINGTON — Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker called on Cuban officials Wednesday to help create a welcoming atmosphere to aid the growth of U.S. companies opening shop on the island nation. “Without specific changes on your side, our changes will not unlock...
by Geordan Tilley | Feb 16, 2016 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Political reform does not have to be as pie-in-the-sky as Americans often see it, New America’s Lee Drutman argued Tuesday. Drutman, a senior fellow at New America, a liberal-leaning think tank, promoted the findings in his recent report...
by Celena Chong and Alex Lederman | Feb 16, 2016 | National Security
FORT MEADE, Md. — Walid bin Attash, an accused organizer of the 9/11 attacks, requested Tuesday that Judge Col. James Pohl review a letter he wrote explaining why he doesn’t trust his lawyers on the first day of his pre-trial hearing at Guantanamo Bay. The...
by Alex Duner | Feb 16, 2016 | Education
Library of Congress receives huge donation from Afghanistan from Medill Washington on Vimeo. WASHINGTON — A man walking through a bombed Kabul bazaar. A crowd watching a game of buzkashi, a polo-like game using a headless goat instead of a ball. A group of...
by Ethan Cohen | Feb 16, 2016 | Politics
WASHINGTON –In an election year Congress so gridlocked that Senate leaders are refusing to even entertain a Supreme Court nomination, House Republicans do have one policy priority that might get enough Democratic support to become law. But even though leaders on both...
by Jack Corrigan | Feb 16, 2016 | National Security
WASHINGTON – The State Department’s new five-part approach to combating violent extremism takes the fight against ISIS and other terrorist groups off the battlefield and into communities where the risk of radicalization is highest. Deputy Secretary of State Tony...
by Noah Fromson | Feb 16, 2016 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON – The global community needs to invest more in research and development on global pandemics beyond the Zika outbreak, health care experts said Tuesday. The workshop at the National Academies of Science came after President Barack Obama called on Congress...
by Medill News Service | Feb 15, 2016 | Politics
WASHINGTON – Donald Trump threatened to sue Republican presidential primary rival Ted Cruz over his eligibility to run for president, if the Texas senator doesn’t “retract his lies.” In a news conference Monday in Hanahan, South Carolina, Trump accused Cruz of lying...
by Nick Hagar | Feb 15, 2016 | Business
WASHINGTON – In the digital age, direct mail marketing – the postcards and coupon sheets that have filled mailboxes for decades – seems almost quaint, outdated snail mail headed for the nearest wastebasket. But a new product called Scout hopes to...
