by Tanner Howard | Jan 20, 2015 | Education, State of the Union
WASHINGTON — Startling new research shows that 51 percent of students in American public schools came from low-income families as of 2013, a growth of nearly 25 percent over the previous 30 years. The numbers, compiled by the Southern Education Foundation, a...
by Yunita Ong | Jan 20, 2015 | National Security, State of the Union
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is likely to sidestep the thorny topic of immigration reform during his State of The Union address Tuesday night in favor of issues such as inequality, experts predict. After the House voted to overturn the president’s...
by Tyler Pager | Jan 20, 2015 | Politics, State of the Union
By Tyler Pager WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama will ask the Republican-controlled Congress to authorize the use of force against the Islamic State in his State of the Union address Tuesday night, but will also focus on his domestic agenda – bolstering the...
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 Jesse Kirsch | Jan 19, 2015 | Politics, State of the Union
WASHINGTON — The State of the Union address, delivered by the president to a special joint session of Congress each year, has become a television and, more recently, a social media spectacle. Among the more theatrical aspects of the phenomenon are the sustained...
by Ashley Gilmore | Jan 19, 2015 | Living
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by Olivia Marcus | Jan 14, 2015 | Business
By Nancy Wang and Olivia Marcus WASHINGTON — For the first time since the financial crisis of 2008, the GOP—finally in control of both houses of Congress—is poised to make serious headway with legislation aiming to deregulate Wall Street. Despite strong opposition...
by Daniel Hersh | Jan 14, 2015 | National Security
WASHINGTON – The idea that the world is running out of oil and natural gas is so 20th century, according Conoco Phillips CEO Ryan Lance. “[Natural gas and oil] is here today, and it’s here for the long term,” Lance said Wednesday at a talk hosted by the Center for...
