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 Christophe Haubursin | Feb 25, 2014 | National Security
WASHINGTON — Holding Russia accountable for possible violations of a 1987 nuclear missile treaty means keeping President Vladimir Putin’s priorities in mind, Sen. Marco Rubio said Tuesday at a Heritage Foundation event. Putin’s 2005 statement that the collapse of the...
by Jessica Floum | Feb 25, 2014 | Politics
WASHINGTON– The tallest lighthouse in the world sits atop a mountain in Mazatlan– a resort town in Sinaloa, Mexico, built around culture, tourism and tuna fishing. This is where Virginia Olalde Lopez-Gavito grew up. Lopez-Gavito, 22, has since represented her country...
by Lauren Caruba | Feb 25, 2014 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers and mental health experts expressed concern Tuesday that doctors may be over-prescribing childhood psychotropic medications and called for increases in school psychologists and early intervention programs. The use of the medications among youth...
by Jane Herman | Feb 25, 2014 | Politics
WASHINGTON- The most recent “Youth Misery Index” is at a record high because of high joblessness and student loan debt among recent college graduates — and the Obama administration hasn’t helped, according to Young America’s Foundation,...
by Sophia Bollag | Feb 25, 2014 | Politics
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by Cat Zakrzewski | Feb 24, 2014 | National Security
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel Monday announced a 2015 budget proposal that would downsize the Army to pre-World War II levels, and he warned Congress even more military spending reductions will be made in 2016 and beyond if lawmakers do not curb mandatory...
by Sylvan Lane | Feb 24, 2014 | Education, Immigration
WASHINGTON — Dayana Torres doesn’t like preaching to the choir. The 19-year-old president of Dreamers of Virginia, Torres is one of the leaders of an effort to allow undocumented immigrants who live in Virginia to pay in-state tuition at the state’s public...
by Jonathan Palmer | Feb 24, 2014 | Education
WASHINGTON — The Department of Education will release new guidelines Tuesday that will help protect student privacy, Education Secretary Arne Duncan said Monday. “We must provide our schools, teacher and students with cutting edge learning tools,” Duncan said at a...
by Stephanie Haines | Feb 24, 2014 | National Security
WASHINGTON – The military is focusing on using troops more strategically in future ground operations, the head of the Army Special Forces Command said Monday. During a panel discussion on the need for humans in land operations following recent defense budget cuts,...
by Sara Olstad | Feb 24, 2014 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn called on other governors Monday to push Congress to form a coalition to “modernize” the Federal Emergency Management Administration’s formula for determining eligibility for federal disaster aid, saying the current methodology is...
by Mary Kate Hayes | Feb 24, 2014 | Business
WASHINGTON – The minimum wage either helps the poor out of poverty or fails to correctly address economic issues, depending on which expert was talking at an Economic Policy Institute discussion Monday. To the 46.5 million Americans who live below the poverty line –...
