by Chris Kirk | Jan 10, 2012 | Environment
WASHINGTON — Policymakers who ignore or trivialize global climate change are pushing humanity closer to extinction, according to an organization of scientists and diplomats. Lamenting the failure of policymakers worldwide to ease nuclear tensions and curb...
by Ben Kamisar | Jan 10, 2012 | Environment
WASHINGTON— It may not be time to head for the fallout shelters, but the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists thinks it’s at least time to pre-emptively sound an apocalyptic alarm. The Bulletin on Tuesday moved its Doomsday Clock, a symbolic measure of the world’s...
by Ariel Rothfield | Jan 10, 2012 | Politics
WASHINGTON— With three weeks until the Florida Primary, one Latino organization wants to make sure young Hispanics are ready to vote. The National Latino Evangelical Coalition, a group made up of national evangelical leaders and prominent Latinos, launched a campaign...
by Ed Demaria | Jan 10, 2012 | Politics
Although Mitt Romney’s double-digit lead in the New Hampshire polls was seemingly untouchable, the other Republican presidential hopefuls hammered away at the front-runner throughout the day. Newt Gingrich attacked Romney with a full-page advertisement in the New...
by Chris Kirk | Jan 10, 2012 | Business, Environment
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration said Tuesday it is taking a diverse approach to energy development in Alaska where it is pushing for natural gas drilling, offshore oil drilling and alternative energy. Several cabinet agencies are cooperating with energy...
by Kit Fox | Jan 10, 2012 | Health & Science
Surgeon General Regina Benjamin speaks about prevention at the Health Affairs “Confronting the Growing Diabetes Crisis” briefing. She want to put the “joy” back into health. (Kit Fox/Medill)WASHINGTON — With a new study showing high dropout...
by Chris Kirk | Jan 9, 2012 | Environment
Washington — Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar placed a 20-year ban Monday on new uranium mining claims around the Grand Canyon. “We have been entrusted to care for and protect our precious environmental and cultural resources, and we have chosen a...
by Megan Neunan | Jan 9, 2012 | Politics
WASHINGTON – “You need a civics lesson!” How many people over 60 have ever barked that one at you for forgetting a history fact? Jokes about civics-savvy Baby Boomers and AARP-cardholders may have led the day Monday at the Brookings Institution’s discussion of civics...
by James Arkin | Jan 9, 2012 | Education
WASHINGTON – Ten years after President George W. Bush signed No Child Left Behind into law and more than four years after it was due to be renewed, House Republican leaders have unveiled legislation to overhaul the controversial education law. House Education...
by Kit Fox | Jan 9, 2012 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON — High school students with diabetes have a significantly higher dropout rate and will earn about $160,000 less in their lifetime than those without the disease, according to a study released Monday by the Health Affairs Journal. “Diabetes has a marked...
by Rachel Morello | Jan 9, 2012 | Business
(Shirley Li/Medill) WASHINGTON – Government and private spending on health care remained flat in 2010, with health insurance accounting for the largest single cost, according to a study released Monday by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. At their first...
