by Stephanie Yang | Jan 9, 2013 | Politics
Bill Pullman, Jenna Elfman and Josh Gad discuss the show’s relatable family element. Gideon Resnick/MedillMartha MacIsaac (Becca Gilchrist, the president’s daughter) and Andre Holland (White House press secretary Marshall Malloy) talk challenges of playing...
by Megan Neunan | Mar 15, 2012 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska, did not like what Veterans’ Affairs had to say to Sandra Strickland, a homeless U.S. Army veteran, when she contacted them for help. “You got a list of shelters. ‘Here it is. See you later?’” he asked Strickland of...
by Edwin Rios | Mar 14, 2012 | National Security
WASHINGTON — In war, one knows his enemy. In cyber, the enemy is often anonymous. Rep. Mike Rogers, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said he worries about the irrational, non-nation groups that have investment in cyber capabilities. Though the...
by Patrick Svitek | Mar 14, 2012 | Education
WASHINGTON — Students and teachers at Stuart-Hobson Middle School wrapped up their school day Wednesday with a stern lesson on bullying from some of the country’s strongest voices on the topic. The pupils and their teachers attended an early screening of...
by Chris Kirk | Mar 14, 2012 | Politics
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is on a mission to end subsidies for big oil companies. “Right now, $4 billion of your tax dollars — $4 billion — subsidizes the oil industry every year,” he said in New Hampshire earlier this month. “Now,...
by Safiya Merchant | Mar 14, 2012 | Politics
WASHINGTON – In the 2012 election cycle, one demographic has caught the eye of the Republican presidential candidates, President Barack Obama and the mainstream media — for better and for worse. Many analysts think Hispanic voters are the key to the outcome of...
by Edwin Rios | Mar 14, 2012 | National Security
WASHINGTON — In the film Charlie Wilson’s War, a U. S. congressman is stunned when his colleagues on Capitol Hill shift the discussion away from Afghanistan just as the Soviet Union invade the country. On Wednesday, Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., advanced the...
by Mattias Gugel | Mar 14, 2012 | National Security
WASHINGTON — After a laid-back night eating hot dogs and watching NCAA basketball in Dayton, Ohio, President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron focused on their countries’ “rock-solid alliance” on the second day of Cameron’s official visit to the...
by Megan Neunan | Mar 14, 2012 | Education
WASHINTON – Esther Owolabi was in the seventh grade when her dad, a veteran Chicago schools teacher, repeated his principal’s comment from a faculty meeting: “Not all of these kids can be Barack Obama, not all these kids can be president. You need some cab...
by James Arkin | Mar 14, 2012 | Education
WASHINGTON – Maryland teacher Damian DiCamillo was surprised when he first saw the government’s new report on the opportunity gap in public education – not by his school’s impressive achievement numbers but by the reaction they received. Seventy-two percent of...
by Ariel Rothfield | Mar 14, 2012 | Politics
WASHINGTON—While the economy still tops the talking points of Republican presidential candidates, the battle over access to birth control and other women’s health issues has sprung to life on the primary campaign trail as a hot-button issue that some say will...
by David Uberti | Mar 14, 2012 | National Security
Afghanistan: 2015 from Medill Washington on Vimeo. WASHINGTON – The U.S. soldier who shot and killed 16 Afghani civilians Sunday didn’t just burn their corpses afterward – he also set fire to the cornerstone of American success in the country: Afghan trust. The attack...
