by Lauren Schwartzberg | Mar 9, 2011 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood defended his department’s 2012 budget request to a Senate committee on Wednesday. The Obama administration is seeking a significant increase in transportation spending to help build out U.S. infrastructure as part...
by Nina Lincoff | Mar 9, 2011 | Environment
WASHINGTON—The world economy’s transition toward a global green economy “is not only possible, but it is already on the way,” Achim Steiner, executive director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), said Wednesday. But Steiner said that unless nations...
by Olivia Marcus & Tal Axelrod | Mar 9, 2011 | National Security, Politics
In an era where a new friend is just a click away, the United States has embraced the Internet’s borderless reach to foster foreign relations. As social media networks break down the barriers for communication, the United States supports Internet freedom around the...
by Elisa Santana | Mar 8, 2011 | Business, Politics
WASHINGTON— Erskine Bowles, the co-chair of President Barack Obama’s fiscal reform commission, told the Senate Budget Committee Tuesday that growing federal deficits are “a cancer and they are truly going to destroy this country from within, unless we have the common...
by Olivia Marcus & Tal Axelrod | Mar 8, 2011 | Education, Politics
WASHINGTON—Hollywood celebrity Ben Affleck made his way to Capitol Hill Tuesday to draw attention to the humanitarian crisis unfolding in the Democratic Republic of Congo. “The Congo risks heading to another deeper spiral of violence,” said Affleck. “I strongly...
by Elena Schneider | Mar 8, 2011 | Politics
WASHINGTON — To a packed auditorium, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pledged further commitment to international women’s advancement at the annual International Women of Courage Awards Ceremony Tuesday, announcing a new partnership with Goldman Sachs that...
by Alanna Autler | Mar 8, 2011 | Politics
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and first lady Michelle Obama paid tribute to 10 honorees from around the world for their work in human rights, social justice and politics.
by Astrid Goh & Tara Longardner | Mar 7, 2011 | Education, Politics
WASHINGTON — Walking into a classroom filled with students laughing and learning, it’s hard to imagine this charter school will close in just a few months. Places like this are supposed to be the centerpiece of the president’s plan to reshape education in...
by Astrid Goh & Tara Longardner | Mar 7, 2011 | Education, Politics
The Inspired Teaching School isn’t your typical charter school. It doesn’t offer a groundbreaking educational experience and its founders don’t necessarily believe charter schools are the answer to improving education. “We are a charter [school] because it’s a...
by Olivia Marcus & Tal Axelrod | Mar 2, 2011 | Politics
WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama awarded the 2010 National Medals of Arts and National Humanities Medals to 20 honorees Wednesday in the East Room of the White House. Recipients of a National Medal of Arts included legendary musicians James Taylor, Sonny Rollins, Van...
by Nina Lincoff | Mar 2, 2011 | Environment, Politics
WASHINGTON—Peter Meier, an independent energy economist and consultant, spoke Wednesday about renewable energies in developing countries at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. According to Meier, the future of wind power as a cost-effective...
by Roshan Nebhrajani | Mar 2, 2011 | National Security, Politics
WASHINGTON- When it comes to Afghanistan, the number to stay focused on is 2014, experts say. Now entering its tenth year, the war in Afghanistan surpassed Vietnam last summer as the longest in U.S. history. While the Obama administration will begin withdrawing some...
