by Peter Larson | Feb 1, 2011 | National Security, Politics
Listen! Fulbright scholar and Medill graduate Lauren Bohn describes the scene at Tahrir Square, the center for many of the demonstrations in Egypt and the site where hundreds of thousands have gathered to call for the ouster of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. She...
by Olivia Marcus & Tal Axelrod | Feb 1, 2011 | National Security, Politics
WASHINGTON –The administration announced new efforts to pilot “anti-trafficking coordination teams” on Tuesday. The partnerships of government agencies plays a key role in effectively fighting modern slavery, Attorney General Eric Holder said, in...
by Alex Campbell | Feb 1, 2011 | Politics
WASHINGTON — There was at least one Egypt-related protest on Tuesday that didn’t threaten to topple Hosni Mubarak’s government. About 30 people brought their signs and slogans to the Egyptian Embassy for an Amnesty International-sponsored...
by Peter Larson | Feb 1, 2011 | National Security, Politics
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by Nina Lincoff | Feb 1, 2011 | Environment, Politics
WASHINGTON—The influential U.S. Chamber of Commerce unveiled a plan on Tuesday that’s at odds with much of President Barack Obama’s clean energy agenda. The chamber’s Institute for 21st Century Energy presented what it calls “realistic, bipartisan solutions to our...
by Nina Lincoff | Jan 26, 2011 | Business, Environment, Health & Science, Politics
WASHINGTON—Secretary of Energy Steven Chu on Wednesday began to put detail on President Barack Obama’s plan to use clean energy as an engine of job growth. “If there’s a cheap source of clean energy,” Chu said, “the world will gobble it up.” Echoing themes from the...
by Medill News Service | Jan 25, 2011 | Politics
By Nina Lincoff and Elena Schneider WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama challenged the country to “win the future,” calling on Americans’ innovative spirit to become the international leader in business, education and infrastructure in Tuesday night’s...
by Peter Larson | Jan 25, 2011 | Politics
WASHINGTON — New House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan appealed to lawmakers to rein in out-of-control spending and respond to the growing national debt, which will soon surpass federal limits, in his rebuttal to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address...
by Medill News Service | Jan 25, 2011 | Politics
WASHINGTON — The unity politicians demonstrated by sitting in bipartisan pairs during the State of the Union address Tuesday was less evident in their responses to President Barack Obama’s speech. Although many members of Congress entered the Capitol with the...
by Roshan Nebhrajani | Jan 25, 2011 | Politics
During his State of the Union Address, President Barack Obama called for innovation. Obama’s communications directors apparently took his advice. Beginning with a YouTube video teaser and culminating with a live YouTube question-and-answer session, Obama and his staff...
by Alanna Autler | Jan 25, 2011 | Politics
Dozens of youthful Obama supporters crowded into a downtown office building not far from the White House Tuesday evening to celebrate hip hop, politics and the youth vote and to cheer the president’s State of the Union address. “This is not your typical...
by Medill News Service | Jan 25, 2011 | Politics
WASHINGTON — In his State of the Union speech, President Barack Obama drew a parallel to the Cold War to support his call for increased government spending on infrastructure, research and education. “This is our generation’s Sputnik moment,” he...
