Archive for the ‘Education’ Category

Last Week’s Top 10 Bills

Legislation

Have you heard of THOMAS, an online database listing legislative information form the Library of Congress? THOMAS was launched in January of 1995, at the inception of the 104th Congress. The leadership of the 104th Congress directed the Library of Congress to make federal legislative information freely available to the public. Aside from access to [...]

The White House: State of the Union Address + Office Hours

State of the Union President Obama

Did you know that you can participate in an open session of “Office Hours” with President Obama’s key administrators? On Jan 24th President Obama delivers his fourth State of the Union address to the U.S. Congress, the Supreme Court and most importantly, our nation. Starting at 9 pm EST. Leading up to the address and [...]

Message from Anita Estell: For All of You

Message from Anita Estell

The year of 2011 proved to be an extraordinary season for the participants, petitioners and protestors who fanned freedom’s flames in the U.S. and abroad.  From the fall of the last Pharaoh in Egypt, Khadafi in Libya, to the prancing Tea Party and the mobilization of its antithesis, the Occupy movement, the role of citizen [...]

What If Women Ran the World?

Tiffany Dufu and Gloria Steinem on Bloomberg TV

Would the world be in better shape if more women were in charge? Recently, Gloria Steinem and Tiffany Dufu, President of the White House Project, sat down with Bloomberg News and discussed this idea. Their talk covered women, politics, and sex and they asserted the world would in fact be in a better condition if [...]

Dream Act: The New California Law of the Land

Dream Act in California

Do you recall the Dream Act failing in the Senate last year? Well this week California took a stand for its citizens by passing A Dream Act of its own.  AB 131 allows top students who are on the path to citizenship to apply for college financial aid.  ”Going to college is a dream that promises intellectual [...]

President Obama’s Speech to the Congressional Black Caucus on Job Creation (VIDEO)

President Obama Congressional Black Caucus Speech

Have you heard the pundits assessment on President’s Obama’s fiery speech to the Congressional Black Caucus on September 24th? President Barack Obama says the best way to put Americans back to work is by passing the jobs bill he sent to Congress two weeks ago. Obama spoke Saturday night at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s [...]

The Sunday Roundup From Our Leaders Perspective: Economy, Education, Tax Reform, 2012 Election (VIDEO)

The Sunday Roundup - Video

Interested in the economy and education, or tax reform and 2012 elections? These are key issues affecting the future of America.  Leaders from both congress and the political spear were on television this week discussing topics of importance in growing our economy and moving our country forward. Below are excerpts from those discussions in case [...]

Read the Bill – The American Jobs Act

American Jobs Act

What’s in the American Jobs Act? Will it actually create jobs for those struggling across America? The bickering over the American Jobs Act has begun, but while bickering has always been the norm in Washington, will unemployment continue to be the norm across America?  In reading the bill, several key points jumped out at us. If [...]

Urgent Call to Action: Save and Support Black Colleges (HBCUs and PBIs)

HBCU Federal Budget Cuts

Are you a student or alum of an HBCU or do you know someone who is? As highlighted by a recent article by Dr. Benjamin Chavis, HBCUs are in desperate need of our help more than ever right now. On April 6th and 7th, you can show your support. Read what Dr. Chavis had to [...]

Top Bills of 2010

What bills did you support this year? Were they passed or did they did on the congressional floor, victims of the increasingly partisan Congress? 2010 saw a flurry of legislative activity and some pretty monumental bills have been passed this year despite the bitter partisanship that marked the 110th Congress. This just goes to show [...]

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