by Michaela Meaney & Megan Rauch | Nov 17, 2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — During the 2008 presidential race, Bill Clinton likened them to spies. Campaign staffers, meanwhile, regarded them as bellwethers of the election. But to the media outlets that hired them, the young reporters who traveled with presidential campaigns...
by Michaela Meaney & Megan Rauch | Nov 12, 2009 | Business & Tech
Get the Flash Player to see this content. U.S. Mint Director Ed Moy unveiled Lincoln’s new back side on Thursday near the Capitol. (Markham Heid, Alex Keefe /...
by Michaela Meaney & Megan Rauch | Oct 30, 2009 | Politics
Can tossing penguins lead to youth civic engagement? (Alex Keefe/MNS) WASHINGTON –When 27-year-old Eric Heis, of Arlington, decided to teach his peers about fiscal responsibility, he turned to a game known as “Penguin Toss.” Players control a...
by Michaela Meaney & Megan Rauch | Oct 22, 2009 | Topics
It was all the little things. How H-210, the House Speaker’s Ceremonial Office, was so quiet during Nancy Pelosi’s weekly news conference Thursday that you had to strain to hear her voice over the hum of the Capitol ventilation system. How she smiled – smiled – as she...
by Michaela Meaney & Megan Rauch | Oct 20, 2009 | Politics
Get the Flash Player to see this content. WASHINGTON – The current health care fight raging on Capitol Hill doesn’t lend itself easily to sound bites and pithy quotes. Many young adults are finding the thousand-page pieces of legislation and debates over...
