by Taylor Hall, Jenny Leonard, & Xiaolan Tang | Aug 27, 2015 | Sports
On Wednesday, President Obama welcomed the WNBA Champion Phoenix Mercury to the White House to honor the team and their victory in the WNBA Finals. One of eight original WNBA franchises, the Mercury went to the WNBA Finals in 1998, 2007, 2009, and 2014 and won the...
by Taylor Hall, Jenny Leonard, & Xiaolan Tang | Dec 7, 2009 | Environment
WASHINGTON — Nations from around the globe gathered in Copenhagen Monday at the start of two weeks of climate change discussions hosted by the United Nations. Although a troubled U.S. economy has many Americans focused on more immediate concerns, international...
by Taylor Hall, Jenny Leonard, & Xiaolan Tang | Dec 6, 2009 | Business & Tech
Why He Matters James Freis serves as director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, a bureau of the Department of the Treasury that aims to combat crimes such as money laundering, terrorist financing and fraud. As director of FinCEN, Freis works to strengthen...
by Taylor Hall, Jenny Leonard, & Xiaolan Tang | Dec 6, 2009 | Environment
Get the Flash Player to see this content. While political leaders from around the world meet in Copenhagen this week to set international policy to control global warming, climate scientists are trying to determine what changes are needed by unlocking clues from...
by Taylor Hall, Jenny Leonard, & Xiaolan Tang | Dec 1, 2009 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON – Policy changes are vital to promoting greater mobility across income levels, said panelists on opposite sides of the political spectrum on Tuesday at an Urban Institute forum on intergenerational economic mobility. According to the Economic Mobility...
