by DAVID TONYAN | Nov 15, 2012 | Politics
The U.S. education system is failing students because it’s not preparing enough of them for employment, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said on Wednesday at the Washington Ideas Forum. The tech billionaire and philanthropist singled out exclusive universities for...
by DAVID TONYAN | Nov 9, 2012 | Politics
WASHINGTON — The Republicans may have kept their majority in the House of Representatives, but the Democrats had more success when outside money got involved. The GOP has taken 233 of the 426 House races decided so far, a 54.6 percent majority. However, Democrats won...
by DAVID TONYAN | Nov 5, 2012 | Topics
The Medill Minute for November 5th, 2012.
by DAVID TONYAN | Oct 25, 2012 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Texas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst attracted more support from single-candidate Super PACs than any other nonpresidential candidate this election season, according to a report released this week by Public Citizen, a Washington-based consumer advocacy...
by DAVID TONYAN | Oct 24, 2012 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney’s campaign says it expects to receive 38 percent of the Latino vote — a number that past Republican records indicate the Republican nominee is unlikely to meet. But some strategists are saying that the former Massachusetts governor may not...
