The Challenge of Teaching Students With Visual Disabilities From Afar

by Katie Livingstone | Jun 1, 2021 | Education, Featured

To remotely teach her 5-year-old blind student how to navigate a new school this summer, Jennifer Freeman, an orientation and mobility in Escondido County, Calif., had to get creative. She made a large tactical map of the school, using raised bumps and lines to denote...

Joe Biden’s letters show new approach in Kosovo, Serbia

by Katie Livingstone | Feb 19, 2021 | Featured, Foreign Affairs, Politics

WASHINGTON — With left-wing politician Albin Kurti elected prime minister of Kosovo last weekend, U.S. President Joe Biden has congratulated the heads of state of both Kosovo and Serbia for their independence days in letters revealing how his approach to the...

Biden says diplomacy is the “center of our foreign policy” in first major speech at a federal agency

by Katie Livingstone | Feb 5, 2021 | Featured, National Security

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden made clear Thursday in his dual speeches at the State Department— his first visit to a federal agency as president— that his administration recognizes it cannot promote democracy without shoring up alliances that have frayed and being...

Washington transformed: Soldiers dominate the streets leading up to Biden-Harris inauguration

by Katie Livingstone | Jan 26, 2021 | Featured, Inauguration, Politics, Topics

WASHINGTON — Soldiers and police outnumbered civilians on the streets of Washington D.C. in the week leading up to President Joe Biden’s inauguration on Wednesday, two weeks after the violent attempted insurrection at the Capitol by supporters of former...

‘We still had to come’—Despite restrictions, Americans gather to commemorate the Biden-Harris inauguration

by Katie Livingstone | Jan 21, 2021 | Featured, Inauguration

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris stepped into their new roles in the White House Wednesday at one of the most unusual presidential inaugurations in American history. The streets of Washington have been largely empty since the...