by Adam Jabari Jefferson | Nov 12, 2012 | Immigration
Ceremony honors Vietnam veterans by name from Medill Washington on Vimeo. For only the fifth time in its history, each of the 58,282 names inscribed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial were read. The ceremony celebrated the 30th anniversary of the memorial.
by Rahel Solomon | Oct 16, 2012 | Immigration
WASHINGTON – It’s been a little less than two weeks since anti-Jihad ads were posted in Washington subways and now critics are fighting back with an ad of their own. Representatives from the Shoulder-to-Shoulder campaign, a partnership of 23 other faith organizations...
by Adam Jabari Jefferson | Oct 11, 2012 | Business & Tech, Immigration
WASHINGTON – A new program aimed at reducing veteran unemployment by putting volunteers in 20 key areas around the country officially kicked off this week. “Local communities must be the cornerstone of any national program to reduce veteran and military...
by Erin Massey | Oct 9, 2012 | Immigration, Politics
WASHINGTON—Secretary of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius addressed the crowd at the National Hispanic Council on Aging World Summit Wednesday saying that all Americans have the right to social security and healthcare when they grow old and retire....
by Adam Jabari Jefferson | Oct 5, 2012 | Immigration, Politics
Civil right activists stepped up efforts this week to allow more than 1.5 million voting-eligible felons in Florida — and millions more nationwide — access to elections, urging that laws they see as discriminatory need to be changed. “Keep in mind that...
by Elizabeth Bunn | Aug 23, 2012 | Business & Tech, Immigration, Politics
WASHINGTON— Registering to vote is only a few clicks away, thanks to up-and-coming startup TurboVote. Seth Flaxman, the website’s creator, calls it “the Netflix of voting.” “When we want to do anything, we start online,” Flaxman said. “Except for voting. And that’s...
