by Mia Watkins | Oct 27, 2011 | Immigration, Politics
WASHINGTON — The Occupy D.C. protesters crowding McPherson Square say they represent the “99 percent of Americans” who aren’t the most wealthy. But their racial composition isn’t a mirror of the 99 percent of Americans they claim to represent. A majority of the...
by Tiffany Lane | Oct 27, 2011 | Immigration
WASHINGTON — “I gave up being inside of a shelter to come out here, to live outside,” Larry Foster-El told The Daily Caller this week at the “Occupy DC” anti-capitalist protest’s urban base camp. Foster-El, like many here in McPherson Square, is homeless. “I feel more...
by Lauren Chooljian | Oct 25, 2011 | Education
WASHINGTON – Private financial information belonging to as many as 5,000 college students was open for viewing on a federal government student loan website in recent weeks, according to a senior Department of Education staff member. James Runcie, the Obama...
by Adam Banicki & Xiaolan Tang | Oct 25, 2011 | Education
WASHINGTON – The Big Ten has 12 teams, the Big 12 has 10 teams and the Big East is looking to expand as far west as Idaho. NCAA conferences are in a state of a flux right now and the movement has caught the attention of Congress. “We are keeping a close eye to ensure...
by Jamie Coughlin | Oct 20, 2011 | Topics
WASHINGTON — Do left-wing “Occupiers” and right-wing tea partiers have anything in common? One collective of the politically disenfranchised and unemployed hangs out in public parks, marching and chanting “banks got bailed out, we got sold out.” The other tends...
