New Indian country job developments
Indian Country Today Sun, 25 Jul 2010 21:13 PM PDT
WASHINGTON â€" Congress leaders, the Obama administration, and the nonprofit sector are each adding new tools to Indian country’s employment needs box. Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., introduced legislation in June meant to grow jobs in Indian country, while providing greater access to capital, financial services, and streamlined job training. |
Liz Smith: 'Race' â€" You'll Be Dying to Know
wowOwow Sun, 25 Jul 2010 21:08 PM PDT
Our Gossip Girl has the ultimate theater round-up Liz Smith | Today 12:00 am " THIS IS a teachable moment." We keep hearing this remark whenever there’s a flare-up in racial tension and somebody has to apologize. It popped up most recently in the incredible Shirley Sherrod incident of edited videotape, firing, re-hiring, pain for Ms. Sherrod and embarrassment for Barack Obama . Hmmm … one might ... |
Brookings: U.S. Metro Areas Need Exports Push
Wall Street Journal Blogs Sun, 25 Jul 2010 21:06 PM PDT
The Obama administration wants to double U.S. exports in five years. But most of the nation's metropolitan areas aren't properly equipped to ramp up export sales, says a new Brookings Institution report. |
Obama to visit Big Three auto plants in Michigan, Illinois
WGEM Quincy Sun, 25 Jul 2010 21:04 PM PDT
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama will visit U.S. auto plants in Michigan and Illinois next week to highlight his administration's decision to rescue General Motors and Chrysler last year and revitalize the U.S. auto industry. |
Media, Race and Obama’s First Year
Journalism.org Sun, 25 Jul 2010 20:59 PM PDT
The study finds that 9% of the coverage of the nation’s first black president and his administration during Obama’s first year in office had some race angle to it. Here, too, this coverage was largely tied to specific incidents or controversies rather than to broader issues and themes. |
Happy now?
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner Sun, 25 Jul 2010 20:58 PM PDT
Letter to the Editor July 22, 2010 To the editor: I have heard the radio commercials where Lisa Murkowski claims to be a strong conservative fighting the Obama administration at every turn. W... |
ANALYSIS - Toxic fish could help Obama hit 2020 climate goal
The Star Sun, 25 Jul 2010 20:57 PM PDT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A proposed rule on mercury, a pollutant bad for fish and the people who eat too many of them, could help the Obama administration get near its short-term climate goal -- even if Congress fails this year or next to pass a bill tackling greenhouse gases directly. |
Federal Register relaunching Web site to make it easier to navigate
Washington Post Sun, 25 Jul 2010 20:55 PM PDT
Eager to boost public participation and awareness of the federal rule-making process, the Obama administration will relaunch the Federal Register's Web site Monday with a design resembling a newspaper Web site. Federal Register - United States - Education - Colleges and Universities - Law |
What the Wikileak Means for the Afghanistan War
Swampland Sun, 25 Jul 2010 20:52 PM PDT
The Obama White House is furious this morning about the massive leak of military documents chronicling the unvarnished truth about the Afghanistan war. At the same time, though, there must be a certain sense of relief around the West Wing. When they first learned that the whistleblower website WikiLeaks had given the New York Times, [...] |
Deficits Don’t Matter as Geithner Gets Lowest Yield
BusinessWeek Sun, 25 Jul 2010 20:49 PM PDT
For all the criticism of record budget deficits, President Barack Obama can take comfort knowing that for the first time in half a century, government bond yields are declining during an economic expansion and Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner is selling two-year notes with the lowest interest rates ever. |
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