23/08/09
While the country and the Congress debate our future direction in reversing global warming and providing health care to all Americans, policy-makers and the public alike continue to ignore the major impact of our rapidly expanding population. The United States’ population is now over 306...
17/08/09
On Tuesday, a federal district court upheld the University of Texas at Austin’s (UT) consideration of race in student admissions. Fisher v. Texas is the first federal court challenge to the use of race in university admissions since the 2003 Grutter v. Bollinger U.S. Supreme Court decision,...
27/07/09
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is currently considering the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, legislation which will appropriate spending to the State Department and modernize the Foreign Service. A coalition of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) and HIV/AIDS prevention groups...
16/07/09
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrives in Mumbai today for her first visit to India since the Obama Administration took office. At the top of the agenda is the U.S./India civil nuclear deal, passed last year when Bush was President, with Clinton, Obama and Biden all voting for it. This deal...
07/07/09
Next week President Obama travels to Moscow to meet with Russian President Dmitri Medvedev. Much of the focus of the meeting will be on negotiating a new The current treaty expires December 5. Can a new START treaty lead to disarmament and non-proliferation between these two nuclear powers?
21/06/09
From 1990 to 2005, the number of gas producing wells nationwide increased from 270,000 to 425,000. Oil and gas production releases pollution that can have serious impacts on human health and the surrounding air, water, and land. Although these operations are frequently located near homes, schools,...
15/06/09
In Iran, the Presidential election has sparked riots after Ahmadinejad claimed a landslide victory over reformist candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi, raising questions about the election's legitimacy. Protests have turned to riots in the streets of Tehran, where police in plain clothes have beaten...
03/06/09
Now the world knows President Obama’s foreign policy stance in regards to the Israel/Palestine conflict, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan. Can mere words, albeit well chosen and determined ones, heal Middle East -U.S. relations?
26/05/09
On Monday, President Obama declared that the U.S. will respond strongly to North Korea's underground test of a nuclear weapon last Sunday. The test, carried out in the mountains near China, was verified by seismic readings. This is the second underground test conducted by North Korea and President...
18/05/09
With the right policies in place, the United States could dramatically cut the heat-trapping emissions that cause global warming and, at the same time, lower energy costs in every region of the country, according to the findings of a two-year, peer-reviewed study by the Union of Concerned...
