Politics

In his Washington Post column, Eugene Robinson explains why he thinks the “subtleties of the delegate math” mean that Newt Gingrich’s remaining in the race for the GOP nomination will ultimately benefit Santorum.   The “throw Newt from the train” people think that the math is on their side, but it isn’t. It’s true that…

Lisa Delpit’s latest book, “Multiplication Is for White People”: Raising Expectations for Other People’s Children, is another installment in the author’s crusade to expose the systemic issues with America’s public education system, and their effects on a growing achievement gap between whites and minorities. More than a critique, Delpit’s book uses classroom stories and analysis…

It was an idea that the first lady had mentioned several times since moving to the White House. Despite having held a range of events in those first few months engaging young people — a rap session with teens at a local community health center’s after-school program; her White House dinner for high school girls…

President Obama speaks at the nation’s biggest farm of solar panels, the Sempra U.S. Gas & Power’s Copper Mountain facility in Nevada. The stop was a part of the president’s four-state trip to promote his renewable-energy policies.

Now that the human pretzel otherwise known as Mitt Romney has won the Illinois primary, thereby re-establishing his claim to be the inevitable nominee of the Republican Party, the pressure is on his rivals to drop out so that he can focus his energy on trying to drive President Barack Obama from the White House.…

THE WHITE HOUSEOffice of the Press Secretary FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORTHURSDAY, MARCH 22, 2012 In the morning, the President will visit the Cushing, Oklahoma area to discuss his Administration’s commitment to improving and supporting the infrastructure that helps us leverage our domestic resources, while also ensuring these projects are developed…

A crowd reaching the thousands gathered for the Million Hoodie March at New York City’s Union Square Wednesday to protest the February shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. Martin’s parents, Tracy Martin and Sybrina Fulton, and their lawyer Ben Crump, addressed supporters before the mass spilled into the streets. “Our son is your son,” Fulton…

The second anniversary this Friday of the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act comes at a tricky time. While the Obama administration has been busily stumping for the president’s landmark health care reform law, looming just ahead, on Monday, is the start of a U.S. Supreme Court case that could potentially dismantle…

The tragic case of Trayvon Martin, the 17-year-old boy fatally shot in a suburban Orlando, Fla., neighborhood last month, has rightly galvanized certain quarters of the country. It has become a symbolic commentary on race, class and justice. But it should also offer a window into a larger, universal question: Where is the meaningful gun-policy…