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President Barack Obama's administration rolled out a new program that seeks to turn around underperforming schools by integrating the arts into the core curriculum of each school. But a former federal education official and arts advocate said it's the wrong approach to funding arts education.
This election cycle, most of the party's elites are lined up behind Mitt Romney. But Romney, though ahead in the delegate count, has struggled to unify the base of the party in a way that will force his challengers out of the election. It shows how far the influence of those elites has fallen.
Karl Rove blasted it as a taxpayer-funded Obama re-election ad. Democrats lauded it as an example of why America is great. Yet many people were left wondering what does it mean that America is at "halftime."
As China seeks to assert itself in Asia, President Barack Obama visited Australia to announce deeper ties between the nations' militaries, including a new Marine base for the United States. The move was seen as a counter-balance against China's growing presence.
Twenty years ago, Clarence Thomas' Supreme Court confirmation seemed controversial but likely, until a young law professor named Anita Hill changed him with sexual harassment. The Hill-Thomas hearings riveted the nation.
No one can deny that President Obama's current to-do list has grown dramatically of late. With two wars, unemployment, the Middle East Crisis and the oil spill, how does one person manage this kind of agenda?
President Obama will deliver the commencement speech at the University of Michigan tomorrow. The university expects a majority of the students to attend along with 80,000 friends and family members.
The Takeaway previews Major League Baseball's All-Star game with Takeaway sports contributor Ibrahim Abdul-Matin. The game in St. Louis sees the National League trying to beat the American League for the first time in 13 years.
Joining us to discuss how Supreme Court justices develop their view is Harvard Law professor Noah Feldman, who once clerked for Justice Souter, and John Schwartz, the legal correspondent for The New York Times.
President Obama will deliver the commencement speech at the University of Michigan tomorrow. The university expects a majority of the students to attend along with 80,000 friends and family members.
No one can deny that President Obama's current to-do list has grown dramatically of late. With two wars, unemployment, the Middle East Crisis and the oil spill, how does one person manage this kind of agenda?
Twenty years ago, Clarence Thomas' Supreme Court confirmation seemed controversial but likely, until a young law professor named Anita Hill changed him with sexual harassment. The Hill-Thomas hearings riveted the nation.
There's at least one clear advantage President Obama has over Mitt Romney: experience being a head of state on the world stage. But does foreign policy experience matter for presidential candidate?
When the London Summer Olympics get under way on Friday, Mitt Romney plans to be there. The presumptive Republican presidential nominee expects to attend the opening ceremonies. Then he's making some quick campaign stops in Israel and Poland.
"Heavy Voodoo," a newly recorded song by Jamaican reggae legend Lee Scratch Perry, was written some 30 years ago, forecasting the current global economic crisis.
As China seeks to assert itself in Asia, President Barack Obama visited Australia to announce deeper ties between the nations' militaries, including a new Marine base for the United States. The move was seen as a counter-balance against China's growing presence.
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Global Politics
Obama to deliver University of Michigan commencement speech
The Takeaway
April 30, 2010
President Obama will deliver the commencement speech at the University of Michigan tomorrow. The university expects a majority of the students to attend along with 80,000 friends and family members.
Global Politics
The president's ever-growing to-do list
The Takeaway
June 04, 2010
No one can deny that President Obama's current to-do list has grown dramatically of late. With two wars, unemployment, the Middle East Crisis and the oil spill, how does one person manage this kind of agenda?
Conflict & Justice
The impact of Anita Hill: then and now
The Takeaway
October 12, 2011
Twenty years ago, Clarence Thomas' Supreme Court confirmation seemed controversial but likely, until a young law professor named Anita Hill changed him with sexual harassment. The Hill-Thomas hearings riveted the nation.
Arts, Culture & Media
2012 US Election: Does Foreign Policy Experience Matter?
The World
June 01, 2012
There's at least one clear advantage President Obama has over Mitt Romney: experience being a head of state on the world stage. But does foreign policy experience matter for presidential candidate?
Has Syria Become President Obama's Bosnia?
The Takeaway
June 05, 2012
Global Politics
Romney Heads Overseas to Burnish Image
The World
July 23, 2012
When the London Summer Olympics get under way on Friday, Mitt Romney plans to be there. The presumptive Republican presidential nominee expects to attend the opening ceremonies. Then he's making some quick campaign stops in Israel and Poland.
From Native Americans to the ADA: A History of Disabilities in the United States
The Takeaway
October 02, 2012
Arts, Culture & Media
Poet Calvin Trillin on the year in politics
Here and Now
November 30, 2008
Calvin Trillin, the "Deadline Poet" for The Nation, looks back at the big year in politics.
Arts, Culture & Media
Reggae critique of the economic crisis
The World
October 23, 2008
"Heavy Voodoo," a newly recorded song by Jamaican reggae legend Lee Scratch Perry, was written some 30 years ago, forecasting the current global economic crisis.
VIDEO: Obama visits Australia, announces new military base there
November 16, 2011
As China seeks to assert itself in Asia, President Barack Obama visited Australia to announce deeper ties between the nations' militaries, including a new Marine base for the United States. The move was seen as a counter-balance against China's growing presence.