Washington Informer
Since the enactment of the Affordable Care Act two years ago, polls have consistently shown that a slight plurality of Americans have opposed the measure. But public opinion now seems to be shifting in President Obama's favor, with a…
By 2030 when today's newborns will become adults, 42 percent of Americans will be classified as obese compared to 36 percent today. So finds a new study from Duke University's prestigious Global Health Institute. Such alarming statistics have had…
While the United States of America reacts to last week's ruling by the Supreme Court on the constitutional question of President Obama's Affordable Health Care Act, there is an equally fundamental question for Americans to decide: How should public colleges…
Cheers to Congress for holding interest rates on college loans down. Instead of doubling to 6.4 percent, the interest rate on federal college student loans will remain at the 3.2 percent level. However, this proviso is only in effect for…
Scientists are calling the straight-line of fierce winds and thunderstorms that ravaged the Washington metropolitan area last Friday night a derecho. The storm traveled nearly 700 miles in 12-hours and destroyed millions of homes or left them badly damaged with…
Who would have thunk, back when the Tea Party faction of the Timothy McVeigh Party [Republicans] coined the expression "Obamacare" as a pejorative reference to the Affordable Care Act which was signed into law by President Barack Obama, who would…
On June 25, the U.S. Supreme Court in Miller v. Alabama banned mandatory sentences of life in prison without parole for juveniles. This is a major victory for children and for America.. Until last week, America was the only country…
As the nation eagerly awaited the Supreme Court's decision on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, all eyes were focused on Anthony M. Kennedy, a staunch conservative who occasionally supplies the lone swing vote that tilts the court's narrow…
The Affordable Health Care Act means affordable health care for all Americans. The green light the law received last week from the U.S. Supreme Court finally puts Americans on the right path to becoming healthier regardless of income, race, gender…
Whites appear mad as hell and don't intend to tolerate much more of the Obama Administration. But, African Americans are willing to accept business as usual as it pertains to the nation's economy and have opted to maintain the…
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder should be commended for not buckling under the pressure House of Representative Republicans have been placing on him to step down as the nation's top law enforcement officer. Members of the House Oversight and…
There is a deep chasm – no a ravine – that defines politics in Washington. It creates gridlock in place of governance, and the reason has to be more than simple partisan differences Republicans have with Democrats led by…
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