First Lady Michelle Obama announces a new Reach Higher initiative, “Better Make Room,” at the White House on October 19, 2015.
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Posted Wednesday, October 21st 2015 at 9:57AM
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Businesses: TPP accomplishes central goal; Watch the video, listen, and learn more from the Business Roundtable. Keep the conversations going and urge your Congressperson to support the TPP.
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Posted Tuesday, October 20th 2015 at 11:09AM
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PRESS RELEASE!
WHAT: Re-Igniting the Fire of the Intercessor - The Gathering of the Intercessors
w/ Apostle Marc Richardson
WHEN: October 30, 2015 at 7 p.m.
WHERE: God's House Holiness Church
937 ...
Posted Saturday, October 17th 2015 at 8:53PM
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In this week's address, the President highlighted the problems in our criminal justice system. Our country faces a vicious cycle of poverty, criminality, and incarceration that traps too many Americans and weakens too many communities. There are ...
Posted Saturday, October 17th 2015 at 8:32PM
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HOT OFF THE PRESS!
Pres. Obama on the merits of TPP, HH&S and the USDE Award Grants, Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake on the Mayors' Conference, Dads Took Their Child To School last month (Smile), and Rep. Keith Ellison on Same-Day Voter ...
Posted Friday, October 16th 2015 at 9:36PM
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
David Johns, executive director of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans, will deliver a lecture Wednesday at the University of Michigan, examining the challenges and opportunities facing ...
Posted Wednesday, October 14th 2015 at 6:48AM
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Follow this American cherry as it travels to market in other countries to see why America’s trade policy needs the Trans-Pacific Partnership!
Then start the discussions in your classroom, dorm room, campus, eateries, and, of course, social websi ...
Posted Monday, October 12th 2015 at 3:22PM
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HOT OFF THE PRESS!
Pres. Obama urges Congress to Pass Serious Budget, (What) HHS Learned From Ebola, USDE on Hispanic Heritage Month, Congressman Maxine Waters on Voting Rights Law and so much more inside ... Share, Share, Share, and post on your ...
Posted Friday, October 9th 2015 at 9:48PM
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Posted Tuesday, October 6th 2015 at 1:04PM
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HOT OFF THE PRESS! Pres. Obama remarks on Prescription Drugs Take-Back Day, HHS Grant Awards, USDE Invest in Teachers, Not Prisons, October is Domestic Violence Month, R.I.P. Julian Bond. Read, learn, enjoy and spread the information far and wide: ...
Posted Friday, October 2nd 2015 at 5:39PM
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In this week's address, on “National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day,” the President spoke about the importance of preventing and treating substance use disorders. Overdoses from prescription pain medications kill thousands of Americans every ye ...
Posted Monday, September 28th 2015 at 8:59AM
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Following is the English translation of Pope Francis’ homily during Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul on Saturday morning. His homily, delivered in Spanish, was prepared for delivery and released by the Vatican:
This mornin ...
Posted Sunday, September 27th 2015 at 9:11AM
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Pope Francis kissed the forehead of a boy with cerebral palsy after landing in Philadelphia on Saturday morning, coaxing a small smile from the severely disabled 10-year-old.
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Posted Saturday, September 26th 2015 at 4:55PM
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NEW YORK (AP) — Pope Francis declared Friday that there is a "right of the environment" and that mankind has no authority to abuse it, telling more than 100 world leaders and diplomats at the United Nations that urgent action is needed to halt the ...
Posted Friday, September 25th 2015 at 11:42AM
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Pope Francis plunged into the melting pot of New York after reminding the country of its immigrant origins in the first papal speech before Congress on Thursday. Over an intense 40 hours that started with an evening prayer service ...
Posted Friday, September 25th 2015 at 3:31AM
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Standing before Congress, Pope Francis issued a ringing call to action on behalf of immigrants Thursday, urging lawmakers to embrace "the stranger in our midst" as he became the first pontiff in history to address a joint meeting o ...
Posted Thursday, September 24th 2015 at 11:35AM
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It was a message sure to please the Obama White House, and liberals in general. But the pope had something for conservatives, too, with a pointed call to protect religious liberties — "one of America's most precious possessions."
"All are call ...
Posted Wednesday, September 23rd 2015 at 12:27PM
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The World Meeting of Families, which culminates with a visit by Pope Francis this weekend, begins today in Philadelphia.But what is it exactly? And who will foot the bill for the many preparations being made for the papal's visit?Organizers describe ...
Posted Tuesday, September 22nd 2015 at 4:39PM
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America may be in for some tough love from the Pope.
After a lifetime of watching the world's most affluent and powerful nation from afar, Pope Francis will walk on U.S. soil for the first time, at the age of 78, when he arrives in Washington from C ...
Posted Tuesday, September 22nd 2015 at 3:52PM
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On Tuesday afternoon, Pope Francis will be greeted by President Obama at a military base just outside Washington, D.C. This is Pope Francis' first visit to the United States, and it's Obama's first time personally welcoming a foreign visitor upon arr ...
Posted Tuesday, September 22nd 2015 at 2:58PM
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IT'S HERE:
LOPnewsmag - President Obama Announces College Scorecard, USDE 2015 SIXTH ANNUAL BACK-TO-SCHOOL TOUR, NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION MONTH, AND SENATOR COONS ON #RestoringtheVRA and there's even a FREE WEBINAR ... details inside and do ...
Posted Saturday, September 19th 2015 at 6:50AM
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COMMUNITY COLLEGES ARE AMERICA'S ECONOMIC ENGINES. THEY ARE THE GATEWAY TO MIDDLE-CLASS AMERICA. READ THE ARTICLE BELOW AND LEARN WHY!
Community colleges are America’s economic engines. They are gateways to middle class job ...
Posted Friday, September 18th 2015 at 5:28PM
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THIS JUST IN:
The National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty recently released its latest resource, No Barriers: A Legal Advocate’s Guide to Ensuring Compliance with the Education Program of the McKinney-Vento Act. Too many young people expe ...
Posted Friday, September 18th 2015 at 1:17PM
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Today, the White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault (Task Force) announced the release of two essential resources to assist practitioners in their efforts to prevent and respond effectively to sexual violence on college and univ ...
Posted Friday, September 18th 2015 at 12:22PM
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