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To: POLITICAL EDITORS Contact: Jaime S. Fearer, Brookings Press, +1-202-536-3608, Gail Chalef, Foreign Policy, +1-202-797-4396, or Juliet Bui, Office of Communications, +1-202-797-6467, all of Brookings Institution
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The primary missions of network members may be in areas such as human rights or health care, but all see improving the lives of women and girls as a key strategy in their overall agenda for social change, Richardson said. Women's Fund of Central Indiana Purpose: special interest fund of Central Indiana Community Foundation that supports programs for women and girls Address: 615 N. Alabama St. Grants in 2009: $352,500 Established: 1994 Total endowment: $11.6 million Unrestricted endowment: $9.2 million Director:
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WASHINGTON, May 8 /U.S. Newswire/ -- On ABC's "This Week," Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean outlined the Democratic Party's agenda for bold leadership and real change. He answered tough questions from host George Stephanopoulos. The following are excerpts from Dean's appearance: The Democratic Agenda for Real Change:
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In an election that will bring the city its first new mayor in 22 years, and that will result in many new faces on Chicago City Council, the report's authors have put forth a 15-point "agenda for change" to end what they term the city's "culture of corruption". The city's Building and Zoning Department, examined in the current report, is rife with bribery and extortion. There has been a pattern of "increased brazenness" on the part of employees, the report found, leading it to call the department "a poster child for patronage hiring and clout" together with bribes for zoning and building permits. The first anti-corruption report, released two years ago, examined aldermanic corruption since 1970. It termed the Chicago City Council a "fertile breeding ground" for "the most notorious and p...
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WASHINGTON, May 7 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Today, on ABC's "This Week," Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean outlined the Democratic Party's agenda for bold leadership and real change. He answered tough questions from host George Stephanopoulos. The following are excerpts from Dean's appearance: The Democratic Agenda for Real Change:
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Directives related to the Air Force Academy's "Agenda for Change" are changing the makeup of coaching staffs for its varsity athletic teams. Athletic department spokesman Troy Garnhart said Monday the practice of using recent academy graduates as assistant coaches has been eliminated in all sports except football.
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Conventional wisdom suggests the 2010 midterm election was a referendum on the economy. That's not all it was. The public's distaste of Democrat-controlled government is much more profound. Congressional approval is at a miserable 14 percent, according to the latest pre-election New York Times survey. This is less than half the 29 percent approval rating of the last Republican Congress shortly before it was voted out in 2006, and below the 20 percent rating of the doomed 1994 Democratic Congress. Congress under House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid never got above 35 percent approval, and that was back in May 2007. Disapproval rates were above 50 percent for the duration in all but one poll, with the negative view lodged steadily over 70 percent since February...
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When the Legislature reconvenes next month, it must rewrite state statutes to give control of Milwaukee Public Schools to Mayor Tom Barrett. The current system is broken and, as a result, too many children in Milwaukee are graduating ill-prepared for the real world. Also at stake: millions of federal dollars for school districts, which will enable them to make innovative changes to boost achievement and help these children.
