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To Hyderabad and Back: A Student Journalist's Hard Lessons in India
By Riane Menardi - Politics DailySix months ago I had no idea how to hail a rickshaw, when to eat curry with my hands, or that a 2-rupee coin is engraved with a peace sign. I didn't know that every Indian state speaks its own language, and I certainly didn't know anything about Indian politics, education, or culture. I went to India for a four-month study abroad program in Hyderabad (a city of 6 million in the heart of South India) to study sociology and culture, both in and out of the classroom. As a journalism major, I also wanted to improve my writing and reporting skills, but I had no idea that I would have a chance to ...
Obama Open to Puerto Rico Statehood
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyPresident Obama is open to the idea of Puerto Rico becoming a state, Associate Attorney General Thomas Perrelli said at a meeting of a task force devoted to issues related to the U.S. commonwealth. "The president strongly believes that the status question is a significant one" Perrelli said at this week's meeting of the President's Puerto Rico Task Force. "He also believes that Puerto Rico's status must be based on self-determination by the people of Puerto Rico. And we on the task force are here with open minds on this issue." Perrelli co-chairs the task force and attended on behalf of the ...
Obama: Washington D.C. Deserves Full Voting Member of U.S. House
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyOn the anniversary of the day Abraham Lincoln freed slaves living in the nation's capital, President Obama called on Congress to grant a full vote to the Washington, D.C., "delegate" in the House of Representatives. That delegate, Eleanor Holmes Norton, was part of planned events Friday in Washington honoring what is known as "D.C. Emancipation Day." Obama said he was proud that an original copy of the Emancipation Proclamation -- issued by Lincoln nine months after the 1862 Washington document -- now hangs in the Oval Office. The issue of D.C. Statehood -- or alternatively of adding members ...
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