by Tanya Somanader | Oct 22, 2014 | Monitor
President Barack Obama holds a meeting on Ebola with Ebola Response Coordinator Ron Klain and members of his team coordinating the government’s Ebola response, in the Oval Office. October 22, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) The United States continues...
by David Hudson | Sep 23, 2014 | Monitor
Watch on YouTube "For all the immediate challenges that we gather to address this week — terrorism, instability, inequality, disease — there’s one issue that will define the contours of this century more dramatically than any other, and that is...
by Tanya Somanader | Sep 23, 2014 | Monitor
President Barack Obama delivers a statement on confronting the terrorist group ISIL in Syria, on the South Lawn of the White House prior to departure for New York, N.Y. September 23, 2014. (Official White House Photo by David Lienemann) Watch on YouTube Last night,...
by David Hudson | May 28, 2014 | Monitor
Graduating cadets listen to President Barack Obama deliver the commencement address at the United States Military Academy at West Point commencement ceremony at Michie Stadium in West Point, N.Y., May 28, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) Watch on...
by John Podesta | Apr 22, 2014 | Monitor
Forty-five years ago, an oil well being drilled off the coast of Santa Barbara, California blew out. At the time, it was the worst oil spill in U.S. history. Forty-five years ago, too, the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland, Ohio, caught fire—again. Cities from New...