President Barack Obama delivers remarks on interest rates on student loans and affordable higher education, at Washington-Lee High School in Arlington, Va., May 4, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy) Today, President Obama continued his push to prevent interest rates on students loans from doubling on July 1 — as they’re currently scheduled […]
Since taking office, President Obama has supported an all-out, all-of-the-above strategy that develops every available source of American energy. A strategy that’s cleaner, cheaper, and full of new jobs. As part of that effort, the Administration has focused on expanding production of natural gas. After all, we have a supply of natural gas that can last […]
Summer Jobs+ is a call to action for businesses, non-profits, and government to work together to provide pathways to employment for young people in the summer of 2012. It’s about helping people find their first jobs. Cecilia Munoz, Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, says her first job taught her to be quick on her […]
Last night, White House Chief of Staff Jack Lew spoke at the American Jewish Committee Global Forum. There, he praised the Committee’s decades of work to build a better world at home and abroad. He also stressed the steps the President has taken to prevent a second Great Depression and create an economy built to […]
Today’s employment report provides further evidence that the economy is continuing to heal from the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, but much more remains to be done to repair the damage caused by the financial crisis and the deep recession. It is critical that we continue the economic policies that are helping […]
This week, the President traveled to Afghanistan to sign an historic Strategic Partnership Agreement, visit with our troops, and address the American people about responsibly ending the war. The President also traveled to Fort Stewart to sign an Executive Order to protect service members and their families from deceptive marketing practices, spoke at the annual White […]
Editor’s Note: As part of the We Can’t Wait initiative, President Obama signed an Executive Order directing the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to take action to help further prevent and reduce prescription drug shortages. An update from FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg is below. This week marks the six-month anniversary of President Obama signing an […]
Though Cinco de Mayo isn’t officially celebrated until Saturday, today President Obama hosted a reception marking the holiday at the White House. One hundred fifty years ago, an outnumbered band of Mexican troops faced an invading French army twice its size. But on May 5, 1862, at the Battle of Puebla, the smaller army crushed the […]
How do you get kids all around the country to get moving, jumping, and doing the dougie in unison? Beyonce, natch. On May 3 last year—at 1: 42 p.m. to be exact—nearly 600 schools from coast to coast participated in a flash workout, dancing together to Beyonce’s “Move Your Body.” First Lady Michelle Obama even […]
Today, on the train up to Philadelphia for the announcement of the Summer Jobs+ bank, I had the chance to think about my first summer job and what it meant to me and my family. I grew up in a modest neighborhood just outside of Los Angeles. It was an industrial community of blue-collar, working […]
