For the second of two Tuesday Talks this week, we hosted members and co-chairs of the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities, including visual artist Chuck Close, ballet dancer Damian Woetzel, and co-chairs Margo Lion and George Stevens, Jr., in celebration of National Arts and Humanities Month. We took your questions from WhiteHouse.gov and facebook, […]
Over the past year, the Vice President and Middle Class task Force have visited revived auto plants, clean energy manufacturers, and other factories where Americans are making things to drive this economy forward. And he’s always stressed how important these plants are to their communities. One difficult challenge these communities face is how to move […]
Ed. Note: On Wednesday, October 20th at 11:00 a.m. EDT, First Lady Michelle Obama will discuss the importance of arts and humanities education by hosting the National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Awards – the country’s highest honor in this field. Watch the event live on WhiteHouse.gov/live. Click here to see the video. This summer, […]
En Español. In a ceremony in the East Room today, President Obama will sign an Executive Order to renew and enhance the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics so that it better serves communities across the country by engaging them in the process of improving the education of Latino students, who represent 1 […]
Adrienne Lowe, like many college students, was wondering how she was going to get health care after she graduates from college. Because of the Affordable Care Act, she now has the option of remaining on her parents’ health insurance plan. Young adults who do not have insurance through their employers may now be able to […]
In the second edition of White House White Board, Austan Goolsbee, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, looks back at the President’s record on the economy through the perspective of the last three years in private sector employment. Click here to see the video. Chairman Goolsbee also joins us for one of two Tuesday Talks today, […]
Several weeks ago, First Lady Michelle Obama welcomed a group of nurses to the White House and joined a conference call with more than 5,000 nurses from across the country to discuss the Affordable Care Act and the benefits of health reform. Just before they met with the First Lady, the nurses who traveled to […]
This week, we kicked off Tuesday Talks — an invitation for people around the country to engage with policy experts, administration officials and more every week on a whole host of topics. Next week, we’re bringing you two talks: a conversation with Austan Goolsbee on the economy, followed by a dialogue on the arts and […]
On Friday, we held the first public meeting of the President’s Interagency Task Force on Veteran Small Business Development. The need for this task force is clear. America’s service men and women are returning home and using the skills they honed while on active duty to start their own businesses. Many more veterans have owned […]
Click here to see the video. Middle school and high school students from across the country descended on the State Dining Room at the White House today with their award-winning science fair projects in tow. From a robot that plays soccer to a smart toilet that conserves water and an innovative approach to treating cancer, […]
