At the 1939 World’s Fair in New York, General Motors unveiled "The Futurama" exhibit, a captivating model that displayed a vision for the not-so-distant "future" of 1960. Visitors to the exhibit, most of whom did not own cars, were left in awe of the “ideal city of tomorrow,” imagining themselves riding in a vehicle amidst […]
Although the labor market remains severely distressed, today’s report on the employment situation is consistent with the pattern of stabilization and gradual labor market healing we have been seeing in recent months. The unemployment rate remained constant at 9.7 percent. Many had expected that some of January’s 0.3 percentage point decline would prove to be […]
In this week’s address, President Obama describes how American families will have more control over their health care this year, after health reform passes. Click here to see the video. Here are a few more points about how health insurance reform measures will benefit Americans this year: Hold Insurance Companies Accountable: Eliminate lifetime limits […]
This week Tina Tchen and Valerie Jarrett traveled to New York City to participate in the 54th session of the Commission on the Status of Women at the U.N. Headquarters. The Commission was created in 1946 to advise the United Nations Security Council on the promotion of women’s rights. Every year representatives from UN Member […]
This week, we launched “Education in Focus” on Whitehouse.gov to shine a spotlight on what we are doing across the administration to improve our education system. And what a week it was: You joined Alma and Colin Powell, the President and myself in launching GradNation, an initiative to give more students the opportunity to go […]
div.imgleft { padding-bottom: 0px; padding-right: 5px; float: left; } Earlier this week the White House posed a question on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn as part of the “Education in Focus” feature on WhiteHouse.gov. We asked “What Does a 21st Century education mean to you?”and you had some really interesting answers. Here’s a sample of what […]
I am so pleased to participate in this week’s “Education in Focus”– since education is always my focus! Yesterday I was in the classroom for most of the day – doing what I love – teaching community college students who are eager to learn, and who are pursuing their dreams of getting a college education. […]
How many of you remember your high school commencement speaker? This year, public high schools across the country have an opportunity to invite one speaker their graduates will never forget. All you have to do is tell us how your school – more than any other – is preparing students for college and careers. Education […]
The urgency of health reform couldn’t be more clear. Across the country, working families have been saddled with huge rate increase in their health insurance premiums. In California, consumers were informed of rate hikes as high as 39 percent, and in Michigan, insurers sought a 56 percent increase and this is happening across the country. […]
The White House Photo Office compiled a few never been seen photos and some old favorites of the Obama family dog. Take a look at our newest photo gallery, Bo! Click here to see the photo gallery. Fonte: White House
