Politics. On Point.

Near to advice President Biden's heart is the treatment of women and the eradication of sexual assault against women. He continues his 1 is 2 Many campaign to spread the message that rape will not be tolerated, especially on college campuses where one in five women, ages 18-24 are sexually assaulted. The White House has produced a PSA asking, #WhatWouldYouDo, and reminding the public that:  “ If she doesn’t consent, or can’t consent — it’s a crime . . . and if you see sexual assault happening, help her, don’t blame her —and speak up.” Click  here  to take a look at the PSA featuring actors and both President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden. Other VP Biden News Vice President Biden makes call to NBA Chairman,  Kevin Johnson  to lend support to players in wake of Donald Sterling racists actions and comments towards NBA players and the NBA family. Said Johnson, "He (Biden) called me and said, We're with you, and the White Hous...

ATTORNEY GENERAL HOLDER: JUSTICE DEPT. TO COLLECT DATA ON STOPS, ARRESTS AS PART OF EFFORT TO CURB RACIAL BIAS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE  $4.75M Project Seeks to Ease Mistrust Between Law Enforcement, Minority Communities WASHINGTON—Noting that African-American and Hispanic males are arrested at disproportionately high rates, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said Monday that the Justice Department will seek to collect data about stops, searches and arrests as part of a larger effort to analyze and reduce the possible effect of bias within the criminal justice system.              Attorney General Holder said the project grew out of President Obama’s call, issued last July following the verdict in the Trayvon Martin case, for the Justice Department to seek to reduce tensions between law enforcement and minority communities. "Racial disparities contribute to tension in our nation generally and within...

It's no secret that second lady Dr. Jill Biden is a community college professor (George Mason), and that both the president and the vice president have touted community colleges for years.  "We know, for example, that in the coming years, jobs requiring at least an associate’s degree are going to grow twice as fast as jobs that don’t require college. We will not fill those jobs or keep those jobs on our shores without community colleges", explained the president. Dr. Biden in 2009 told an audience, "For more and more people, community colleges are the way to the future", said Biden.  "They’re giving real opportunity to students who otherwise wouldn’t have it.  They’re giving hope to families who thought the American Dream was slipping away.  They are equipping Americans with the skills and expertise that are relevant to the emerging jobs of the future.  They’re opening doors for the middle class at a time when the middle class has seen so many doors cl...

Minimum wage workers in Maryland could soon start to see an increase in pay.  On Saturday the Maryland Senate voted to raise the minimum wage to $10.10. The hike is expected to be at its full increase by 2018.  An increase of .75 cent begins  Jan 1, 2015 - that is, if Congress approves.  If it does Maryland governor Mark O'Malley can sign legislation into law. "Lawmakers did the right thing giving so many Maryland families the raise they deserve", O'Malley said. Echoing Governor O'Mally, President Obama said in a statement today, "The Maryland Legislature did the right thing for its workers today by increasing the state minimum wage to $10.10 an hour. With states like Maryland, and other states setting the example, President Obama is hoping all states will eventually follow suit. "Maryland’s important action is a reminder that many states, cities and counties – as well as a majority of the American people – are way ahead of Was...

You can bet any time a foreign dignitary visits the Oval Office, money is probably going to be involved. Today, President Obama promised North Africa's republic, Tunisia, a loan for $400M (or $500M, depending on who you ask) to help its nation rebuild after the torrential Arab Spring uprising. The Arab Spring was the work of young people who had felt frustrated by the sense of injustice and favoritism so rampant with the political regime running the country for 23 years. "Those young people are for the majority well educated, holding university degrees but with no hope of landing jobs. After the initial euphoria of the post-revolution victory and the rise of an Islamist government, their hopes dissipated and the prospects of finding a job looms further and further", said Dr. Mongi Bahloul, University of Sfax  of South, Tunisia. "An increasing number among the youth have tried to, and sometime did, leave the country to fight as Jihadists in Syria or boarded f...