Politics. On Point.

Creating structure and support for high-risk, young males. With the support of educators, faith-based groups, government, foundations, and various businesses, the president hopes to have their support to help guide, direct, and support young Black youth, by giving them the tools needed to succeed. Heavy hitters join the initiative. Leaders from Silicon Valley and the Emerson Collective plan to launch a $50 million competition to redesign high schools so that young people can learn in classrooms built for the 21st century. Also on board are US mayors, the National Congress of American Indians (who are going to do the same for young Native American boys and men), The College Board, AT&T, UBS, JPMorgan, City Foundation, and Discovery Communications, who the president says, "are making big commitments of their own to help young people like you get ahead."    With the National Basketball Association's Chris Paul (who introduced the president at the start of the...

The President travels to Marquette, Michigan today where local businesses have been able to grow as a result of broadband access, with particular benefit in exporting goods to new markets around the world.   He will briefly meet with local business owners who have used broadband access to grow their businesses and four senior technology executives that contributed to the design of the Wireless Innovation Fund.  ( Video here). Prior to delivering remarks at Michigan's Northern Michigan University, the President will participate in a demonstration of how the university’s WiMAX network has enabled distance learning for university and community students. Currently the WiMAX connection allows professors to contact student teachers in the field to observe and communicate with them about their experience. NMU professors also use the WiMAX to connect to K-12 classes where master teachers are teaching so that education students can observe them in action. For the distan...