White House Internship Program, August 26 - December 12, 2008
The White House Internship provides an opportunity to experience day-to-day life at the White House while working on a variety of tasks and projects.

In addition to normal office duties, interns attend weekly lectures, volunteer at special events, participate in tours, and contribute to a community service project in the Washington, D.C. area. White House Internships are unpaid positions and participants are responsible for arranging their own transportation and housing. Approximately 100 interns are chosen each spring, summer, and fall to participate in this highly competitive program.

Applications for being a White House intern are due June 3, 2008.  For more information and an application, read more >>>

Every March, the country celebrates the accomplishments of women throughout American history. Want to know the why, what, when, how, and who of it all? Keep reading...

• On March 19, 1911, a German woman named Klara Zetkin organized the very first International Women's Day. Want to know more?
• Interest in International Women's Day was pretty low until the 1960s, when the women's movement caused women to wonder why they weren't included in the history books! Curious about the women's movement.
• In 1978, a California school district started Women's History Week to promote the teaching of women's history. It was so popular that in 1981, Congress passed a resolution making the week a celebration for the entire country! Don't know what the word resolution.
• In 1987, a group of women campaigned with representatives from museums, schools and libraries to expand the celebration, and Congress responded by declaring the entire Month of March National Women's History Month that very same year! Feel inspired to write your representative in Congress.
• Two years ago, the first-ever national women's history museum opened in Dallas, Texas. "The Women's Museum: An Institute for the Future" pays tribute to women of the past and present, and runs Girlstart, a program that encourages young women to consider working in math, science and computer technology.

The city of Cambridge made history this month when it elected the nation's first African-American, openly lesbian mayor. E. Denise Simmons took the reins from Kenneth Reeves, an African-American who was also openly gay.

Simmons, a Cambridge native, has been a community activist for close to three decades, serving on the school committee for nine years and the city council since 2002. The city council elects the mayor.

"I think it's a profound privilege and responsibility," Simmons said. "I have the work of the community ahead of me, but as black woman and someone who is openly gay, I also represent a larger community."

Simmons was the only the second African-American woman to serve on the Cambridge City Council. Boston has yet to elect an African-American woman to its city council. Read more.

Twenty-four states held presidential primaries or caucuses on February 5th: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Utah and West Virginia. For the Democrats, 1,681 delegates were at stake in 16 primaries and seven caucuses. The Republicans had 1,020 delegates at stake in 15 primaries and six caucuses.

Here's where the races are so far:

Democrats
Alabama - Obama
Alaska - Obama
Arizona - Clinton
Arkansas - Clinton
California - Clinton
Colorado - Obama
Connecticut - Obama
Delaware - Obama
Georgia - Obama
Idaho - Obama
Illinois - Obama
Kansas - Obama    
Massachusetts - Clinton
Minnesota - Obama
Missouri - Obama
Montana - (Democratic primary will be on June 3rd)
New Jersey - Clinton
New Mexico - Obama (Results are still be processed)
New York - Clinton
North Dakota - Obama
Oklahoma - Clinton
Tennessee - Clinton
Utah - Obama
West Virginia - (Democratic primary will be on May 13th)

Republicans
Alabama - Huckabee
Alaska - Romney
Arizona - McCain
Arkansas - Huckabee
California - McCain
Colorado - Romney
Connecticut - McCain
Delaware - McCain
Georgia - Huckabee
Idaho - (Republican primary on May 27th)
Illinois - McCain
Kansas - (Republican caucuses on February 9th)
Massachusetts - Romney    
Minnesota - Romney
Missouri - McCain
Montana - Romney
NewJersey - McCain
New Mexico - (Republican primary on June 3rd)
New York - McCain
North Dakota - Romney
Oklahoma - McCain
Tennessee - Huckabee
Utah - Romney
West Virginia - Huckabee

Every year this nation’s priorities move further and further away from the concerns of the majority of American citizens, making daily life harder and harder. The prices we pay for housing, utilities, medications, transportation and food are all going up. Meanwhile, big business interests, profiting every time we lose, monopolize our policymakers’ attention. While companies boasting record profits are rewarded with tax breaks, ordinary citizens struggle each day to get basic needs met for themselves and their families.

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