Decision Makers Discuss Leadership at GW event
By James Irwin
Mary Landrieu was asked early in her public service career to deliver a commencement speech at Louisiana Tech. The then-member of the...
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By Ruth Steinhardt
According to Matthew Barzun, U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom, diplomats in the digital age have a lot to learn from the story of...
Denied Because of Her Skin Color, a Civil Rights Advocate Returns to Campus to Be Honored
As a young black girl in Stafford County (Va.) in the 1950s, Gladys White Jordan saw how privilege was largely determined by skin color.
This Is the 100th anniversary of Ireland’s Easter Rising. What Was the Easter Rising?
Irish people are commemorating the 1916 Easter Rising, the failed rebellion that led a few years later to Irish independence. Here’s what you need to know about it.
Who Will Become a Terrorist? Research Yields Few Clues
What turns people toward violence are questions that have bedeviled governments around the world for generations.
University of California Adopts Statement Condemning Anti-Semitism
The measure softened a proposed flat-out condemnation of anti-Zionism, or opposition to the creation of a Jewish state.
Colonials Face San Diego State in NIT Semifinals in New York
By James Irwin
The George Washington University men’s basketball team is getting pretty familiar with the Northeast corridor these days.
The...
U.S. Doctor Helps Brussels Bombing Victims By Setting Up Makeshift Clinic
“She said, ‘There’s people hurt. I’m going to go help those people.’”
Law Graduate Who Sued Her School Loses at Trial
A jury in San Diego on Thursday rejected claims by a law graduate, Anna Alaburda, that the Thomas Jefferson School of Law enticed her to enroll by using misleading graduate employment figures.
Fox News Takes a Hard Look at the Battle of Our Time
From downtown Brussels to the battlefields of northern Iraq and even online, the civilized world is confronting Islamic extremism on numerous fronts and a daily basis.