Lynn Sherr appears in the following:
Salesman-in-Chief: Obama Pitches Health Care Reform
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Last night in a primetime press conference, President Obama pitched his plan to overhaul the nation’s health care system. For a performance review, The Takeaway talks to T.R. Reid. He...
The Very Model of Modern Major Health Care System
Thursday, July 23, 2009
In last night's press conference, President Obama cited several models of health care that he thinks might hold lessons for the nation's health care system. One of those models was th...
Vice President Biden has Georgia on His Mind
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Vice President Joe Biden is in Georgia today. The former Soviet republic is an independent nation, but has been at war with Russia in order to keep Moscow at bay. The vice president m...
Job Creation Rising, But Job Losses Continue
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testified before Congress yesterday, saying he expects to see new jobs appearing near the end of this year or early next year. He warned, however...
Streaming Music on the Internet
Thursday, July 23, 2009
In the last 20 years the music industry has changed a lot: from vinyl to tapes to CDs and now streaming. Streaming is free music available online, but it is not downloaded so you don'...
Anatomy of a News Conference
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Last night President Obama addressed the nation during a primetime news conference. The number one item on the president's agenda was health care reform, but other issues popped up, t...
America, Still Not 'Post-Racial'
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
On Monday, Henry Louis Gates Jr, one of the nation's pre-eminent African American scholars, was arrested for breaking into his own home in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The charges have b...
Tough Talk: Secretary Clinton's Message to Iran
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is getting tough on Iran. Speaking from Thailand today she announced that the U.S. is prepared to defend its allies in the Persian Gulf against any ...
Air America: The State of the Airlines
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Airlines are starting to release their quarterly earnings reports. The results? Turbulence. While Southwest and United eked out a small profit, Continental announced a slight loss. Ch...
A Look into the Economic Crystal Ball
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Yesterday, Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben Bernanke began two days of testimony before Congress on the state of the economy. He said, “The U.S. economy contracted sharply in the fourth ...
Little Kids, Big Business: Updating the Children's TV Act
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
In 1990, Congress enacted the Children's Television Act to promote educational children's television programming and to limit marketing to children. The act addresses only broadcast t...
The Takeaway's Health Care Roundtable
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
The Takeaway is hosting a roundtable discussion of what health care reform should look like. Todd Zwillich, The Takeaway’s Washington correspondent, sets the scene for the president's...
The President's Prescription for Health Care
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
President Obama is hitting the airways tonight to sell his health care reform plan. The Takaway's man in Washington, Todd Zwillich, gives us the behind the scenes report. We then turn...
Total Eclipse of the Sun
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Millions of people across Asia were plunged into darkness during the longest eclipse of the century. The total solar eclipse, where the moon blocks the sun, turned day into night for ...
Roundtable: Previewing Obama's Press Conference
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Tonight President Barack Obama holds a prime time press conference. The main topic is likely to be health care reform, but topics such as unemployment, the economy, and Afghanistan ar...
Breakfast: Keeping Your Cool the Sweet Sicilian Way
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Who knew that breakfast could be one sure way to beat the heat? We’re not talking about chugging a frappaccino, we’re talking about breakfast the Sicilian way: ice cream. Gina DePalma...
Iraq in the Headlines, Al-Maliki in Washington
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
In a move to show that Washington is normalizing its relationship with Iraq, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is coming to the White House today. The two leaders have plenty to ta...
How California Closed Its Budget Gap
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
California leaders reached a deal late last night to close its $26 billion budget deficit. The deal would end months of political wrangling, but what got cut? To update The Takeaway o...
No 'Card Check' in the New Labor Union Bill
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Labor leaders had pinned their hopes on a new bill in Congress called the Employee Free Choice Act.
They hoped something called a "card check" would be part of that bill, which would...
We Have Liftoff: When Apollo 11 Left the Lunar Surface
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
This week marks the 40th anniversary of the first moon landing. We've heard about the trip to the moon, the landing, the first footsteps. But one of the biggest challenges that NASA s...