Joe Hernandez appears in the following:
Lessons in Revitalizing Cities
Monday, March 04, 2013
With Detroit falling deeper into debt and the local government helpless to respond, governor Rick Snyder declared a financial emergency in the city on Friday. The next step is to appo...
Are Manufactured Crises the New Norm?
Friday, March 01, 2013
Two seasoned D.C. watchers join The Takeaway to discuss federal money management in the days ahead. Andrea Seabrook hosts the DecodeDC podcast, and Todd Zwillich is the Takeaway Washi...
Washington Braces for Sequestration
Friday, March 01, 2013
Today's deadline for a deal on the sequester is expected to come and go without an agreement between Congress and President Obama. Todd Zwillich spoke to some small business owners in...
Want to Give Back? Get a Job on Wall Street
Thursday, February 28, 2013
According to Oxford ethicist William MacAskill, the most effective route to "making a difference" in the world is not to work for a charity but to donate loads of cash instead. And th...
Study Finds Common Genetic Thread in Five Psychiatric Diseases
Thursday, February 28, 2013
A new study published in The Lancet today has found a common genetic thread running through five well-known psychiatric diseases. Scientists hope the findings will clear up how these ...
Sequester Cuts Felt in American Classrooms
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Those automatic spending cuts, known in Washington and beyond as the "sequester," just won't go away. And unless Congress stops it from happening, the "sequester" will kick in this Fr...
Our 'Unstable' Universe Could Be Wiped Out by a New One
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Dr. Joseph Lykken of the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory posits that "vacuum instability," that a universe will blow up like a bubble in our universe and sweep across it, consum...
Is Mary Jo White a Tough Cop or a Wall Street Insider?
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
President Obama's nominee to head the Securities and Exchange Commission, Mary Jo White, continues to receive praise and criticism for her background. By some, she's hailed as the tou...
Sequestration Could Jack Up the Price of Meat
Monday, February 18, 2013
While the cuts haven't come yet, Takeaway political correspondent Todd Zwillich reports that the sequester deadline will probably come and go, automatically enacting those across-the-...
Gun Show a Test Case for New York's New Gun Control Laws
Monday, January 28, 2013
Earlier this month New York became the first state to pass comprehensive gun control measures in the wake of December's tragic shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. But that hasn't stoppe...
Former NFL Quarterback Steve Bono on His Financial Life After Football
Monday, January 28, 2013
Steve Bono knows the importance of staying financially healthy after a successful career in professional sports. Bono spent roughly a decade and a half as a quarterback in the NFL, bo...
Oil and Gas Disposal Wells May Be to Blame for Texas Quakes
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Recently, earthquakes have begun to happen more frequently around the Dallas-Fort Worth area in northern Texas. While the cause of these quakes has yet to be officially determined, sc...
The Issues at Hand: Energy Over the Next Four Years
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
As President Obama moves into his second term, will United States energy policy lean? Toward increased oil production and energy independence? Or toward more renewables and clean ener...
President Obama's Civil Rights Report Card
Monday, January 21, 2013
In the midst of all of today's pageantry, it's worth taking a step back and looking at what President Obama has done with his first term, especially when it comes to civil rights. Jar...
Mali Unrest Spills into Neighboring Algeria
Thursday, January 17, 2013
The Islamist uprising in the north African country of Mali continued to escalate yesterday, with hostilities spilling over the country's borders. As many as 20 militants stormed an oi...
Free Gun Training for Teachers
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Later today, President Obama is set to announce his new agenda on gun control, a response to last month's deadly school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. Some states, like New York, a...
Kerry, Hagel Could Bring Vietnam Service to Obama's Cabinet
Monday, January 14, 2013
Vietnam War veterans like John McCain are not new to national politics, playing a small but vocal role in Congress. But now two Vietnam vets are poised to join President Obama's cabin...
Boston Declares Public Health Emergency
Friday, January 11, 2013
The flu outbreak is so severe in Boston that Mayor Thomas Menino declared a health emergency this week. Dr. Brien Barnewolt, chair of emergency medicine at Tufts Medical Center, descr...
CDC Responds to Rampant Flu Outbreak
Friday, January 11, 2013
Flu season is back, and this year's strain of the virus is especially brutal. But why is the 2013 influenza strain so bad? Dr. Joseph Bresee, chief of the Epidemiology and Prevention ...
No New MLB Hall of Famers
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Baseball Hall of Fame president Jeff Idelson announced yesterday that no players would be inducted in 2013. Notable omissions include Mark McGwire and Barry Bonds, who were included o...