Tag: white house
Valdez honored ‘for bringing Chicano culture to American drama’
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Luis Valdez, the playwright, theater director, actor and lifelong activist, joined arts luminaries Thursday morning at the White House to receive the 2015 National Medal of Arts.
Helland: White House rookie
Last week, I met President Barack Obama at the airport. Okay, maybe there was a camera lens, a fence and half a dozen secret service agents between us, but I did photograph his arrival to the San Francisco International Airport.
Letter: Vote against the party that wants to limit patient protection
The group that controls the House of Representatives and wants control of the Senate and White House has this partial agenda: 1. Lower taxes on America’s top 1 percent. 2. Give control of medical care back to insurance companies. 3. Replace Medicare with the Ryan voucher system. 4. Pay off the National Debt with cuts to government programs, not tax money. 5. Destroy all unions and the benefits they bring our society. 6. Eliminate all government controls except for women’s health. Why would Americans give serious thought or even one vote to this group?
