May 29 Watch Political fight simmers over school lunch menu changes By PBS News Hour The 2010 Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act required schools to use more wholesome ingredients and set fat, sugar and sodium limits. But Republican lawmakers have proposed a one-year waiver, arguing that students won't eat the new offerings or that schools can't… Continue watching
May 27 First lady responds to critics of school nutrition guidelines By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press First lady Michelle Obama is answering Republicans in Congress who want to roll back healthier school meal standards, holding an event at the White House to highlight the success of the health guidelines. The Tuesday event is an unusual move… Continue reading
May 20 First Lady Michelle Obama promotes arts education program with White House talent show By Darlene Superville, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Count on singing and dancing, maybe even a few magic tricks, when the curtain goes up Tuesday on the very first White House talent show. Continue reading
May 10 Michelle Obama speaks out on kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls By Darlene Superville, Associated Press Michelle Obama on Saturday decried the kidnapping of scores of Nigerian schoolgirls who have been missing for nearly a month and used their plight to speak out for the rights of girls everywhere to get an education. Continue reading
May 05 Some schools push to roll back healthy lunch requirements By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press Some schools say new health lunch guidelines have been expensive and difficult to put in place, and school officials are asking Congress and the Agriculture Department to roll back some of the requirements. Their main concerns: finding enough whole grain-rich… Continue reading
Feb 25 Changes may be coming to nutrition facts labels By Zachary Treu The "nutrition facts" that appear on the sides of nearly all packaged foods and drinks in America may soon be seeing an overhaul, according to a Politico report. Continue reading
Feb 25 New rules limit junk food advertising in schools By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press Even the scoreboards in high school gyms will have to advertise only healthy foods under new rules announced Tuesday by the Obama administration. Promotion of sugary drinks and junk foods around campuses during the school day will be phased out… Continue reading
Jul 02 Watch Obama Concludes Africa Trip With Poignant Tribute to al-Qaida Bombing Victims In Tanzania's capital, President Barack Obama was joined by former President George W. Bush in paying tribute to the victims of the 1998 al-Qaida bombing of the U.S. embassies in Tanzania and Kenya. Gwen Ifill reports on the final leg… Continue watching
Mar 01 Watch New Documentary Puts Homegrown Issue of Hunger on the Table New Documentary Puts Homegrown Issue of Childhood Hunger on the Table… Continue watching
Jan 21 Familiar Faces at the Inauguration By Extra DA Familiar Faces at the 2013 Inauguration of Barack Obama… Continue reading