Morning Links for Jan. 29, 2015

Morning Links for Jan. 29, 2015

Sheriff David Clarke testified in the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing of President Obama’s nominee for Attorney General, Loretta Lynch. Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service reports on the United Way’s new advertisements targeting teen pregnancy. The New York Times purports to know why President Obama deserted his plan to eliminate tax “benefits” for college savings accounts. One New York-based street photographer has raised more than $1 million for schoolchildren in the Bronx. In 2009, North Korea demanded billions of dollars in cash and food aid in exchange for meeting with South Korean officials. At the time, former South Korean President Lee Myung-bak declined to meet those…

  • Sheriff David Clarke testified in the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing of President Obama’s nominee for Attorney General, Loretta Lynch.
  • Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service reports on the United Way’s new advertisements targeting teen pregnancy.
  • The New York Times purports to know why President Obama deserted his plan to eliminate tax “benefits” for college savings accounts.
  • One New York-based street photographer has raised more than $1 million for schoolchildren in the Bronx.
  • In 2009, North Korea demanded billions of dollars in cash and food aid in exchange for meeting with South Korean officials. At the time, former South Korean President Lee Myung-bak declined to meet those demands, Newsweek reports.

Claire Hanan worked at the magazine as an editor from 2012-2017. She edited the Culture section and wrote stories about all sorts of topics, including the arts, fashion, politics and more. In 2016, she was a finalist for best profile writing at the City and Regional Magazine Awards for her story "In A Flash." In 2014, she won the the Milwaukee Press gold award for best public service story for editing "Handle With Care," a service package about aging in Milwaukee. Before all this, she attended the University of Missouri's School of Journalism and New York University's Summer Publishing Institute.