Direct Relief
Expediting In-Country Medical Aid for Pakistan
Direct Relief International is expediting the in-country delivery of urgently needed medical supplies to organizations supporting people affected by flooding in Pakistan. ... LEARN HOW YOU CAN HELP

Phi Delta Kappa (pdf) 8/25
Slippage in Support of Obama's Education Agenda
Despite high levels of agreement with the administration's agenda shown in two previous PDK/Gallup annual polls, Americans are now less supportive of President Barack Obama's education agenda, according to the 2010 annual PDK/Gallup Poll of the Public's Attitudes Toward the Public Schools. ...

Reuters 8/25
Job fears grip voters, Obama ratings crumble
More Americans now disapprove of President Barack Obama than approve of him as high unemployment and government spending scare voters ahead of November's congressional elections. ...

Pew 8/24
Public Remains Conflicted Over Islam
The public continues to express conflicted views of Islam. Favorable opinions of Islam have declined since 2005, but there has been virtually no change over the past year in the proportion of Americans saying that Islam is more likely than other religions to encourage violence. ...

Gallup 8/23
Obama Weekly Job Approval Average at New Low
President Obama's job approval rating slipped to 43% for the week of Aug. 16-22, down one percentage point from the previous weekly low set a week ago. ...

Washington Post: Chris Cillizza 8/23
Poll numbers in 1994 don't bode well for Democrats
... Some neutral observers and senior strategists within the party have begun to believe that the national political environment is not only similar to what they saw in 1994 -- when Democrats lost control of the House and Senate -- but could in fact be worse by Election Day. ...