Kate Michael
Kate Michael is a writer/reporter based in Washington, D.C. In her early career, she worked as a policy analyst for members of both the U.S. House and U.S. Senate as well as the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions. After completing an M.A. in Government from Johns Hopkins University, she left Capitol Hill and accepted an appointment to create a Green Collar Jobs program for the government of the District of Columbia. Currently, she works as a writer and producer for C-SPAN, and reports for The Well News on a variety of topics. You can reach her on Twitter.
Recent Work
WASHINGTON — COVID-19 has had a profound impact on the finances, ongoing operations and priorities of state Medicaid programs, according... Read More
WASHINGTON — COVID-19 has had a profound impact on the finances, ongoing operations and priorities of state Medicaid programs, according to a new report released by the Kaiser Family Foundation. Responses from the survey, which the nonprofit has conducted annually for 22 years, show changes in... Read More
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Late last month, California Gov. Gavin Newsom called for a windfall tax on oil companies that would... Read More
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Late last month, California Gov. Gavin Newsom called for a windfall tax on oil companies that would be reverted back to California taxpayers. Such a tax is necessary, Newsom said, because they have “failed to provide an explanation for the unprecedented divergence between... Read More
WASHINGTON — “We should be under no delusions; we are not doing everything in our power,” outgoing COP26 president and... Read More
WASHINGTON — “We should be under no delusions; we are not doing everything in our power,” outgoing COP26 president and British Cabinet Minister Alok Sharma candidly shared with the Wilson Center last week as he looked back on his three years leading the Conference of the... Read More
ISTANBUL — There was candor and heated conversation as the Atlantic Council convened in Turkey this week for a conference... Read More
ISTANBUL — There was candor and heated conversation as the Atlantic Council convened in Turkey this week for a conference to discuss next steps in the clean energy transition. Leaders from government, business and research communities gathered to take stock of global developments, including how geopolitical... Read More
WASHINGTON — Vanessa Nakate, 25-year-old Ugandan climate activist and recently appointed UNICEF goodwill ambassador, visited Washington last week to meet... Read More
WASHINGTON — Vanessa Nakate, 25-year-old Ugandan climate activist and recently appointed UNICEF goodwill ambassador, visited Washington last week to meet with staff at the World Bank charged with leading international climate finance. She also spoke to the National Press Club about pushing the world’s biggest polluters... Read More
WASHINGTON — Just like the ground stays toasty even after the sun sets or your cup of hot chocolate can... Read More
WASHINGTON — Just like the ground stays toasty even after the sun sets or your cup of hot chocolate can warm your cold hands, thermal energy — or energy that comes from the temperature of a heated substance — has productively been used for cooking, drying,... Read More
WASHINGTON — The effort to mitigate climate change, reduce greenhouse gases, and decarbonize is a national priority of many countries,... Read More
WASHINGTON — The effort to mitigate climate change, reduce greenhouse gases, and decarbonize is a national priority of many countries, but since the transportation, building, and electricity sectors produce nearly two-thirds of GHG emissions in the United States alone, it’s clear that cities are going to... Read More
WASHINGTON — After what he called “encouraging” talks with Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari... Read More
WASHINGTON — After what he called “encouraging” talks with Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari dealt harsh chastisements and warnings for the United States at the Wilson Center on Tuesday morning. Despite saying he was “pleasantly surprised and absolutely impressed” with... Read More
WASHINGTON — Beijing, in an effort to assert its own influence and reconfiguration of the global financial order, is working... Read More
WASHINGTON — Beijing, in an effort to assert its own influence and reconfiguration of the global financial order, is working on long-term plans to decouple from the dollar, according to a new book introduced at the Wilson Center earlier this week. In their new release, “China’s... Read More
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WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time, researchers have identified a genetic form of late-in-life Alzheimer’s disease — in people... Read More
WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time, researchers have identified a genetic form of late-in-life Alzheimer’s disease — in people who inherit two copies of a worrisome gene. Scientists have long known a gene called APOE4 is one of many... Read More
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Times and The Washington Post were awarded three Pulitzer Prizes apiece on Monday for work... Read More
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Times and The Washington Post were awarded three Pulitzer Prizes apiece on Monday for work in 2023 that dealt with everything from the war in Gaza to gun violence, and The Associated Press won in... Read More
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is set to issue a forceful condemnation of antisemitism during a Tuesday ceremony to... Read More
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is set to issue a forceful condemnation of antisemitism during a Tuesday ceremony to remember victims of the Holocaust at a time when the Hamas attack on Israel and controversy over the war in Gaza have... Read More
As the president of Stand with Parkland — a group I helped found after my 14-year-old daughter was murdered in... Read More
As the president of Stand with Parkland — a group I helped found after my 14-year-old daughter was murdered in her school, along with 13 schoolmates and three staff members on Valentine’s Day of 2018 — I am haunted by... Read More
NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump’s 12th day in a New York court Monday on criminal charges started with... Read More
NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump’s 12th day in a New York court Monday on criminal charges started with a threat of imprisonment and continued badly for him with prosecutors’ evidence he hid hush money payments to two women... Read More
WASHINGTON — We all know that regular exercise benefits our health, but does the time of day you do it... Read More
WASHINGTON — We all know that regular exercise benefits our health, but does the time of day you do it make a difference? Researchers from the University of Sydney investigated this question over an eight year period as it relates... Read More
