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The 18th annual Environmental Film Festival (EFF) kicked off Tuesday and will continue through March 28 at venues throughout Washington D.C., with screenings at American University from March 22 to 25. The festival will feature 155 films  providing fresh perspectives on the day's current environmental issues.

On the day before President Obama's health care summit, more than 100 people gathered to remember a cancer patient and ask for health reform to prevent more deaths like hers.

“The news of Alexander McQueen’s suicide is as sad as it is tragic; the fashion world is poorer without him.” -  T - The New York Times Style Magazine 

Alexander McQueen Spring 2010

It’s all about the environment as we prelude to next week’s big event: American University’s American Forum on climate change, taking place on February 9 at Katzen Arts Center. The Observer will be streaming the event, providing live Tweets and blogs.

View Chevrolet’s first electric powered car - the Volt, among other hot and up-and-coming vehicles, in a slideshow of the annual auto show in D.C.

Politics and pandas are the focus of this week’s issue. We will be covering President Barack Obama’s first State of the Union speech and are keeping track of his administration’s plans for fighting the war in Afghanistan.

We join with visitors to D.C. and locals alike who are saying goodbye to Tai Shan, one of the National Zoo’s giant pandas.

Follow us as we cover tonight’s State of the Union, starting at 9 p.m. Eastern time.
 

In this week's issue of the American Observer, we're focusing on the aftershock of the Haiti earthquake that occurred last week and Scott Brown's capture of late Edward M. Kennedy's Senate seat.

 Happy New Year to all! The American Observer is back. We are looking forward to some great editions and hope our readers are as well. 

Watch as businesses try to make themselves "recession-proof." Follow protests against the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and see for yourself if they measure up to the Vietnam era protests.

Experience the improved cell phone service on the Metro. Join in efforts to clean up "America's back yard."

That's all just in the first edition.

Hello for this edition and goodbye for the semester.

For our last edition of the semester we are covering a wide range of exciting topics. Go inside a Virginia restaurant dealing with a new smoking ban, watch the D.C. city council debate the future of same-sex marriage, learn just how dangerous an innocent-looking deer can be and join the countdown to the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Thank you for following our publication this semester and happy holidays.