Barack Obama

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July 31, 2013

House passes student loan deal, bill goes to Obama

NBC NEWS - The House approved a measure Wednesday to link interest rates on student loans to financial markets, sending…
July 31, 2013

Obama honors NCAA champions UConn women

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is honoring the University of Connecticut women's basketball team, calling its players incredible athletes,…
July 30, 2013

Obama promising to protect minority voting rights

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is promising not to let one election go by without protecting minority voting rights....
July 30, 2013

Obama challenges GOP to accept corporate tax deal

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - Seeking to ease Washington gridlock, President Barack Obama on Tuesday challenged Republicans to accept a new…
July 30, 2013

Obama turning into Mr. Middle Class

ANALYSIS - Obama increasingly sounds obsessed with making sure expanding the middle class, lifting Americans from stagnant wages and reducing…
July 29, 2013

Obama, Holder pledge action on Voting Rights Act

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is promising not to let one election go by without protecting minority voting rights.
July 29, 2013

Obama, Clinton meet for lunch, sparking 2016 buzz

WASHINGTON (AP) — A summertime meal shared by President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton threw…
July 28, 2013

Obama says income inequality could worsen racial tensions

theGRIO REPORT - In an interview with the New York Times, President Obama warned that racial tensions in America might…
July 26, 2013

Gun violence in Chicago: Black leaders convene ’emergency summit’

MSNBC - While Congress tangled over gun control legislation earlier this year after the killings in Newtown, gun violence in…
July 26, 2013

Obama hosts Ramadan dinner at White House

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama saluted Muslim Americans on Thursday for their contributions in helping build the United States…
July 26, 2013

What Obama wishes he could do on the economy

ANALYSIS - And some of these polities, particularly the health care law, will benefit middle-income Americans. But the broader economic…
July 25, 2013

Where the economy stands for Black Americans

theGRIO REPORT - Here are key components of the economy since 2005, and what they mean -- particularly for the…
July 25, 2013

Jay Z calls George Zimmerman a ‘f**king mall cop’

theGRIO REPORTS - In a recent interview with hip-hop journalist Elliott Wilson, Jay Z shared his views on George Zimmerman,…
July 25, 2013

In rebuke of Obama, most House Democrats back ending NSA phone collection program

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House narrowly rejected a challenge to the National Security Agency's secret collection of hundreds of millions…
July 24, 2013

Obamacare won’t slash workers’ hours, report finds

NBC News - Opponents of Obamacare say it will kill jobs, and they specifically say provisions forcing employers to offer…
July 24, 2013

Obama: Washington took its eye off economic ball

GALESBURG, Ill. (AP) - The president's attempt to refocus on the economy comes amid some hopeful signs of improvement, with…
July 24, 2013

Bill Clinton ‘sings’ big summer hit ‘Blurred Lines’

NBC News - When you blur the lines between fantasy and reality as well as the folks at baracksdubs, it's…
July 24, 2013

Polls illustrate strong racial divide in Obama’s America

theGRIO REPORT - A series of surveys released in the past three days illustrate a striking racial divide in perceptions…
July 23, 2013

Allen West calls Obama’s Zimmerman verdict response ‘horrific’

theGRIO REPORT - Former Congressman Allen West has joined the small, but vocal minority of pundits who have lashed out…
July 23, 2013

Cornel West, Tavis Smiley criticism of President Obama devolves into pot shots

OPINION - No matter how the president reacted to this—or any situation—the pattern with Smiley and West is that it’s…