Barack Obama

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June 20, 2012

Will right-wing racism derail the Romney campaign?

OPINION - Mitt Romney may not have orchestrated any of these ill-advised stunts, but they do come from his party...
June 20, 2012

Has Jesse Jackson become irrelevant?

OPINION - Is Jesse Jackson still relevant? And can he remain relevant in the age of Obama?...
June 20, 2012

Congressional committee could hold Holder in contempt today

WASHINGTON (AP) - A House committee is poised to vote on whether to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt…
June 19, 2012

President Obama issues Juneteenth proclamation

President Barack Obama on Tuesday issued a proclamation commemorating Juneteenth, the annual remembrance of the formal end of slavery in…
June 19, 2012

Cory Booker explains Bain comments on ‘The Tonight Show’

Cory Booker was on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno last night and he talked about his relationship with President…
June 18, 2012

Columbia University professor: Obama victory unworthy of the long civil rights battle

A Columbia University professor of Political Science and Director of Columbia University's Center on African-American Politics and Society is calling…
June 18, 2012

Limbaugh: ‘Everybody knows Munro was heckling Obama’s white half’

Conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh came to the defense of Daily Caller reporter Neil Munro today..
June 18, 2012

Will Nicki Minaj really join the 2012 campaign trail?

Will Nicki Minaj really join the 2012 campaign trail? The singer/rapper has recently voiced frustrations with our health care system…
June 18, 2012

Behind-the-scenes photographs of the Obama White House

SLIDESHOW - The White House has released a new batch of behind-the-scenes photos of President Barack Obama and his family...
June 18, 2012

Bullet-ridden outhouse displays picture of Obama at Montana’s GOP convention

The Huffington Post reports at the Montana's State Republican convention this weekend there was a poster of President Obama on…
June 18, 2012

Even after Obama’s immigration policy change, Haitian families’ dreams deferred

OPINION - President Obama appealed to Hispanic voters by protecting 'DREAMers' from deportation. But he has yet to address the…
June 18, 2012

Sam Donaldson ‘resents’ Tucker Carlson’s comparison to White House heckler

Tucker Carlson tried to compare Munro's outburst to that of former ABC News White House correspondent Sam Donaldson during the…
June 18, 2012

Obama immigration move stumps Romney

BRUNSWICK, Ohio (AP) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney refused to say in an interview that he would overturn President…
June 18, 2012

Obama’s new approach: Bypassing Congress

WASHINGTON (AP) — There's not much President Barack Obama can do to boost the economy in the next five months,…
June 17, 2012

Obama Father’s Day video an intimate portrait of ‘dad-in-chief’

VIDEO - Barack Obama's re-election campaign released a Father's Day video that paints an intimate portrait of Obama the dad...
June 17, 2012

How President Obama is promoting fatherhood

OPINION - The president recognizes that the most important, most challenging, and most fulfilling job he'll ever have is to…
June 16, 2012

theGrio editiorial: Disrespect is the story, not Neil Munro

EDITORIAL - Neil Munro, a veteran Washington reporter who now works for the conservative blog the Daily Caller, says his…
June 16, 2012

Immigration reform: 5 reasons Obama ordered the DREAM

OPINION - The president’s DREAM Act-ish executive order is an all-out effort to win Latino votes and put his rivals…
June 15, 2012

Obama interrupted during immigration remarks

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama responded angrily to a reporter from a conservative online publication who interrupted him during…
June 15, 2012

Obama takes a bold step on immigration politics and policy

ANALYSIS - Obama's move could reshape both the political and policy debate around immigration and Hispanics in the United States...