Barack Obama

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August 4, 2010

Dems break GOP filibuster on new jobs, state aid bill

WASHINGTON (AP) - The bill would extend programs enacted in last year's stimulus law to help preserve the jobs of…
August 4, 2010

Black members of Tea Party dispute racist claims

WASHINGTON (AP) - The black members said the racism that has been attributed to the Tea Party came from outsiders…
August 4, 2010

TheGrio talks financial reform at the White House

VIDEO - TheGrio's contributor Wilmer Leon will go to the White House to discuss the impact of financial reform on…
August 4, 2010

Wave of health reform provisions coming in Sept.

(AP) - Insurance coverage that starts on or after Sept. 23 will have to comply with these changes and others…
August 4, 2010

Why African-Americans should care about financial reform

OPINION - As African-Americans establish physical regimens for good health, fiscal well being requires a similar strategy...
August 4, 2010

Why the birther movement refuses to die

OPINION - The real value of the birther movement is that it's an orchestrated back door movement to destabilize, or…
August 4, 2010

Aloha, Obama! A hometown tour of the Hawaiian islands

SLIDESHOW - When President Obama returns to his native Hawaii, he enjoys everything from the island's legendary beaches, to golf,…
August 4, 2010

Michelle and Sasha Obama arrive in Spain in style

MARBELLA, Spain (AP) - Security was tight at the posh Hotel Villa Padierna in southern Spain as Michelle Obama and…
August 3, 2010

Obama prods young Africans to lead by example

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Obama is challenging young leaders from Africa to bring change to their countries by standing up…
August 3, 2010

Blacks and whites continue to differ sharply on Obama

July average is the lowest monthly average approval rating blacks have given Obama yet, although not significantly lower than the…
August 3, 2010

Obama signs bill reducing gap in cocaine sentences

WASHINGTON (AP) - This is the first time since the 70s that Congress has repealed a mandatory minimum sentence...
August 3, 2010

Artist set to debut nude bust of Michelle Obama

A celebrity and pop culture artist is set to make his formal debut of a nude bust of First Lady…
August 2, 2010

Sarah Palin: Obama doesn’t have ‘the cojones’ to fix illegal immigration

"Jan Brewer has the cojones that our president does not have," Palin said. "If our own president will not enforce…
August 2, 2010

Black lawmakers irate over Emanuel’s $1.5 billion promise to Sen. Lincoln

Six members of the Congressional Black Caucus wrote to President Obama on Thursday calling on him to find a way…
August 2, 2010

Obama: US to leave Iraq ‘as promised, on schedule’

ATLANTA (AP) - President Obama is ready to spell out in greater detail America's changing mission in Iraq with the…
August 2, 2010

How Breitbart is benefiting from Sherrod smear

OPINION - Like most of Obama's critics on the far-right, Breitbart would have us believe that the president is responsible…
August 2, 2010

Obama grades his own presidency as ‘incomplete’

VIDEO - In recent weeks, the president has been making stops around the country explaining what he's done so far…
July 31, 2010

Andrew Breitbart: Obama is not ‘post-racial’

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Breitbart accused the president of engaging in a "proxy warfare plan" using the media, Hollywood and lawmakers...
July 30, 2010

Obama calls charges against Rangel ‘troubling’

WASHINGTON (AP) - "He's somebody who's at the end of his career," Obama said in an interview that aired Friday...
July 30, 2010

Dems hope for first lady’s stardust in campaign

WASHINGTON (AP) - With her sky-high popularity -- Mrs. Obama's favorability numbers easily outdistance her husband's -- plenty of Dems…