Barack Obama

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March 10, 2010

Why some people want to make a monkey out of Michelle

OPINION - The long, sordid and savage history of racist stereotyping of African-Americans has been the stock in trade of…
March 10, 2010

Obama enters home stretch on health care reform

VIDEO - President Obama is making his closing arguments for a health care overhaul, pushing a new anti-fraud plan...
March 10, 2010

How Obama and Preval can reset US-Haiti relations

OPINION - There is an opportunity for Haitian leadership to renegotiate the nation's relationship with the world...
March 9, 2010

Haiti’s president heads to Washington to talk aid

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Haitian President Rene Preval is heading to the U.S. to discuss what is needed to rebuild…
March 9, 2010

Dan Rather uses ‘Obama,’ ‘articulate’ and ‘watermelons’ in same anecdote

Dan Rather, longtime anchor at the CBS Evening News and now of HD Net, has been known for his analogies…
March 9, 2010

First grandma Marian Robinson keeps low profile

WASHINGTON - After President Barack Obama was elected, his mother-in-law, Marian Robinson, said that she loved her family, but she…
March 8, 2010

‘Fired up’ Obama pitches health care reform to public

VIDEO - Stirring memories of his campaign for the White House, President Obama made a spirited, shirt-sleeved appeal for passage…
March 8, 2010

New poll finds blacks motivated to vote in November

WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrats facing strong headwinds this election season have at least one reason for optimism...
March 8, 2010

Va. health bill could foil Obama proposal

RICHMOND - Here in the former capital of the Old Confederacy, where resistance to the supremacy of federal law has…
March 8, 2010

Obama to appeal for public support on health care

WASHINGTON (AP) - With the fate of his signature legislative initiative far from certain, President Obama is taking his last-ditch…
March 5, 2010

Jay-Z, Beyoncé meet President Obama during White House visit

It was the president of rap meeting the President of the United States...
March 5, 2010

Obama to meet with Haitian president at White House

WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House says Obama and President Rene Preval will meet on Wednesday...
March 5, 2010

Unemployment rate remains unchanged as 36,000 jobs lost

VIDEO - The figures suggest the job market is slowly healing but that significant hiring has yet to occur...
March 4, 2010

Secret RNC fundraising plan depicts Obama as the Joker

A Republican National Committee PowerPoint presentation that uses the infamous image of President Barack Obama as "the Joker" to make…
March 4, 2010

Will Dems heed Obama’s eleventh hour call for health care reform?

OPINION - Obama has come closer than any president to passing comprehensive health care reform, yet he has much more…
March 3, 2010

Smiley vs. Sharpton: The faux-beef we could all do without

The Tavis-Sharpton on air fight over whether or not President Obama was going to have a black agenda started out…
March 3, 2010

Obama calls for final up-or-down vote on health care reform

WASHINGTON (AP) - "I don't see how another year of negotiations would help. Moreover, the insurance companies aren't starting over,"…
March 3, 2010

Top Dems looking to Obama for health care momentum

WASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic leaders hope President Obama's unveiling of his final health care package Wednesday will help resuscitate an…
March 3, 2010

Obama’s health care reform efforts stymied by politics of prejudice

OPINION - At the heart of this debate is partisan politics, inept leadership and racial prejudice...
March 2, 2010

Obama to add some GOP ideas to health care plan

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Obama will incorporate Republican ideas on medical malpractice reform and trying to rid the health care…