Barack Obama

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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…
March 2, 2010

Obama coins are circulating through New York

VIDEO - They don't look like regular quarters. The small discs actually look fake...
March 2, 2010

Why African-Americans have given President Obama a pass

OPINION - Black leaders have at times lightly chided Obama to do and say more for African-Americans, but they're also…
March 1, 2010

Al Sharpton and Boyce Watkins discuss Tavis Smiley and ‘black agenda’

VIDEO - Last Tuesday black talk-show host and commentator Tavis Smiley criticized Rev. Al Sharpton over a New York Times…
March 1, 2010

Obama proposes $900 million in grants to stop school drop outs

WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House says 1.2 million students drop out of school each year, and only about 70…
March 1, 2010

Three reasons why Obama should take small steps to save jobs

OPINION - By creating bills with manageable price tags, the president can deviate from the Congressional gridlock of 2009...
March 1, 2010

Can reconciliation resuscitate health care reform?

OPINION - Passing legislation has now become as difficult as a military operation - as President Obama will announce a…
March 1, 2010

Farrakhan predicts ‘white right’ trouble for Obama

CHICAGO (AP) - Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan predicts trouble ahead for Obama and urged him to do more…