By Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. NNPA Columnist By doubling down on his vile slur on President Obama’s love for his country, ex-New York City Mayor...
Robert Burns, ASSOCIATED PRESS KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The United States is considering slowing its military exit from Afghanistan by keeping a larger-than-planned troop presence...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist As if we needed any more evidence, President Obama’s recent meeting with members of the Congressional Black Caucus...
David Jackson and Gregory Korte, USA TODAY WASHINGTON (USA Today)—President Obama unveiled a nearly $4 trillion budget that is “designed to bring middle class economics...
Connie Cass, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — A quick quiz: Monday is — a) Groundhog Day b) Budget Day c) A day for repeating the...
Dear President Obama: We love you. We respect you. We support you. We strongly supported your becoming President and have continued to support you through...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist Last week I thought Stevie Wonder gave a great State of the Union Speech. Oops, did I say Stevie Wonder,...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist President Barack Obama knocked it out of the park during the State of the Union address. He was strong, progressive,...
Gregory Korte, USA TODAY WASHINGTON (USA Today)—With passage of his State of the Union agenda unlikely in a Republican-controlled Congress, President Obama called on the...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Few things irk me more than hearing someone say or imply that now that we have a Black president,...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist About 800,000 homeowners whose mortgages were backed by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) could save $900 annually on mortgage costs,...
Darlene Superville, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — A Maryland man who returned home last month after spending five years imprisoned in Cuba will have a...
Josh Lederman, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — Oprah Winfrey and the rapper Common are joining President Barack Obama for a special screening of the film...
Julie Pace, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time in his presidency, Barack Obama will stand before a Republican-led Congress to deliver his...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Is Barack Obama, the nation’s first African American president, trying to kill Historically Black Colleges and Universities? If he’s...
By Lauren Victoria Burke NNPA Columnist “Like the rest of America, Black America, in the aggregate, is better off now than it was when I...
Alan Fram, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — In the first Republican-dominated Congress to confront President Barack Obama, GOP leaders will focus on bolstering the economy...
Josh Lederman, ASSOCIATED PRESS HONOLULU (AP) — Warning from President Barack Obama to congressional Republicans: I have a veto pen and, come January, I won’t...
Julie Pace and Nancy Benac, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — It was supposed to be a joke. “Are you still president?” comedian Stephen Colbert asked Barack...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist I had an interesting, though brief, discussion with a rich friend about President Obama. He is quite conservative, politically. He...
Glenn Kessler, THE WASHINGTON POST (The Washington Post)—It’s time for our annual round-up of the biggest Pinocchios of the year. The midterm elections, of course,...
Dave Boyer, THE WASHINGTON TIMES WASHINGTON (The Washington Times)—Before flying off to Hawaii for a two-week vacation, President Obama said Friday that most blacks understand...
Eric Bradner, CNN Washington (CNN)—President Barack Obama prodded Congress to eliminate the United States’ decades-old Cuba embargo Friday, saying that improving relations with the communist...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is prescribing time and vigilance to tackle problems as entrenched in American society as racism and bias. He also...
David Jackson, USA TODAY WASHINGTON (USA Today)—As usual, the Kennedy Center Honors weekend provided good opportunities for presidential humor — both by and about President...
