JOSH LEDERMAN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration will work to ensure that gay and lesbian Americans are eligible to take leave from their...
JIM KUHNHENN, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — To a raucous embrace, President Barack Obama told gay donors Tuesday that American society and its laws have...
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON (NNPA) – More than 1,000 women of color – including Mary Frances Berry, former chair of the U.S. Commission...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Though still in the early stages, President Obama’s special task force on Black and Latino males...
JOSH LEDERMAN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Up to 5 million Americans struggling to make their monthly student loan payments could find relief under a program...
JESSE J. HOLLAND, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Basketball legend Earvin “Magic” Johnson will help lead a White House push to get more Americans involved in...
[Below is the full text of men’s letter to President Obama seeking inclusion of Black females into “My Brother’s Keeper” initiative] We write as African American...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is calling on all Americans to get involved with his push to reverse underachievement among young minority men by...
DARLENE SUPERVILLE, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Saying he wants kids to play sports but play safely, President Barack Obama called Thursday for more and better...
More than 200 Send Letter to White House By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON, D.C. (NNPA) – More than 200 African American men, ranging from...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist I was reading an editorial criticizing President Obama for not doing more in the international realm. Specifically, it suggested that he...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – A controversy last week over potential funding linked to President Barack Obama’s “My Brother’s Keeper” initiative...
[Politico] – President Barack Obama is railing against congressional Republicans, telling a Hollywood crowd that the midterm elections are crucial because the GOP is willing “to...
(New York Times) BOSTON — The death rate in Massachusetts dropped significantly after it adopted mandatory health care coverage in 2006, a study released Monday found,...
(Bloomberg) – Obamacare reduced the percentage of U.S. adults without health insurance to its lowest point since 2008 even as the law remains unpopular with the...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist The New York Times carried an article titled, “White House Hosts ‘Next Generation’ Young and Rich,” in its Fashion and Style section, of...
CARLA K. JOHNSON, AP Medical Writer Blue or red, a majority of states have exceeded their health care sign-up targets under President Barack Obama’s law...
[Washington Post] WASHINGTON — With the Republican-led filibuster of a Senate proposal to raise the federal minimum wage to $10.10 on Wednesday, Democrats moved swiftly to...
ALAN FRAM, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans blocked an election-year Democratic bill on Wednesday that would boost the federal minimum wage, handing a defeat...
JULIE PACE, AP White House Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — President Barack Obama on Sunday pressed the Malaysian government to improve its human rights record...
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief AUSTIN, Texas (NNPA) – Former President George W. Bush said the education achievement gap – up to four years at...
[The Washington Post] President Obama made history in 2008 as the first African American president in U.S. history. But according to data in a fascinating new Pew...
JIM KUHNHENN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A day after hailing the Civil Rights Act as a lasting legacy of Lyndon B. Johnson’s presidency, President Barack...
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief AUSTIN, Texas (NNPA) – With civil rights legends Andrew Young, John Lewis, Julian Bond and Jesse Jackson looking on, President...
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief AUSTIN, TEXAS (NNPA) – Former President Bill Clinton praised President Lyndon B. Johnson for signing the 1964 Civil Rights Act...
