UNITED NATIONS (Politico) — Speaking to world leaders here on Wednesday about the need to reduce racial tensions and respect human rights, President Barack Obama pointed...
NEW YORK (USA Today) — At an historic summit that enlisted climate pledges from dozens of companies, President Obama called Tuesday on all United Nation...
LARRY NEUMEISTER, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A conservative scholar behind a high-grossing film condemning President Barack Obama was ordered Tuesday to spend eight months...
by Stacy M. Brown Special to the NNPA from the Washington Informer From Trayvon Martin to Michael Brown and from civil rights to voting rights,...
JULIE PACE, AP White House Correspondent NEW YORK (AP) — For President Barack Obama, the participation of five Arab nations in airstrikes in Syria has...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – If the Democrats lose the United States Senate and more seats in the House of...
NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Amid a new focus on violence against women, President Barack Obama kicked off a star-powered campaign Friday against campus...
ANDREW TAYLOR, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Legislation requested by President Barack Obama authorizing the military to arm and train moderate Syrian rebels fighting Islamic State...
JULIE PACE, AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — In a high-stakes address to the nation Wednesday night, President Barack Obama planned to outline a broad...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Last year, in an effort to improve accountability and return-on-investment in higher education, President Obama unveiled...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist I was struck by how quickly various pundits jumped upon President Obama’s comment regarding ISIS (the Islamic State of Iraq...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist If I didn’t see it with my own eyes I never would have believed it. Here was President Barack Obama...
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief SECOND OF TWO ARTICLES WASHINGTON (NNPA) – President Obama showed a deeply personal side of him rarely seen in...
JULIE PACE, AP White House Correspondent NEWPORT, Wales (AP) — NATO leaders grappled Thursday with whether the alliance has a role in containing a mounting militant...
JIM KUHNHENN, Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — President Barack Obama renewed his push for Congress to raise the minimum wage Monday in a buoyant accounting of...
JULIE PACE, AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Faced with deepening crises in the Middle East and Ukraine, President Barack Obama is putting the brakes...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (New York Times) — President Obama on Tuesday promised several thousand military veterans that he would fulfill his “sacred trust” to those returning...
by Zenitha Prince Special to the NNPA from The Afro-American Newspaper If Republicans have their way, the last years of Barack Obama’s presidency will be...
Darlene Superville, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — The “vacation” is over and it’s back to the White House for President Barack Obama. Obama, who returned...
(The Washington Post) – A new CBS News/New York Times poll shows that Americans give President Obama mixed reviews for his handling of the situation in Ferguson,...
(Politico) – It’s a paradox of Barack Obama’s presidency: The first African-American to run the country finds himself in the tensest racial confrontation of his tenure...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – As the United States pivots to strengthen economic ties with Africa, there’s a good chance that Black-owned...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is sending Attorney General Eric Holder to Ferguson, Missouri, to meet with federal law enforcement authorities investigating the police...
(Politico) – President Barack Obama really wanted to take a vacation. But then the world intervened. The president’s plan to snag two weeks off in Martha’s...
JULIE PACE, AP White House Correspondent EDGARTOWN, Mass. (AP) — For President Barack Obama, the intersection of race and the law has revealed both the pitfalls...
