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Middle Class Economics: The President’s Fiscal Year 2016 Budget * President Obama‘s 2016 Budget is designed to bring middle class economics into the 21st Century. This Budget shows what we can do if we invest in America’s future and commit to an economy that rewards hard work, generates rising incomes, and allows everyone to share […]

[…] first president whose entire political existence hinges on the fact of a black president.” Yet, no black pen can repaint a white lie about what happened during President Obama’s eight years on 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Under Obama Black America suffered some of the worst years, it had seen since the Civil Rights movement. Fanfare about […]

[…] latter, and as such the fanfare by African-American media in his final days is largely misplaced. By nearly every economic indicator, blacks are worse off than when President Obama was sworn into office. During Obama’s terms, black Americans experienced record lows in small business loans, and saw their lowest home-ownership rates in 25 years. This […]

Michelle & Barack Obama – Getty *(CNN) — President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will host former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama at the White House later this fall for the unveiling of their White House portraits, according to an Obama spokesperson and the White House. “On September […]

*As calm, cool and collected as we think he is, President Barack Obama is just like us. He gets just as ticked off and emotional as we do. The difference is he rarely reveals this side of himself in public. But that’s changing, thanks to Obama’s former chief strategist David Axelrod. In his new […]

[…] Bush took while he was in office. Yes, that means George W. Bush spent one in four days of his presidency on vacation! As of January 2016, President Obama had taken just 189 vacation days, far fewer than any modern Republican president. And that’s been true from the beginning of Obama’s presidency. In January 2010, […]

[…] Donald Trump(2nd-R) and his wife Melania to the White House in Washington, DC January 20, 2017. / JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images) *One of the last times we’ll see President Obama and Michelle Obama at the White House took place this morning as the First Couple welcomed the incoming First Couple to their new home. As is […]

*A year before his swearing in as President, Donald Trump vowed that he would go after what he called then President Obama’s executive orders. Or, as he crudely put it, his “illegal and overreaching executive orders.” He repeatedly came back to that threat on the campaign trail, echoing the standard GOP hit line that Obama […]

“Cancel every unconstitutional executive action, memorandum and order issued by President Obama.” *President elect Donald Trump was blunt when he announced that rescinding Obama’s executive orders would be his first order of business in his first 100 days in the White House. Will that really happen, and if so what does that mean for the […]

President Obama’s Legacy & Defining Moments Revealed in Smithsonian Channel’s Special *Over eight years – the Obama Years – the 44th president delivered more than 3,500 speeches and statements – officially ending his era with a farewell address on Tuesday in Chicago. His speeches ranged from redefining patriotism, candidly addressing race relations, inspiring hope and […]

*First there was the screwy idea some unnamed GOP House members put forth back in late November to cancel the President Obama’s State of the Union Address. House Speaker John Boehner quickly said it would not happen. Even bothering to respond to it gave it a dignity that it didn’t deserve. Next there was the […]

Kamala Harris (Anna Moneymaker-Getty Images) *(CNN) — When Kamala Harris steps off Air Force Two in Ghana on Sunday, she’ll become the first Black woman US vice president to visit Africa, marking another chapter in her barrier-breaking role. As the vice president sets out on her first trip to the continent since her childhood, […]

In the latest episode of Spotify’s “Jemele Hill is Unbothered”, White House correspondents Yamiche Alcindor and April Ryan join Jemele to discuss what it’s like covering President Donald Trump, and the impact of their verbal confrontations with the president. They also discuss how their career paths led them to the White House, and the […]

Joe Biden (Getty Images) *Yesterday (11-07-20), former Vice- President Joe Biden was named President-elect after securing the most ballots in his home state of Pennsylvania. In picking up the Keystone State, Biden earned 20 electoral college votes to add to his already acquired 253. Thus, moving the former VP past the 270-vote threshold needed […]

[…] Barksdale (@Hollastar) November 16, 2015 somebody gotta sample obama saying “if folks wanna pop off” for their mixtape intro — LIL A (@AFRlCANA) November 16, 2015 If President Obama can say “folks wanna pop off” in a press conference, I can say it in an essay. — LL Cool K (@KyairaaaF) November 16, 2015 Lol […]