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If you think President Barack Obama has done little for the Black community, you likely have not been keeping up with the news. Here’s NewsOne’s short list of accomplishments that the President has achieved for Black Americans — and everyone else too.
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1) Awarded $1.2 Billion To Black Farmers
President Obama’s administration oversaw the $1.2 billion settlement awarded to Black
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Earlier this week our sister sites, “Hello Beautiful, NewsOne and The Urban Daily participated in hosting an interactive conversation about the state of the union with top Aides in the White House. The discussion ended with a surprise visit from the President answering questions directly for over 15 minutes.
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Four days after President Obama laid out the American Jobs Act for Congress, he took his message to a public forum attended by over 100 African Americans at the White House and live-streamed over the Internet, imploring them to help get the bill passed.
“We are at a critical juncture in our country and this Jobs Act can deliver,” said Obama. “I need people to get out there and support this. If
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President Obama wrapped up the debt-ceiling debate just in time to celebrate another important milestone, his 50th birthday.Take a look at Jennifer Hudson leading the crowd in singing Happy Birthday to President Barack Obama on the eve of his 50th birthday and check out our photo gallery below:
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A Washington Post/ABC poll revealed a sharp decline in support for President Obama from his liberal African-American voter base over his jobs agenda.
The number of liberal Democrats who strongly support Obama’s record has plummeted from 53 percent to 31 percent. The number of African-Americans who support Obama’s performance on the economy once stood at 77 percent — that number now sits at just over half of those surveyed.
Obama’s shrinking approval comes
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President Barack Obama announced Wednesday that he is nominating Michael Walter Fitzgerald to serve as a judge on the federal court for the Central District of California.
Fitzgerald is the fourth openly gay person to be nominated as a judicial candidate.
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Read More“I am honored to nominate Michael Walter Fitzgerald to the United States District Court,” Obama said in a statement. “His impressive career stands as a testament to his formidable
The 9th circuit Federal Court of Appeals overturned the conviction of a man who posted internet messages threatening President Barack Obama during his 2008 presidential campaign.
Walter Bagdasarian was convicted in 2009 of two felony counts of threatening a major presidential candidate. Bagdasarian posted several messages to a Yahoo Finance message board, including one that called Obama a racial epithet and another that said “he will have a 50
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President Barack Obama earned a job approval rating average of 46.8 percent in his 10th quarter in office, according to a Gallup poll.
This is Mr. Obama’s sixth straight quarter below the 50 percent mark, however it is virtually unchanged from his 9th quarter rating of 46.7.
Obama joins a cluster of former presidents who experienced sub-50 percent, and later won re-election–Bill Clinton (49.3), Richard Nixon (49.2) and Ronald Reagan (44.4). Former President
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If there’s one mantra that’s always recited by politicians it’s “The American people want this,” and “The American people want that.”
But based on the congressional gridlock surrounding the country’s deficit, it’s clear Republicans and Democrats are oblivious to what the American people really want, or need for that matter.
Republicans and Tea Party members say “The American people want spending cuts” and “The American people don’t want tax hikes.”
Democrats and President Obama
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WASHINGTON–President Barack Obama is throwing his support behind a bill that would repeal the Defense of Marriage Act, a federal ban on same-sex marriage.
White House spokesman Jay Carney said the president “long called for a legislative appeal for the so-called Defense of Marriage Act which continues to have a real impact on families.”
The president is “proud to support” the Respect for Marriage Act, which would repeal the Defense
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