After each fatal shooting of a black man by an officer, President Barack Obama has swiftly spoken out against bad policing, giving voice to the generations of African-Americans who have found themselves at the wrong end of a baton, a snarling dog or a gun.
As much as those words have comforted blacks, they have rankled many of the nation's men and women in blue. Some have described the remarks as an insult, an all-too-quick condemnation before all the facts are in and a failure to acknowledg
Like Las Vegas oddsmakers and nearly half the people making picks in ESPN’s Tournament Challenge,, President Barack Obama likes Kentucky to win the NCAA men’s basketball championship.
Obama, a die-hard basketball fan who has filled out a bracket for ESPN since he became president in 2009, picked Kentucky to beat Villanova in the title game. His complete bracket was revealed Wednesday morning.
Obama has Kentucky beating Arizona and Villanova beating Duke in the national semifinals, which are
Then-presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) chats with some New York-area African-American leaders Jan. 14, 2008, in New York City.
If not Hillary, then who? Everybody knows the Dems have no backup for the 2016 presidential election. On Nov. 4, Democratic control of the U.S. Senate went down, along with Democratic office holders across the nation.
Meanwhile Hillary Clinton is riding high. With a lame-duck president and outsider status in Washington, keeping the White House is he
Stacey Dash
Once again Stacey Dash fans the flames of controversy as she airs out her belief that President Barack Obama hasn’t done much, if anything, to help minorities.
In Dash’s eyes, the commander-in-chief has fallen way short.
“No, not at all,” the “Clueless” star replied when asked if electing Obama had helped the minority community.
“It still keeps them stuck. They are getting money for free,” Dash said during an appearance Tuesday on “Hannity.” “They feel worthless. They are uned
Al Sharpton (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)
by Ron Christie (THIS WAS NOT WRITTEN BY THE ORACLE AND DOES NOT REFLECT OUR OPINION)
The concept of a ‘black community’ or ‘black America’ led by figures like Al Sharpton is counterproductive and, at best, outdated. It’s time we spent more time concentrating on what unites us.
In light of the tragic shooting of Michael Brown, I’ve been troubled by the notion that a monolithic entity called “Black America” or “the black community” still exists in the 21st c
President Obama
Since Barack Obama was elected president, only 10 percent of Americans believe that race relations have gotten better, according to a New York Times/CBS Poll published today.
The poll found 17 percent of blacks and 8 percent of whites believe race relations have improved under Obama.
Thirty five percent of Americans believe that race relations have gotten worse in the Obama era — including 40 percent of whites and 21 percent of blacks.
Fifty-two percent of Americans polled sa
Calling for understanding in the face of racially charged anger, President Barack Obama said Monday that the vast majority of protesters in a St. Louis suburb were peaceful, but warned that a small minority was undermining justice for the unarmed black man shot and killed by police.
During a brief pause in his summer vacation, Obama expressed sympathy for the “passions and anger” sparked by the death of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, but said giving in to that anger through
New House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy told CBN News that any potential attempt to impeach President Barack Obama should be taken off the table.
Several conservatives have mentioned impeachment, saying the president has been overstepping his constitutional authority.
But McCarthy prefers House Speaker John Boehner’s route of suing the president for exceeding the limits of his powers.
“The only one talking about that (impeachment) are Democrats and they ones doing it because they want to m
“Do you want to hit this?” a man asked President Barack Obama in a bar in Denver Tuesday night. The president laughed but didn’t indulge.
It wasn’t the only time Obama was offered weed on his night out. That’s apparently what happens in Colorado, which recently legalized recreational marijuana.
The man posted the exchange on Instagram for the world to see.
Obama has admitted to smoking pot as a young man. He was an active member of the “Choom Gang” in high school, which perfected all sorts of
 U.S. President Barack Obama loosens his tie in the heat before delivering remarks on the economy at the Georgetown Waterfront Park in Washington July 1, 2014. (CREDIT: REUTERS/JONATHAN ERNST) Two years into President Barack Obama’s second term, more voters say they are dissatisfied with his administration’s handling of everything from the economy to foreign policy, giving him the worst marks of any modern U.S. president, a poll on Wednesday said. In a survey of 1,446 registered voters, 33 per |
 U.S. President Barack Obama (2nd L) and First Lady Michelle Obama (R) hold hands with daughters Malia (L) and Sasha as they walk from the White House to St. John’s Church for Sunday services, in Washington, October 27, 2013. (CREDIT: REUTERS/MIKE THEILER) President Barack Obama and wife Michelle both worked minimum-wage jobs before they got law degrees: a character-building experience they said they also want their teenage daughters to share. The president scooped ice cream at Baskin-Robbins, |
The interview will air Sunday during pre-game of the All Star Game at 7 p.m. | AP Photos
President Barack Obama is going toe-to-toe with one of the NBA’s most dominating power forwards of all time — but the setting is the White House instead of the basketball court. Obama sat down Thursday for an interview with former NBA legend Charles Barkley that will air as part of the coverage of this weekend’s NBA All-Star Game. The “NBA on TNT” tweeted a picture of the all-star-turned-broadcaster and |
 There is no disputing the historic significance of President Barack Obama's state visit to Israel; his first since he was elected our nation's chief executive just over four years ago.During his first term, the president did a great deal to make clear to all - including Israel's adversaries - that he has the back of the Jewish state. In the face of unfair charges during last year's US elections that Obama was somehow anti-Israel, no less an authority than then-defense minister Ehud Barak
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"There's another thing the press seems to not get. A lot of African-Americans that I've talked to, most of them say that they 'feel this President has been treated unfairly.' They believe he has done every single thing in his power to try to create jobs, to try to make sure this economy moves forward....
He's gone against just fierce opposition. I think, I mean if you look at the evidence, that's true. He's accomplished a lot in the short time he's been President. But the fact is, it has not
