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By:Kori Schulman Last week, President Obama traveled to Mexico and Costa Rica to reinforce the deep cultural, familial, and economic ties that so many Americans share with Mexico and Central America. Obama spent the first day of the trip in Mexico discussing relations and trade between the neighboring nations. President Obama arrived in Costa Rica [...]
By Maya Rhodan NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Although President Obama has yet to declare an end to the 40-year-old war on drugs, he has placed the weight of his office on viewing drug addiction as more than just a criminal justice issue. Last Wednesday, Obama released his 2012 National Drug Control Strategy, which [...]
By Maya Rhodan NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – As Black History Month came to a close last week, a Civil Rights icon made history once again in the halls of the U.S. Capitol. Last Wednesday, in ceremony hosted by President Obama and members of Congress, Rosa Parks became the first Black woman to have [...]
By: John Zippert, Co-Publisher U.S. Senator Richard Shelby visited the Eutaw City Hall on Saturday, February 9, 2013 for his annual town meeting with Greene County residents. The Senator’s press release said this was his 1,754 county visit since being elected Senator a quarter century ago. After brief opening remarks concerning legislative priorities [...]
President Barack Obama says it was a privilege to take the oath of office using a Bible that had been owned by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Obama paused by a statue of King in the Capitol Rotunda after a luncheon hosted by members of Congress. He was accompanied by his wife, [...]
By David G. Savage, Washington Bureau WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 — The Obama administration weighed in on affirmative action for the first time at the Supreme Court on Monday, urging that university admissions preferences for qualified black and Latino students be upheld. “Race is one of many characteristics (including socioeconomic status, work experience and other factors) [...]
By Bill Mears, CNN Washington (CNN) — A controversial new Texas law requiring voters to present personal identification before going to the polls has been blocked by the Obama administration. In a letter Monday to state officials, the Justice Department said the legislation could have a discriminatory effect on Hispanics and other minorities Texas is [...]
By Kim Severson, The New York Times March 12: Fueled by antagonism toward President Obama, resentment toward changing racial demographics and the economic rift between rich and poor, the number of so-called hate groups and antigovernment organizations in the nation has continued to grow, according to a report released Wednesday by the [...]
By: Corey Siemaszko, New York Daily News March 12: Voters in Alabama and Mississippi may still be split on which Republican they want in the White House, but they agree on this much — in their minds, President Obama is a Muslim. A stunning 52% of Mississippi respondents to a survey done ahead of Tuesday’s [...]
A New Analysis by George E. Curry TheDefendersOnline.com President Obama discarded his carefully-crafted image of Compromiser-in-Chief last week by proposing a surprisingly bold American Jobs Act that calls for nearly $500 billion in federal spending and tax cuts to jolt the sagging U.S. economy.Instead of waiting for Congress to initiate legislation, as he [...]
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