Three more people vowed to join the group in protesting the closure and ultimate reopening of Walter H. Dyett High School on the South Side
In this exclusive opinion piece, actor Gabrielle Union issues an impassioned and very personal plea to spare the Affordable Care Act, now under attack by politicians. ———— I am going to do something that most people in my position don’t do often – tell you my age. I am 39 years old. I am at […]
CHICAGO-Members of the National Education Association, the nation’s largest education union, voted on Monday to endorse President Barack Obama’s 2012 campaign. NEA President Dennis Van Roekel said: “Obama and the union share a vision and members wanted early and strong support to help his election.” Read more at the Huffington Post. RELATED: Obama Calls For […]
WASHINGTON — President Obama announced yesterday that June will be African-American Music Appreciation Month . Read the full proclamation from the President below: The music of our Nation has always spoken to the condition of our people and reflected the diversity of our Union. African-American musicians, composers, singers, and songwriters have made enormous contributions to […]
Security has been beefed up around the Kenyan home of President Obama’s grandmother Sarah Obama after an Al Qaeda group sent threats against her following the death of Osama bin Laden, who, according to his confiscated dairies, plotted on ways to kill the president. According to ABC News, the threat allegedly came from Al Shabaab, a […]
The leader of the free world and the basketball’s world champions paid a special visit to children volunteers at the Boys and Girls Club at THEARC yesterday. President Obama, Coach Phil Jackson, Kobe Bryant and the rest of the Los Angeles Lakers, who were also in town to play against the Washington Wizards, took part in a […]
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama have convened a Hanukkah celebration at the White House on the second night of the Jewish festival of lights on Thursday, December 2, 2010 The celebration occurred in the East Room Thursday, where guests recited traditional prayers while lighting candles in a menorah lent by […]
On Saturday, the First Family made a trip to Howard University’s Burr Gymnasium to watch Howard’s men’s basketball team play against Oregon State, where Michelle Obama’s brother Craig Robinson is the head coach. President Obama, fresh off from getting 12 stitches after getting an elbow from his own basketball game, was very much the very enthused basketball fan […]
The first family says grace each night before dinner, President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle told ABC News in an interview that aired Friday. “It’s interesting listening to the girls, what they pray for,” the president told Barbara Walters, referring to daughters Malia and Sasha. “They’ll talk about family and thanking God for blessing […]
President Obama showed up to Bowie State University in Maryland to speak at a re-election rally for the state’s Democratic governor Martin O’Mally. Although he spoke at Bowie State as a candiate Obama presence was the first time a sitting president ever spoke at the Maryland HBCU. The president, the governor and Maryland’s Democratic congressional […]
