Barack Obama
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In New York: Crazy, Kids - or Old Fashioned Hatred? You Be The Judge
Roosevelt Island, N.Y. With the rising tide of homophobia, xenophobia, racism, Islamophobia and anti-Semitism since the election of Donald Trump in America, indeed the wo…
Highlighted Speech: Pres. Obama Awarded for Ethics, Rebukes Trump
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. President Barack Obama returned to politics at last on Friday, delivering a speech to preview his midterm election message and…
50 Years After Voting Rights Act, We Still Have Work to Do
By Barack Obama, President of the United States Washington, D.C. Fifty years ago today, because of the sacrifice of countless men and women, that right was secured for mo…
Black World War I Hero Finally Gets Full Recognition for His Valor
Washington, D.C. President Obama will award the Medal of Honor to Henry “Black Death” Johnson. His Tuskegee Airman son struggled to get his father the honor he deserved.…
Cuban-American Youth More Open to Improved U.S.-Cuba Relations
Miami, FL. Like many young Cuban-Americans in Miami, 18-year-old Stephanie Chaviano grew up speaking two languages: Spanish, at home, and English, in school. President Ba…
Do Presidents Stop Nominating Judges In Their Final Year?
There comes a point in the last year of the president, especially in their second term, where you stop nominating (both Supreme Court justices and Court of Appeals judges…
Iraq War Veteran (Muslim) to Be State of the Union Guest
Washington, D.C. It was a phone call Naveed Shah was not expecting. “All of a sudden, this call on Saturday: ‘Is this Naveed Shah? Would you like to be at the State of th…
Live from Leogane: College Prep Leadership Training Begins for our Orphan Mentors
T he College Prep Leadership Training Program of Orphans International Worldwide ( OIWW ) Haiti launched this week at l'Ecole de la Redemption in Leogane, 18 miles west o…
Obama Apologizes to MSF Over Kunduz Bombing
Washington, D.C. President Barack Obama has apologized to Doctors Without Borders for the U.S. bombing of the international medical charity's hospital that killed 22 peop…
Obama Issues Executive Orders on Curbing Gun Violence
Washington, D.C. U.S. President Barack Obama will discuss his new initiatives to curb gun violence in remarks Tuesday at the White House, as he works to detail to America…
Obama on Shootings at Umpqua Community College
Washington, D.C. There’s been another mass shooting in America - this time, in a community college in Oregon. That means there are more American families - moms, dads, ch…
Obama Reaffirms Religious Liberty in First Visit to U.S. Mosque
Washington, D.C. President Barack Obama, on his first visit to a U.S. mosque as president, says Americans "too often" conflate Islam with terrorism. U.S. President Barack…
State of Union: Obama Focuses on Future, Slams GOP Rivals
Washington, D.C. In his seventh and final State of the Union address, President Barack Obama touted his accomplishments and focused on his vision for the future, in an op…
United Nations: Barack Obama, Raúl Castro Meet Again
New York, N.Y. Their meeting comes just weeks after the two countries opened embassies, re-establishing diplomatic relations after a 54-year break. The meeting began in a…
VIDEO: Obama Praises Diplomacy over War in Historic Day with Iran
Washington, D.C. President Barack Obama lauded a historic 24 hour period in U.S.-Iran relations, commending "strong American diplomacy" after the implementation of a land…
#AidRefugees Campaign Provides Way to Help Those in Need
Washington, D.C. Images of refugees streaming into Europe from conflict-torn countries in recent weeks have deeply moved people around the world, many of them wondering,…
33 Still Missing After U.S. Airstrike on Kunduz Hospital
Washington, D.C. Doctors Without Borders said Thursday that 33 people are still missing days after the U.S. airstrike on the international medical charity's hospital in K…
Ahmed Mohamed Attends White House Astronomy Night with Obama (VIDEO)
Washington, D.C. President Barack Obama told dozens of students gathered on the South Lawn of the White House Monday night that they could be the ones participating in th…
Barack Obama Meets with U.S. Atty. Gen. Loretta Lynch
Washington, D.C. At the Department of Justice this morning, Vice President Biden swore in Loretta Lynch as the newest Attorney General of the United States. President Bar…
Barack Obama on Celebrating Immigrant Heritage Month
Washington, D.C. In this week's address, the President recognized Immigrant Heritage Month, an occasion that allows us to celebrate our origins as a nation of immigrants.…
Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States
Washington, D.C. Barack Obama is the 44th President of the United States. His story is the American story - values from the heartland, a middle-class upbringing in a stro…
Chinese Navy Ships Spotted Off Alaska During Obama Visit
Washington, D.C. Five Chinese Navy ships have been spotted in international waters off the coast of Alaska, according to U.S. officials, in what many analysts see as a fr…
Group Praises Obama on Refugees, Advocates for LGBT Slots
San Francisco, CA. Neil Grungras, Executive Director of ORAM - Organization for Refuge, Asylum, and Migration, applauded the Obama administration for yesterday’s announce…
Growing Threat of Violent Extremism Demands Unified Response
New York, N.Y. Addressing the growing threat posed by violent extremist groups such as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), also known as Da’esh, goes to the…
In Panama: The President's Trip and a Historic Meeting
Panama City, Panama. While in Panama City, President Obama participated in a CEO summit along with prominent business executives and heads of state from Brazil, Canada, C…
Kerry Gives Speech on Iran Deal as Support Rises
Washington, D.C. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will give a speech Wednesday in Philadelphia in support of the international agreement on Iran's nuclear program, whil…
Obama Eases Prisoner Re-Entry to Society
Washington, D.C. U.S. President Barack Obama is taking steps Monday to ease the path of inmates being released from prisons across the country to find new jobs and subsid…
Obama Hosts White House Student Film Festival
Washington, D.C. President Barack Obama is showcasing the work of students from around the country who produced short films about service and giving back for a White Hous…
Obama Proclaims Month for Disability Employment Awareness
Washington, D.C. Barack Obama has decreed a Presidential Proclamation making this October "National Disability Employment Awareness Month, 2015." In so doing, he issued t…
Obama Speaks on Criminal Justice at 106th NAACP Conference
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Yesterday, the President traveled to Philadelphia to address the NAACP's 106th national convention. In his remarks, he laid out the reasons wh…
Obama to Iran Deal Critics: Choose Diplomacy or War
Washington, D.C. He stood at the same university where more than 50 years ago then-President John F. Kennedy used a commencement address to first call for nuclear disarma…
Obama, Francis to Focus on Shared Values, Not Politics
Washington, D.C. It was an unprecedented welcome for an unprecedented visit. When Pope Francis’ plane touched down Tuesday at Joint Base Andrews outside Washington, Presi…
Obama, Hollande to Meet in Wake of Paris Attacks re: ISIS
Washington, D.C. Less than two weeks after the deadly attacks in Paris, U.S. President Barack Obama welcomes his French counterpart, Francois Hollande, to the Oval Office…
Obama, Xi to Address Touchy Topics During Talks
Washington, D.C. Chinese President Xi Jinping heads to Washington Thursday for talks with President Barack Obama on thorny issues including cyber attacks, human rights an…
Obama: India U.S. Partner But Must Work on Religious Intolerance
New Delhi, India. President Barack Obama said India and the United States are not just natural partners, but that America can be India’s best partner. Obama capped his hi…
Obama: Interesting Stuff Happens in the Fourth Quarter
“My presidency is entering the fourth quarter. Interesting stuff happens in the fourth quarter.” President Barack Obama, 12/19/2014 . The best place to watch President Ob…
Obama: Protect Planet for Future Generations
Washington, D.C. U.S. President Barack Obama is urging Americans to do all they can to preserve the country's "natural treasures." In his weekly address Saturday, Obama s…
Obama’s Approval Rating Is Trending Up
Washington, D.C. More Americans are giving President Barack Obama a thumbs-up. In fact, the president’s approval rating climbed to 46.4 percent in the first three months…
Peter Yarrow, Operation Respect Take Center Stage in Ohio
Marietta, Ohio. I moved from Oxford, Ohio to Marietta, Ohio in 1972 - with a box of Peter, Paul & Mary albums. I was raised by liberal parents in the ‘60’s - Dad fighting…
Pres. Obama Responds to Petition on Gay Conversion Therapy
Tonight, somewhere in America, a young person, let's say a young man, will struggle to fall to sleep, wrestling alone with a secret he's held as long as he can remember.…
President Obama on the Death of Kayla Jean Mueller
Washington, D.C. President Obama released a statement this morning on the tragic death of Kayla Jean Mueller, an aid worker who was taken hostage by ISIL in 2013: "It is…
President Obama, Dalai Lama to Attend National Prayer Breakfast
Washington, D.C. President Barack Obama and the Dalai Lama will both attend the annual National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday in Washington, but it is not clear whether th…
Primer on U.S. Presidents: From Washington to Obama
Washington, D.C. As celebrated on the third Monday in February each year, Presidents’ Day is yet again upon us. This is often the time of year students across the country…
Prisons in America: Obama, Police Join Call to Cut Incarcerations
Washington, D.C. Pushing to reduce the U.S. prison population, President Barack Obama hosted a forum Thursday that drew more than 100 police chiefs, prosecutors and crimi…
Russell Simmons' Arts Foundation Raises $1.2 million in the Hamptons
Bridgehampton, N.Y. Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation celebrated it's 20th Anniversary and raised $1.2 million at the summer of 2015's annual ART for Life Benefit on Jul…
The Peace We Seek: President Obama Speaks to the People of India
Mumbai, India. On his last day in India, President Obama delivered a message from America to the people of India on the importance of our relationship as true global part…
The Pope's Schedule for D.C., Phildelphia, and NYC
Washington, D.C. The White House has released His Holiness the Pope's U.S. schedule. It is as follows: The Schedule For up-to-date information about road closures and sec…
The White House: We Stand with Ahmed in Texas
Washington, D.C. Yesterday, a 14-year-old student named Ahmed Mohamed was arrested for bringing his engineering project (an electronic clock) to his high school. Official…
Your Health and Our Environment: How Can We Protect Both?
Washington, D.C. On Tuesday, the White House will convene a Summit to bring together health and medical professionals, academics, and other stakeholders to empower people…
Homophobic Russian Olympics: Boycott or Be Gay & Visible?
New York, N.Y. The 1936 Summer Olympics held by the Nazis - the Games of the XI Olympiad - were held in Berlin two years before the pogrom Kristallnacht against Jews thro…
Luce Leader Accepted to Ivy League College on Scholarship
New Haven, CT. Christopher Rim recalls that it was exactly 4:56 in the afternoon when he got into his mother’s car and sat down nervously. He was ready to begin opening m…
Obama on Egypt Post-Revolution: U.S. Supports Human Rights
Washington, D.C. As I have said since the Egyptian Revolution, the United States supports a set of core principles, including opposition to violence, protection of univer…
Obamacare: U.S. Starts Selling Health Insurance to Uninsured
Washington, D.C. The U.S. has started offering to sell health insurance to millions of people who do not have coverage to help pay their medical bills. Early today, the f…
Photo of the Day: Barack Obama Briefs the Junior Press
Washington, D.C. Barack Obama, President of the United States of America, briefs the junior press in the White House. The J. Luce Foundation supports young global leaders…
Photo of the Day: POTUS #44 and #42 Backstage at CGI
New York, N.Y. The hashtag for the Annual Meeting is #CGI2013. Follow CGI on Twitter @ClintonGlobal and Facebook at facebook.com/clintonglobalinitiative for meeting news…
U.S. Federal Government Will Allow State Marijuana Laws
Washington, D.C. The United States government took an historic step back from its long-running drug war on Thursday, when Attorney General Eric Holder informed the govern…
Update: Nobel Winner Mario Vargas Llosa Unveils New Novel
UPDATE: Nobel-winning author Mario Vargas Llosa is unveiling his new novel, titled The Discreet Hero and set in his native Peru. The novel revisits two influential cities…
A Working Mom Making A Difference In 700 Children’s Lives in Afghanistan
New York, N.Y. What makes Andeisha Farid unique is her extraordinary courage combined with her extraordinary vision for providing orphaned children in Afghanistan not onl…
Afghanistan: Working Mom Making Difference for 700 Children
New York, N.Y. What makes Andeisha Farid unique is her extraordinary courage combined with her extraordinary vision for providing orphaned children in Afghanistan not onl…
Comedy Takes Stand for Troops in Manhattan
New York, N.Y. The organization Stand for the Troops ( SFTT ) had a benefit at New York's famed Gotham Comedy Club next to the Chelsea Hotel headlined by Saturday Night L…
2010 World Peace Gala Awards Juan Mendez Peace Prize in Chicago
Chicago, IL. Chicago witnessed a spectacle last week in their magnificent Auditorium Theater on East Congress Parkway – “The 2010 World Peace Gala.” The Hon. Juan Méndez,…
Asia Society's President on Global Citizens Like Barack Obama
New York, N.Y. “As Americans, we have the unfortunate idea that we should and need to learn more about the world, but it’s not a priority. “We get to it when we can, whic…
Euro-American Women's Global Forum Set For Athens in July
New York, N.Y. "Women Lead the Way on Green Energy and Environment: Making their Impact on the Economy and Culture" is the theme of the 14th annual awards program to be h…
Film on the Life & Times of Stonewall Veteran Storme DeLarverie
"If we turn our back, she will die." - Sam Bassett New York, N.Y. Storme , a documentary by Sam Bassett based on the life and times of Stonewall Veteran Storme DeLarverie…
From Kansas to Cairo: Introducing Soliya's "Terana" Network
Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan addressed the symposium "11-9: From Hate to Hope." In her speech, H.M. Queen Noor of Jordan reminded the assembled crowd that we must pur…
Helping Women: Eliminating Obstetric Fistula in Developing World
New York, N.Y. Ana Langer, M.D., spoke recently at a Smith Barney seminar on health in the developing world. She was talking about the problem of obstetric fistula, of wh…
Meet a Muslim Voice of Reason: Ibrahim Ramey
Washington D.C. I first met Ibrahim Abdil-Mu'id Ramey after he delivered the plenary speech about Dr. Martin Luther King and the linkage between Dr. King's movement and t…
Meet the Amazing Aroon Shivdasani of NYC's Indo-American Arts Council
New York, N.Y. Indo-American Arts Council founder and executive director Aroon Shivdasani has lived all over the world but has called New York home for about half her lif…
Spectacular Sold-Out Premiere of Anti-Child Trafficking Film in NYC
New York, N.Y. Cambodian Parliament Member Mu Sochua received a standing ovation from the sold-out, standing room-only crowd at the red carpet world premier of REDLIGHT l…
The Stewardship Report Announces Editorial Calendar
New York, N.Y. A bright new face has been added to the crowded Web, drawing a large readership and uploading more than 900 stories in its first twelve weeks. Still in sof…
2,870 Mayors for Peace: Does Yours Belong?
New York, N.Y . 2,870 cities in 134 countries. That's how many cities have committed themselves to not being a nuclear target by joining the U.N.-associated Mayors for Pe…
Indian Legend Ustad Amjad Ali Khan Plays NYC, Thanks Obama
New York, N.Y. Indian classical musician Ustad Amjad Ali Khan played the Indian Consulate of New York last week. He played in the grand ballroom of the former mansion on…
Secularism: Surprisingly More Popular in Turkey than in U.S.
New York, N.Y. Recently the Turkish Cultural Center in New York held a panel discussion on whether coexistence is possible between religious and secular forces in the Mus…
Sundance Film Afghan Star Incredible
New York, N.Y. Thirty years ago people could sing and dance in Afghanistan. Then the Taliban took control, instituted Sharia law and, as described in the film The Kite Ru…