Tag: Barack Obama
Obama to deliver first post-presidency speech in Chicago
Associated Press
CHICAGO (AP) — Former President Barack Obama is set to hold the first public event of his post-presidential life in the place where...
Barack and Michelle Obama have book deals
By Hillel Italie
Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Barack and Michelle Obama have book deals.
The former president and first lady have signed with Penguin Random...
Obama fights back: Former president’s orbit resists Trump
By Josh Lederman
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Dismayed by the Trump administration's first days, former President Barack Obama's loyalists, former aides and even his spokesman...
Breaking silence, Obama speaks out on Trump immigrants order
By Josh Lederman
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Barack Obama praised protesters who amassed across the country in opposition to President Donald Trump's immigration...
Rep. Terri Sewell knew the former President and First Lady before...
By Barnett Wright
The Birmingham Times
President Barack Obama was on line one.
He was calling to tell Alabama Congresswoman Terri Sewell (D-Ala.) that he was signing...
More than Obama legacy at stake in Obamacare repeal
By Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr.
As President Obama enters into his last days in office, surely his greatest legacy is the Affordable Care Act....
Under 3 weeks left: Obama in closing stretch of presidency
By Josh Lederman
Associated Press
HONOLULU (AP) — His last presidential vacation behind him, Barack Obama is entering the closing stretch of his presidency, an eleventh-hour...
Why President Obama will never get the credit he deserves
By Roger Caldwell
NNPA Newswire Columnist
In less than a month, Americans will be forced and some will be ready to drink President Trump’s Kool-Aid. There...
Obama says he’ll focus on helping new generation of leaders
Associated Press
HONOLULU (AP) — President Barack Obama says one of his missions after leaving office will be to develop a new generation of leaders...
The Obama Legacy
By Nathan Turner Jr.
For the Birmingham Times
In January 2009, shortly after President Barack Obama took office, the U.S. economy was sinking in quicksand. Millions...