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If the economy produces jobs over the next eight months at the same pace as it did over the past four months, the nation will have created more jobs in 2010 alone than it did over the entire eight years of George W. Bush’s presidency.

// Check out this exclusive interview with  Cathy Hughes about her exclusive TV One on One interview with Minister Louis Farrakhan, which airs Sunday, May 9 at 9PM (ET) on TV One: On Sunday, an historic episode of TV One-On-One with Cathy Hughes will debut a two-hour special with Min. Louis Farrakhan at 9pm EST. […]

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VIA AOL BLACKVOICES: Phillip Sciarello, a publisher and part owner of the Smithtown Messenger in Long Island, is defending his newspaper after a picture appeared that some believe to be a racist stereotype of the First Family. The picture depicts President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama as characters from “Sanford and Son.” The public backlash […]

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From MSNBC: VENICE, La. – President Barack Obama toured the staging area for response efforts to the Gulf Coast oil spill on Sunday, afterwards saying “we’re dealing with a massive and potentially unprecedented environmental disaster.” Mindful of the political damage suffered by President George W. Bush for a slow response after Hurricane Katrina ravaged the […]

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Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal has declared a state of emergency as an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico creeps toward shore and threatens the fragile ecosystem along the coastline. Thursday’s order allows the state to free up resources to begin preparing for the oil to reach the shore, which could happen as soon as […]

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Looks like the first family is taking it all the way to the bank! The Obama’s tax records were made public by the White House Thursday and show that the First Family made $5,505,509 in income in 2009. Their tax records show their occupations as “U.S. President” and “U.S. First Lady” with earnings that are […]

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Newsweek wrote that Joe Biden’s Big F—- Deal Statement when the health care signed was one of the few times that the F-bomb was appropriate. Now they are using Biden’s statement as a fund raising T-Shirt. RELATED STORIES Obama Visits Iowa To Sell Health Care Reform To Public PRESIDENT OBAMA SIGNS HEALTH CARE REFORM INTO […]

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“We need to pray for our brother and his family, and warn America: Leave that man alone.” Although the initial support was apparent during the campaign, the announcement that Barack Obama was officially the new president of the United Stated shifted the mentalities of many and masked perceptions of a Black president became a reality. […]

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From WashingtonPost.com: Legislation hailed by supporters as the most significant change to college student lending in a generation passed the House on Sunday night. The student aid initiative, which House Democrats attached to their final amendments to the health-care bill, would overhaul the student loan industry, eliminating a $60 billion program that supports private student […]

Among the outspoken African-American political and social figures that have criticized President Obama for not doing more for black Americans in these tough economic times, Al Sharpton has emerged as the voice of support for Obama’s presidential initiatives designed to help all Americans. According to an article written for The Wall Street Journal, “President Barack […]

Hip-hop’s first couple, Jay-Z and Beyoncé, finally made it to the White House … only for a visit that is.