VIA: TheHuffingtonPost.Com 26 year old Joshua Dubois has definitely made a name for himself. Dubois has recently been appointed to the Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships by President Obama. See this video from the Prayer Breakfast where President Obama made is announcement:
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle are on the cover of the March issue of ESSENCE. They spoke to the mag about education and how they deal with educating First Daughters Sasha and Malia:
VIA: MSNBC When she moved to the nation’s most prestigious address, Michelle Obama’s husband told her that rough times were ahead. The country was in recession, people were out of work, the political parties were in open warfare — and the man who was going to be blamed for it all was President Barack Obama. […]
Washington Watch’s Roland Martin spoke to a panel about what dialogues about race have been looking like since the election of Barack Obama.
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama on Saturday pitched his proposed tax on banks to recover the cost of bailing them out during the financial crisis, saying if they can afford billions more in bonuses, they can pay back the taxpayers, too.
From CNN Washington (CNN) – Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid apologized Saturday following reports he had privately described then-candidate Barack Obama during the presidential campaign as a black candidate who could be successful thanks in part to his “light-skinned” appearance and speaking patterns “with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one.”
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama, eager to sign a health care overhaul bill into law, on Saturday highlighted some of the changes that would come in the first year and permanently ban “the worst practices of the insurance industry.”
From CNN: Washington — President Obama said Tuesday that U.S. intelligence has had considerable success, but that the botched Christmas Day attack shows “the system has failed” in a major way.
From ABC News: President Obama recently named Amanda Simpson to be a Senior Technical Advisor to the Commerce Department.
HONOLULU – President Barack Obama laid blame Saturday on an al-Qaida affiliate for a Christmas Day terrorist plot that has led to a review of how intelligence agencies failed to prevent the botched bombing aboard a Detroit-bound airliner.
From NYTimes.com: The year began with a harmonious glow at the inauguration of the first black president, as America marked a stunning victory over its racial demons.
