Barack Obama
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'What History Books Do They Read?': Barack Obama Blasts Kushner's Black People Have to 'Want to be Successful' Nonsense
On Monday, The Root reported that Donald Trump’s senior advisor and son-in-law Jared Kushner showed the world that racism is a family tradition when he fixed his lipless mouth-flaps to say that “President Trump’s policies are the policies that can help [Black] people break out of the problems that they’re complaining about, but he can’t…
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Strong Black Animation: The Obamas and Doc McStuffins Creator Team Up on New Series Ada Twist, Scientist
Get ready for a bit more Black in STEM representation—and this time, it’s animated! As Deadline reports, Netflix has ordered forty 12-minute episodes of a new animated preschool series from Barack and Michelle Obama’s production company Higher Ground Productions called Ada Twist, Scientist. The TV series, created by Doc McStuffins creator Chris Nee, is adapted…
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A Promised Land: The First of Barack Obama's Two-Volume Presidential Memoirs to Be Published in November
If you’ve never stopped longing for the simpler, kinder, more rational time and place that was Barack Obama’s presidency, you are far from alone—and can soon take a deeper dive into the beloved president’s remarkable rise from civic-minded civilian to the highest office in the land. On Thursday, Penguin Random House announced that Obama’s highly…
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Obama Advised NBA Players to Push for Social Justice Initiatives and Get Back in The Game
Advice from former President Barack Obama helped NBA athletes make their recent decision to return to the playoffs, alongside a suite of social justice initiatives from the organization, days after the Milwaukee Bucks launched an impromptu strike in response to the police shooting of Jacob Blake. According to ESPN, LeBron James and Chris Paul led…
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Barack Obama Shares His 2020 Summer Playlist, Further Solidifies That He Loves a Bop
Gosh, I really miss Barack Obama every single day. Every time he posts on Instagram, I’m quick to “double-tap” whatever he’s put up, solely based on the fact that it’s Barack Obama who posted it. However, on Monday, I ‘liked’ what he posted because it shows his incredible musical palate. That’s right folks: Our Forever…