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Presidential Production: Barack and Michelle Obama Announce New Netflix Slate, Including a Frederick Douglass Biopic

In case you needed a reminder, Barack and Michelle Obama became the strongest black leads when they signing an exclusive multiyear production deal with Netflix in 2018. Now, the time has come to see what they’ve got cookin’ (with ample seasoning, because black) in the production house. The former (and forever) president and first lady…

By

Tonja Renée Stidhum

Published

May 1, 2019
Black Excellence, Culture

Now That Obama Boulevard is Officially a Thing, Here's How Los Angeles Plans to Celebrate

On the 2018 Beyoncé-infused “Black Effect,” Jay-Z nonchalantly professed “I’m good on every MLK,” keenly aware that civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. has roads sprinkled throughout the country carrying his namesake. But on the flip side, our forever president Barack Obama—whose own iconic status wasn’t solidified until January 20, 2009—is understandably running a…

By

Jay Connor

Published

April 30, 2019
Politics

Obama Had Biden Pump His Breaks on '16 Presidential Bid: Report

According to a New York Times feature describing the relationship between the former presidential partners, President Barack Obama urged Joe Biden, his Vice President, not to run. According to the times, Obama “gently pressed” Biden on his 2016 aspirations over the span of a few weeks before having a strategist deliver a sobering assessment to…

By

Ibn Safir

Published

April 28, 2019
News

69-Year-Old Militia Leader Accused of Harassing Migrants on the US-Mexico Border Boasted of Aim to Kill Obama, Clinton: Report

Guess we could have seen this one coming. The 69-year-old leader of an armed militia group accused of rounding up migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border and holding them at gunpoint before turning them over to U.S. Border Patrol told the FBI his group was training to kill Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and prominent Democratic donor George…

By

Dara Sharif

Published

April 23, 2019
Entertainment, Music

Nipsey Hussle Celebrated as a Visionary Activist at Public Memorial in Los Angeles

Tens of thousands of people packed Los Angeles’ 21,000-capacity Staples Center Thursday while many others stood outside and gathered throughout the city as fans, friends and family bid farewell to Nipsey Hussle at a public memorial. Billed as a “Celebration of Life,” the memorial brought people together from throughout Los Angeles and beyond. Scripture was…

By

Dara Sharif

Published

April 11, 2019
News

President Obama Warns of In-fighting Among Progressives

President Barack Obama held an Obama Foundation Town Hall Europe event on Saturday in Berlin, Yahoo reports, where he talked about the main goal of his foundation—which is to encourage young leaders in different fields. He spent part of his speech calling out “cancel culture,” noting that it could backfire on activists on the left.…

By

Aliya Semper Ewing

Published

April 6, 2019
Culture

Valerie Jarrett, Obama's Top Adviser, Reflects on Trump's Win, the Obamas and Finding Her Voice

Obama’s top adviser, Valerie Jarrett, opens up about her new book, Finding My Voice, her journey to the White House, Trump’s presidential win in 2016, and her close friendship with the Obamas. She also shares her thoughts on the 2020 presidential race and has some advice for the Democratic candidates. “They will be at their…

By

Peter J. Rickards

Published

April 5, 2019
Entertainment, Social Media

Isaiah Washington Comes for Barack Obama, High Fives Trump Along the Way

Once upon a Grey’s Anatomy, there was a distinguished actor by the name of Isaiah Washington who got himself fired for calling one of his co-stars a “faggot”—a faux pas he foolishly attempted to rectify with “I love gay. I wanted to be gay. Please let me be gay” in its aftermath. In the decade…

By

Jay Connor

Published

April 4, 2019
Politics

You Ain’t GOT No Plan: Trump Suggests Pause in Push to End Obamacare

“Obamacare’s gotta go” has long been one of Donald Trump’s favorite rallying cries. But it looks like he’s swerving toward the guard rails in this political game of chicken. After promising just last week at a Michigan rally that the GOP was working on “something that’s really spectacular” as a replacement for the Affordable Care…

By

Dara Sharif

Published

April 2, 2019
Legal, News

Judge Restores Obama-Era Drilling Ban, Ruling Trump's Reversal Unlawful

Donald Trump has spent much of his time as president undercutting the presidency and character of Barack Obama. This week, Obama’s drilling agenda scored a win against Trump’s efforts to revitalize offshore drilling. In 2015, Obama stopped exploration in areas important to the walrus, in the Beaufort and Chukchi seas and the Hanna shoal. The…

By

Ibn Safir

Published

March 31, 2019