Barack Obama
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Here's What the Last American President Who Read a Book Is Reading This Summer
By now, we’re well acquainted with the fact that Barack Obama loves a list. During his presidency (ah yes, let’s all sit with this memory for a moment) and after, the Cookout DJ-in-Chief would share playlists, including one summer 2016 playlist that was adorably separated into “daytime” and “nighttime” installments (included in the night-time playlist…
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Will Aretha's Most Iconic Hat Become a Part of Obama's Legacy?
If there’s one thing we know about the Queen of Soul, it’s that she loved a “lewk.” Aside from her often extravagant stage attire, Aretha Franklin was fond of a dramatic gesture—the tossing of a train, the shedding of a fur—because, as our loyal reader TheRealMarthaJones3.0 accurately noted, “Auntie understood DRAMA! EMOTION! and EFFECT!” Barack…
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Barack Obama Reminds America What a Real President Looks Like, Endorses 81 Candidates
The last time we saw America’s royal family they were dancing to the sounds of Jay and Bey (arguably America’s other royal family). Since leaving the White House the Obamas are not going back and forth with you niggas, they are living their best life. The former president didn’t have to offer any suggestions or…
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Barack Obama Is Out Here Looking Like Our Favorite Uncle Jamming Out at the OTRII Concert in Washington, D.C.
So on Saturday night, Twitter lit up with videos of our favorite uncle, forever President Barack Obama, jamming it out during the D.C. leg of Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s On the Run II Tour. I was actually also there, but I ain’t got the kind of coint that supports seeing Beyoncé as well as the Obamas…
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Unfortunately, Michelle Obama is Not Running For President, But She's All About Voting
Our forever first lady, Michelle LeVaughn Robinson Obama, aka the literal manifestation of black girl magic, and exhibit A-Z of why you should listen to and trust black women, has launched an initiative to encourage the youth to vote. Look at who your president currently is. Voting is important! November midterm elections are well on…
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'Men Have Been Getting On My Nerves Lately': Barack Obama, Forever a Mood, Speaks Out For the Empowerment of Women in South Africa
#StillMyPresident Barack Obama has always had a way with words, even if he is only paraphrasing or repeating thoughts that others have long expressed. And while giving a speech at the African Leadership Academy in Johannesburg, South Africa, the former president became a whole ass mood after succinctly summing up many of our feelings about…
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Barack Obama Takes Shots at Donald Trump During Nelson Mandela Lecture
On Tuesday, in a speech in Johannesburg, South Africa, former President Barack Obama said—in so many words—what we’ve all been thinking: Not today, Trump! Obama just gave his biggest speech since leaving office at the at the Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture. Without naming names, Obama took shoots at the current occupant of the White House. “I…
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Barack Obama Visits Kenya, Plans to Help His Sister Launch a Training Center
Former U.S. President Barack Obama visited Africa for the first time since he was in office to help his half-sister launch a sports and training center. Obama arrived in Africa on Sunday to visit his family and to meet with officials. He stopped in Kenya, the birthplace of his father to visit his relatives before…
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It’s Been a Lousy Week in Politics, and Some of It Is Obama’s Fault
It’s been a horrible week in politics, and it just keeps getting worse. Now, I don’t entirely agree with my colleague Terrell J. Starr’s assessment from yesterday. I don’t think we’re fucked—yet. But if we are collectively watching the movie of America on a date with Authoritarianism, then they just finished dinner, canceled Uber and…
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NABJ’s Executive Director Resigns
3 Months After That Letter, the Other Shoe Drops Netflix Spokesman Out After Using ‘N Word’ Forced Family Breakups Are Part of America, People of Color Say How That Devastating Audio Clip Came to Be Obama Separated Families, but Difference Is Scale NAHJ President Says Role Is to Support Journalists In 26 States, Whites’ Deaths…
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