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  • Watch: My Black History: Lorraine Toussaint’s Mission to See Barack Obama’s Inauguration

    Editor’s note: During Black History Month, the focus is usually on historical figures who loomed larger than life, paving the way for the progress we experience today. But black history isn’t just about telling stories of our past. History is being made every day and has been made throughout our lives; it’s not just in…

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    Peter J. Rickards

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  • I Don't Want The Obamas To Ever Come Back

    It’s been a little over eight years since the night Barack Obama was elected President of the United States, and the memory of exactly how I saw it happen (on CNN, where the race was called as soon as California’s first polling results came in), where I was when seeing it (sitting on the couch…

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    Damon Young

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  • Michelle and Barack Obama Send Each Other the Cutest Valentine’s Day Tweets Ever

    Just because I am single on Valentine’s Day (and single in general) doesn’t mean I cannot appreciate the spectacle of true love when it presents itself in front of me in the form of Michelle LaVaughn Robinson and Barack Hussein Obama, the most famous winners of the cutest-couple contest that you have ever seen in…

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    Monique Judge

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  • President Bankruptcy Batista Thinks Obama Likes Him; Someone Remove This Lie From His Mind, Stat

    Like anything else that involves communication, your president’s recent interview with fellow belligerent white man Bill O’Reilly was a clusterfuck. Most of the fallout from it, though, focused on Bankruptcy Batista taking issue with O’Reilly’s categorization of Russian President Vladimir Putin as a “killer.” “There are a lot of killers,” 45 shot back. “We’ve got…

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    Michael Arceneaux

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  • Are You Ready for a Barack and Michelle Obama Speaking-Engagement World Tour? 

    Former President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama are gearing up for public appearances and book deals by signing up with the Harry Walker Agency, which will coordinate the speaking engagements while two attorneys will represent them for contract negotiations regarding potential book deals, a spokesman said Friday. Politico reports that spokesman Kevin Lewis…

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    Monique Judge

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  • If I Were Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton, I’d Put America Under ‘Do Not Answer’

    When I saw the image of former President Barack Obama in flip-flops, shorts and a backward cap, along with his wife, former first lady Michelle Obama, in the shortest of shorts, walking across the beach, I was relieved for them. They served this country well for eight years—even when millions of its citizens blatantly disrespected…

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    Michael Arceneaux

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  • Obama to Trump (DJ Khaled Voice): You Played Yourself

    Former President Barack Obama (OMG! We miss you so much, you don’t even know!) wants to make it clear that President Donald Trump’s “Muslim ban” is not based on policy from his presidency. According to the Washington Post, Trump claimed that his new immigration executive order is a lot like a 2011 ban on Iraqi…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

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  • Amy Blagojevich Pens White Tears, Calls Obama ‘Spineless’ for Not Letting Corrupt Papa Out of Prison

    Amy Blagojevich, the oldest daughter of former Illinois governor and current federal inmate Rod Blagojevich, used Facebook to blast former President Barack Obama for not releasing her father from prison, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. The 20-year-old reportedly had her mom post her missive on her Facebook page. Amy Blagojevich, a Northwestern University student, wrote that…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

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  • Obama’s Letter to Trump

    It is a tradition for the outgoing president to leave a letter to the incoming commander in chief. George W. Bush left a touching note for Barack Obama after Obama’s election, as did Bill Clinton for Bush after Bush became the 43rd president of the United States. Because the Thousand Island-dressing-colored grand dragon has routinely…

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    Michael Harriot

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  • Black History Matters: Why President Obama Should Pardon Marcus Garvey

    As educators who are passionate about supporting the learning and development of all students, we acknowledge the importance of helping students reach objective metrics and indexes of accomplishment. Too often, however, when African-American students are involved, mainstream courses and curricula do not reflect the unique contributions that African descendants continue to make to world affairs.…

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    Kirsten West Savali

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