Politics
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Beyoncé to Sing the National Anthem at Inauguration
Beyoncé will sing the national anthem during President Barack Obama’s second inauguration ceremony this month, reports USA Today. In 2009 the pop star sang “At Last” at the Inauguration Ball as the president and first lady Michelle Obama danced. James Taylor and Kelly Clarkson will join Beyoncé in performing later this month. (A sneak preview…
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Obama Heads the Right Way on Poverty, Jobs
(The Root) — Despite all the rhetoric about reclaiming the American dream for middle-class Americans in this past presidential election, Barack Obama has done more for lower-income Americans than any president since Lyndon Baines Johnson. Quite frankly, I think that Obama’s programs prevented poverty — including concentrated poverty — from rapidly rising over the past…
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Obama's Day, Jan. 8: Meeting Defense Secretary Panetta
WHITE HOUSEOffice of the Press SecretaryFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORTUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 2013 In the morning, the President will receive the Presidential Daily Briefing in the Oval Office. This meeting is closed press. In the afternoon, the President will meet with Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta in the Oval Office. This…
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Obama's Day, Jan. 7: Personnel Announcement
THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FOR MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 2013 In the morning, the President will receive the Presidential Daily Briefing in the Oval Office. This meeting is closed press. Updated, Mon. 10:42 a.m.: In the afternoon, the President will make a personnel announcement…
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Obama's Day, Jan. 3: Hawaii Vacation
THE WHITE HOUSEOffice of the Press SecretaryFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORTHURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 2013 THROUGH SATURDAY, JANUARY 5, 2013 The first family will be in Honolulu, Hawaii through Saturday, January 5, 2013. The President will receive the Presidential Daily Briefing every day, but there are no public events scheduled.
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NAACP: Wilmington 10 Pardon a Victory for Justice
(The Root) — Forty years after they were wrongfully convicted for firebombing a grocery store in Wilmington, N.C., the civil rights activists who became known as the Wilmington 10 were pardoned by outgoing Gov. Beverly Perdue on Monday. The NAACP had close ties to the case, and not just because its former head, Benjamin Chavis,…
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Obama's Day, Jan. 2: Presidential Daily Briefing
THE WHITE HOUSEOffice of the Press SecretaryFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORWEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2, 2013 On Wednesday, the President will receive the Presidential Daily Briefing, but has no public events scheduled. Like The Root on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter.
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Are We 'Black No More'? Not Quite
(The Root) — Although 2012 did not produce the Mayan apocalypse, it did produce an unending drumbeat of claims for “postracial America.” So much so, I suspect, that if Harlem Renaissance novelist and essay writer George Schuyler had lived through it, he would be inspired to write a whole new version of his classic novel…
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Obama's Day, Jan. 1: Delivered Remarks on Fiscal-Cliff Bill
WHITE HOUSEOffice of the Press SecretaryFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORTUESDAY, JANUARY 1, 2013 On Tuesday, the President has no public events scheduled. Updated, Tues. 11:42 p.m. EST: The President delivered a statement in the Brady Press Briefing Room. The President’s remarks will be open press. Updated, Tues. 11:46 p.m. EST: Tonight, the President…
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2013 Predictions, From Palin to Pelosi
2012 has been a tumultuous year, from the presidential campaign to Hurricane Sandy. Colbert I. King at the Washington Post predicts what will come down the pike in 2013. At the national level: * In the fullness of time, following the New Year’s celebration, leaders of the conservative-dominated GOP (Republicans Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass and…