Nov 13
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“If I were able to run for a third term, Michelle would divorce me.” Barack Obama told Jimmy Kimmel in October of…
Sep 17
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If you’ve never stopped longing for the simpler, kinder, more rational time and place that was Barack Obama’s…
May 16
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Barack Obama called on young black people to be “warriors for justice” and commented on the shooting death of Ahmaud…
May 10
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Former President Barack Obama derided the Trump administration’s handling of the COVID-19 crisis in a recent phone…
Dec 3
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As the world prepares to enter into a new decade, we’d be remiss if we didn’t revel in nostalgia about some of our…
Jul 27 2019
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Man, the president must be really pressed to come up with this doozy.
Mar 29 2019
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While mothership pilot George Clinton once threatened to paint the White House black, in 2008 it actually…
Nov 1 2018
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In the latest chess move by the Obamas, the former president and first lady—arguably the best to ever sit in the…
Sep 1 2018
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Former President Barack Obama remembered Sen. John McCain as an honorable man who made him a better president during…
Jun 29 2018
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On Thursday, the former president of the United States and current president of Wakanda, Barack Obama, told a Los…
Feb 12 2018
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On Monday morning, the National Portrait Gallery unveiled its official portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama. I…
Nov 14 2017
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Ta-Nehisi Coates is one of those people who always have something smart to say, because he’s actually really, really…
Aug 28 2017
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Someone posted a photo of former President Barack Obama feeding meals to homeless and at-risk veterans during…
Aug 4 2017
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The Be Like series on The Root focuses on the commonalities we all share when it comes to various topics. Thus far…
Jul 10 2017
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He’s baaaaack. And not a moment too soon. Former President Barack Obama is coming around after about six months of…
Jun 28 2017
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While riding in an Uber last week — traveling from Memphis International Airport to the hotel I was staying in — I…
Jun 23 2017
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A senior Energy Department official tried to delete all of his hateful, racist and misogynist tweets, but the…
Apr 27 2017
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When Barack Obama boxed up the Lawry’s Seasoned Salt and packed the Texas Pete (because—as we all know—only poseurs…
Apr 24 2017
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Former President Barack Obama is totally the girl who broke up with us and knows our new girlfriend is an airhead…
Apr 10 2017
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Can we all just agree that the president is an orange-skinned snake oil salesman who conned those who voted for him…