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Sojourner Truth Celebrated With a Bust at the Capitol
Written on 28 Apr, 2009 at 15:57 in White House, Women of Power Articles | viewed 550 times | 1 Comment
Hundreds of people -- mostly women, a majority of them African American — packed the Capitol Visitors Center’s Emancipation Hall today to witness the unveiling of a bronze bust of Sojourner Truth, former slave, abolitionist and suffragette.... (Continue reading)
Day 27
Written on 15 Feb, 2009 at 13:15 in Barack Obama | viewed 194 times | 0 Comments
White House officials appeared to backtrack slightly on the administration’s promise to limit executive bonuses as part of the $787 billion stimulus package. But some lawmakers said that the limits were necessary to win taxpayer support for financial industry bailouts... (Continue reading)
Black Congressman to Run for Alabama Governor
Written on 11 Feb, 2009 at 17:37 in Politics News | viewed 436 times | 1 Comment
Let it never be said that Rep. Artur Davis isn’t up for a challenge. The three-term congressman recently announced plans to run for governor of Alabama, making him the first Democrat to formally throw his hat into the ring for... (Continue reading)
Obama Signs Orders to Close Guantanamo, Prohibit Torture
Written on 22 Jan, 2009 at 14:25 in White House News | viewed 246 times | 1 Comment
President Barack Obama signed four executive orders today that will shut down Cuba’s Guantanamo Bay detention center, prohibit torture, and review war crimes trials.... (Continue reading)
Obama Sworn In as President of the U.S.
Written on 20 Jan, 2009 at 12:06 in White House News | viewed 369 times | 0 Comments
Barack Hussein Obama Jr. was sworn into office as the 44th president of the United States and the first African American president.... (Continue reading)
On Inclusion, Transparency, and Corruption
Written on 31 Dec, 2008 at 12:51 in White House News | viewed 761 times | 1 Comment
Valerie Jarrett, co-chairwoman of President-elect Barack Obama’s transition team and assistant to the president for intergovernmental relations and public liaison, took a moment to talk with BlackEnterprise.com about how the transition is faring and how she personally plans to execute... (Continue reading)
Obama’s National Security Team
Written on 1 Dec, 2008 at 12:17 in Politics Blogs | viewed 557 times | 0 Comments
President-elect Barack Obama, flanked by Vice President-elect Joseph Biden and Sen. Hillary Clinton at a press conference today, Obama nominated Clinton to be the secretary of state. (Source: Getty Images) President-elect Barack Obama officially announced key members his national security team... (Continue reading)
Obama Introduces National Security Team
Written on 1 Dec, 2008 at 10:47 in Politics News | viewed 260 times | 0 Comments
President-elect Barack Obama nominated former rival Sen. Hillary Clinton as secretary of state during a news conference today in Chicago. ... (Continue reading)
The Day Obama Moved the Market
Written on 22 Nov, 2008 at 21:02 in Blogs | viewed 235 times | 0 Comments
This week has been one of the most devastating in Wall Street’s history. Just Thursday, the Dow industrial average had been down more than 40% for the year, considered the steepest plunge since the bear market of 1937-1938 according... (Continue reading)
Likely Pick of Geithner for Treasury Sends Stocks Soaring
Written on 21 Nov, 2008 at 16:44 in Politics Blogs | viewed 375 times | 1 Comment
President-elect Barack Obama is moving markets. At least that what it seems after word that Obama is seriously considering naming Timothy Geithner, president of the New York Federal Reserve, as treasury secretary, leaked out. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended... (Continue reading)
