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    President Obama Warns Daughters “Family Tattoo”

    by  • May 3, 2013 • Barak Obama, Bay Area, Berkeley, Marin County News, Michelle Obama, News Articles, Oakland News Articles, Richmond News, San Francisco, South County, Special Interests Articles

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    President Barack Obama has warned his daughters that if they get tattoos, he and his wife will get matching ones on the same place on their bodies. In an interview on NBC’s Today show, the president said he hoped the “family tattoo” threat would discourage teen rebellion. Obama said he had warned Malia, 14,...

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    Obama Meets with First-Ever Ethiopian Crowned Miss Israel

    by  • April 6, 2013 • Barak Obama, Berkeley, News Articles, Richmond News, San Francisco, South County

    Titi, Israel’s first Black beauty queen meets President Barack Obama.

    Israel put its best face forward for President Obama, and what better face to put forward for than Israel’s first Black beauty queen? Titi is her name, short for Yityish Aynaw, is newly crowned Miss Israel, an Ethiopian Jewish immigrant to Israel. She joined Obama Thursday for the official state dinner in Jerusalem. Ethiopian...

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    USA Today – Obama praises Calif. AG’s looks

    by  • April 4, 2013 • African American, African American History, Barak Obama, Beauty, Business, Daily Posts, Education, Energy, Entertainment, Environment, Feature 2, Featured, Information, Michelle Obama, Open Government, Politics and Government

    Obama praises Calif. AG’s looks Rich Pedroncelli, AP In this this May 10, 2012 file photo, California Attorney General Kamala Harris appears before an Assembly committee at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. by David Jackson, USA TODAY Published: 04/04/2013 05:40pm We can’t help but wonder what the first lady is going to think of...

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    President Obama Appoints First Female Secret Service Director

    by  • March 31, 2013 • Barak Obama, Feature 2, Featured Highlighted Slides, Government, Headine Display, Internatioal Relations, Michelle Obama, Politics and Government

    Julia Pierson

    By Evette Dionne President Obama heard the “stop picking white men” criticism and is heeding the advice of diversity advocates. He’s appointed the first female Secret Service director. Julia Pierson, 53, replaces former director Mark Sullivan, who’s facing criticism for “allowing a testosterone-fueled culture to erode discipline at the Secret Service,” according to the...

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    Obama Visits Israel

    by  • March 31, 2013 • Barak Obama, Headine Display, Politics and Government

    Obama in Israel

    Wrapping up a three- day visit to Israel last week, President Barack Obama paid respects to its heroes and to victims of the Holocaust, solemnly reaffirming the Jewish state’s right to exist. Accompanied by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Shimon Peres, Obama laid wreaths at the graves of Theodor Herzl, the founder...

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    106-Year-Old Receives High School Diploma 88 Years Late

    by  • March 15, 2013 • Article Archives, Barak Obama, Bay Area, Berkeley, Featured, Marin County News, Oakland News Articles

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    Reba Williams, a 106-year-old woman from Columbus, Ohio, is finally receiving her high school diploma. She never graduated from Mount Vernon High School even though she completed all 12 years. Apparently, she was being punished for being in “academic rebellion,” when she refused to read the final book assigned by her teacher during her...

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    Chicago Teen, 15, Who Performed At Inaugural Events Fatally Shot

    by  • February 1, 2013 • Barak Obama, Bay Area, Berkeley, News Articles, Oakland News Articles

    Hadiya Pendleton

    A 15-year-old majorette who performed at some of President Barack Obama’s recent inauguration festivities has been shot to death in Chicago. Police say Hadiya Pendleton (left) was shot in the back Tuesday in a South Side park and died at a city hospital. Authorities say Hadiya was one of about 12 teenagers sheltering from...

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    “Lift Every Voice and Sing” Black Church Ball Honors “Flame Keepers”

    by  • January 25, 2013 • Barak Obama, Bay Area, Berkeley, News Articles, Oakland News Articles, Politics and Government, Richmond News, San Francisco, South County

    First Lady of Allen Temple Baptist Church Elaine Smith with Pastor J. Alfred Smith and Congresswoman Barbara Lee at African American Church Inaugural Ball on Sunday at the Grand Hyatt in Washington, DC.

    By Carla Thomas As leaders from across the country and world came together in Washington D.C. to celebrate the commencement of the second term of President Barack Obama, African American churches held an inaugural ball Sunday at the Grand Hyatt commemorating the historic moment and celebrating the future. The Balm in Gilead organization, along...

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    Is Oakland Wasting Money on Bratton?

    by  • January 18, 2013 • Barak Obama, Bay Area, Berkeley, Marin County News, News Articles, Oakland News Articles, Politics and Government, Richmond News, San Francisco, South County, Special Interests Articles

    Bill Bratton

    By Kitty Kelly Epstein In light of Oakland’s increase in homicides in 2012, the Oakland city administrator is asking the City Council to hire as a consultant William Bratton, who brought “stop and frisk” to New York and Los Angeles and who argues that some form of the policy is necessary in all cities....

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    Obama’s Gun Initiatives

    by  • January 18, 2013 • Barak Obama, Bay Area, Berkeley, News Articles, Oakland News Articles, Richmond News, San Francisco, South County

    From left to right: Hinna Zeejah, 8, Taejah Goode, 10, Julia Stokes, 11, and Grant Fritz, 8, who wrote letters to President Barack Obama about the school shooting in Newtown, Conn., watch as Obama signs executive orders to reduce gun violence, Wednesday, Jan. 16, in the South Court Auditorium at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak).

    Courtesy of Reuters President Barack Obama proposed a new assault weap-ons ban and mandatory back- ground checks for all gun buyers this week as he tried to channel national outrage over the Newtown school massacre into the biggest U.S. gun-con- trol push in decades. He is taking 23 executive actions aimed at curbing gun...

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    Obama Eases Door Open for Immigrants

    by  • January 11, 2013 • Barak Obama, Bay Area, Berkeley, Marin County News, News Articles, Oakland News Articles, Richmond News, San Francisco, South County, Special Interests Articles

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    By Brian Bennett, Sacramento Bee Undocumented immigrants who are immediate relatives of American citizens will have an easier path to permanent residency under a new Obama administration rule that could affect as many as 1 million of the estimated 11 million people unlawfully in the United States. The rule issued by the Department of...

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    Marva Whitney, 68, Singer in James Brown Revue

    by  • January 4, 2013 • Barak Obama, Bay Area, Berkeley, Entertainment, Oakland News Articles, Obituaries, Special Interests Articles

    Marva Whitney

    Marva Whitney, a fiery-voiced funk singer who toured and collaborated with James Brown — along the way earning the nickname “Soul Sister #1” — died Saturday at 68, Whitney died from complications of pneumonia. She is best known for her version of “It’s My Thing,” which cracked the Hot 100 in 1969, and for...

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    Mission District Receives Up to $30 Million to Improve Education

    by  • January 4, 2013 • Barak Obama, Bay Area, Berkeley, News Articles, Oakland News Articles, Richmond News, San Francisco, South County

    Nancy Pelosi

    Mayor Edwin M. Lee and Superintendent Richard Carranza have announced that the U.S. Department of Education has selected San Francisco’s Mission Economic Development Agency (MEDA) to receive a five-year, up to $30 million Promise Neighborhoods implementation grant, one of the largest of the six awards granted in the nation. “The Promise Neighborhoods grants will...

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    Obama is Time’s “Person of the Year”

    by  • December 21, 2012 • Barak Obama, Bay Area, News Articles, Oakland News Articles, Politics and Government

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    President Barack Obama has been named Time’s “Person of the Year” for 2012. The selection was announced Wednesday on NBC’s “Today” show. The short list for the honor included Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teenager who was shot in the head for advocating for girls’ education. It also included Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi, Apple CEO...

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    Toy Giveaway in Memory of Euniece “Nee-Cee” Law

    by  • December 6, 2012 • Barak Obama, Bay Area, Church Events, Oakland News Articles, San Francisco, Special Interests Articles

    Love Temple Missionary Baptist Church at 8401 Birch St. in Oakland is hosting Brittia Johnson’s 6th annual toy giveaway with  a celebration, “Euniece – the Legacy Continues,” from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 22 . Johnson started the event in 2007 in memory of her daughter, Euniece “Nee-Cee” Law, who passed away...

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    West Side Missionary Baptist Church’s Christmas Program

    by  • November 30, 2012 • Barak Obama, Black Church Information, Church Calendar, Church Events, Oakland News Articles, Special Interests Articles

    Pastor Ken Chambers, Sr.

    West Side Missionary Baptist Church, led by Pastor Ken Chambers, Sr., invites the public to attend a Christmas program 11 a.m., Sunday, Dec 23. The program will be led by the Youth Department and include Christmas carols, recitals and presentations. West Side Church is located at 732 Willow St. in West Oakland. For information...

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    Barack Obama Depicted As Jesus in Painting

    by  • November 30, 2012 • Barak Obama, News Articles

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    A painting featuring President Barack Obama in a Christ-like pose is getting poor reviews from some religious authorities, Fox News Radio reports. The painting by New York-based artist by Michael D’Antuono is titled “The Truth” and features Obama with a crown of thorns on his head, in a position that is reminiscent of the...

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    Obama Voters Want Jobs, Better Cities

    by  • November 30, 2012 • Barak Obama, Bay Area, News Articles, Politics and Government

    By Jesse Jackson Elections have consequences. President Barack Obama’s stunning re-election victory came dramatically from the same emerging majority coalition — a rainbow coalition — that brought him to the presidency in 2008. At its heart are minorities, young people, single women and union households. What do they want? These voters reflect America’s diversity....

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    World AIDS Day, Getting to Zero

    by  • November 23, 2012 • Barak Obama, Bay Area, News Articles

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    By Jesse Brooks Dec. 1 is World AIDS Day,  an opportunity for people to come together globally, demonstrating international solidarity in the face of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. “Getting to Zero” has been chosen as the theme for the years between 2011 and 2015, signifying a push towards greater access to treatment for all: zero...

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    Oakland’s Youth Radio Recognized by Michelle Obama

    by  • November 23, 2012 • Barak Obama, First Ladies in the Faith Based Community, Michelle Obama, News Articles

    Youth Radio’s Nishat Kurwa and Shyra Gums join Michelle Obama at the awards ceremony.

    Oakland’s Youth Radio, a youth-driven journalism and media production program, received a special honor on Monday from Michelle Obama. The First Lady presented the organization with the 2012 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award, noting Youth Radio’s effectiveness in developing learning and life skills in young people by engaging them in the arts....

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    DIPLOBAMACY

    by  • November 23, 2012 • Barak Obama, News Articles, Oakland News Articles, Politics and Government

    US President Obama and Thailand’s Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra participate in a joint news conference at the Government House in Bangkok Nov. 18. — Reuters pic

    By Kathleen Hennessey, L.A. Times President Obama on Monday became the first U.S. president to visit Myanmar, a once-secretive nation emerging from decades of authoritarian rule. Obama urged the Southeast Asian country’s government to stay the course toward democratic reforms. Meanwhile, the president dispatched Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to the Middle East to...

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    West: “Obama’s a Black Rockefeller”

    by  • November 19, 2012 • Barak Obama, Bay Area, News Articles, Oakland News Articles, Richmond News, San Francisco, South County

    Dr. Cornel West

    In a recent interview on “Democracy Now!,” ex-Princeton professor and frequent Obama critic Dr. Cornel West lashed out against the president as well as pundits Michael Eric Dyson, Melissa Harris-Perry and Rev. Al Sharpton. West called Obama a “Rockefeller Republican in blackface” and said Dyson, Harris-Perry and Sharpton were all “for sale.” West, along...

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    Obama Wins Oil Spill Settlement

    by  • November 19, 2012 • Barak Obama, Bay Area, News Articles

    U.S. President Barack Obama picks up balls of tar while touring the beach May 28, 2010 in Port Fourchon, Louisiana. The oil spill resulting from the Deepwater Horizon disaster now officially ranks as the worst in U.S. history. (Win McNamee, Getty Images).

    By Pete Yost, Associated Press BP said this week it will pay $4.5 billion in a settlement with the U.S. government over the massive 2010 oil spill and will plead guilty to felony counts related to the deaths of 11 workers and lying to Congress. The figure includes nearly $1.3 billion in criminal fines...

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    Barack Obama, World’s Choice for President

    by  • November 10, 2012 • Barak Obama, Bay Area, First Ladies in the Faith Based Community, News Articles, Oakland News Articles, Politics and Government

    President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and Jill Biden acknowledge the crowd at his election night party Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012, in Chicago. President Obama defeated Republican challenger former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster).

    Associated Press He won, and the word “phew” trended worldwide on Twitter. Despite a hard-fought campaign in the United States, there was never any contest overseas. Gone are the days when President Obama was seen as a youthful, messianic figure capable of magically curing the world’s woes. But he remains widely popular, and his...

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    On Election Day, An Obligation to Vote

    by  • November 3, 2012 • Barak Obama, Bay Area, News Articles, Post News Feature Story, Special Interests Articles

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    By Kia Croom Nearly 50 years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., led a 50-mile march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, to increase African American voter registration. Battling tear gas, cattle prods and police batons, it took Dr. King and the marchers three attempts to complete the march, a pivotal event that focused national...

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    County Joins Michelle Obama to Fight Childhood Obesity

    by  • November 3, 2012 • Barak Obama, Bay Area, First Ladies in the Faith Based Community, Special Interests Articles

    Alameda County on Wednesday became one of the first counties in California to sign on with First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! campaign to fight childhood obesity. County officials joined representatives of Oakland-based Revolution Foods at a local school to publicize the new initiative focusing on healthier food choices and exercise as the keys...

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    Obama Stepped Up

    by  • October 19, 2012 • Barak Obama, News Articles

    President Obama called Governor Romney out at the second presidential debate on Tuesday, Oct. 16, saying, “Very little of what Governor Romney just said is true.”

    President Barack Obama stepped onto the stage on Long Island ready to brawl. Within moments, he had called a Mitt Romney assertion “not true” and ridiculed his opponent’s five-point plan as a one-point plan — that one point being that the wealthy play by one set of rules, while everyone else plays by another....

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    High School Students Organize for Obama

    by  • October 12, 2012 • Barak Obama, Bay Area, Education, Oakland News Articles, Politics and Government, Special Interests Articles

    Founders of the youth-led organization, Oakland Youth for Obama, Rebecca Dharmapalan (left) and Kerby Lynch (right), both students at the Oakland School for the Arts.

    By Ashley Chambers When President Obama came to visit Oakland in July, his speech at the Fox Theatre lit a spark that inspired two high school students from Oakland School for the Arts (OSA). Junior Vocal Arts student Rebecca Dharmapalan and senior Literary Arts student Kerby Lynch decided to form a youth-led organization, Oakland...

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    Keija Minor Named Brides Editor-In-Chief

    by  • September 28, 2012 • Africans in America, Article Archives, Barak Obama, Entertainment, General Articles, News Articles

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    By Julee Wilson Huffington Post Keija Minor has been named the editor-in-chief of Brides, succeeding Anne Fulenwider, making her the first person of color, after 103 years, to ever hold the title at a Condé Nast Publications (CNP) magazine. Minor’s new appointment is major news. CNP is a  privately owned company that produces 18...

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    Obama Spanish-Language Ad: Mitt Romney Opposed First Latina Supreme Court Justice

    by  • September 21, 2012 • Barak Obama, News Articles

    Barack Obama, Sonia Sotomayor

    The Huffington Post  |  By Elise Foley President Barack Obama and new Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor are seen in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2009, during a reception in her honor. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds) The Obama campaign touted his appointment of Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor...

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    Slain Ambassador, Bay Area Native

    by  • September 14, 2012 • Barak Obama, Bay Area, News Articles

    U.S. envoy Christopher Stevens, left, who died in an attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, is shown here in April 2011 meeting in Benghazi with physician Suleiman Fortia, a member of the Libyan opposition council.

    Christopher Stevens, a Peace Corps volunteer in Africa, helped  Libyans transition from Gadhafi dictatorship. Anti-Muslim hate film sparks protests in Middle East  U.S. ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens, who was killed in an attack on the U.S. Consulate, was a Bay Area man. Along with Stevens, another diplomat and two American security guards died...

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    Bill Clinton: “Obama’s cool on the outside but burning for America on the inside”

    by  • September 7, 2012 • Barak Obama, Bay Area, Headine Display, News Articles, News Group Publisher, Oakland News Articles

    President Barack Obama joined former President Bill Clinton Wednesday night after Clinton galvanized Democrats in a passionate speech at the national convention in Charlotte, N.C.

    By Post Staff President Barack Obama, joined by a cross section of veteran and rising political leaders, galvanized Democrats in passionate speeches at this week’s national convention in Charlotte, N.C In his speech to the American public, the president asserted the country can cut the federal deficit by more than $4 trillion over the...

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