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The president is just a person. However, due to the weight of the decisions he makes daily, we forget that the people we elect to the Oval Office are simply human. Former POTUS Barack Obama grapples with this reality in his book, A Promised Land. In the preface to the memoir, President Obama writes that…

Barack Obama explained how his wife objected to him making his historic run for the presidency. During an interview with “60 Minutes” on Sunday, Nov. 15, 2020, the 44th president recounted former first lady Michelle Obama‘s reaction once she found out about her husband’s grand ambitions. “I do not want you running for president. God,…

Ice Cube did not appreciate having his meeting with the White House about his “Contract With Black America” spoofed on “Saturday Night Live.” Cube was slammed with a blizzard of criticism a few weeks ago after the president’s people erroneously boasted on Twitter that the Friday and Barbershop franchise film creator was now supporting the…

Barack Obama and Whoopi Goldberg ripped into senior White House advisor Jared Kushner after he said the current president can only help Black Americans if they want to succeed themselves. The former president torpedoed Kuschner while on the campaign trail for his former VP and current Democratic nominee Joe Biden. “[Kushner] says Black folks have…

A Black man who was shot by Secret Service members at the White House was reportedly only holding a comb. On Aug. 10, Myron Berryman, 51, was outside of the White House in Washington, D.C. when he allegedly approached a member of the Secret Service, according to the Washington Post. Berryman, who suffers from mental…

Singer Jaheim is stirring up the urban political spectrum after unequivocally throwing his support behind the incumbent presidential administration. In an Instagram post to his 247,000 followers, the singer born Jahiem noted that the commander in chief has “saved a lot of people” and even apologized on behalf of the president “for all the misinformation…

The state of Georgia now has the dubious title of leading the nation in new COVID-19 cases. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Georgia reported the highest number of new cases in the week ending Friday, Aug. 14, 2020. Georgia reported 216 cases per 100,000 people, a rate that is about double the national average. Gov.…

U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris, D-California, is eligible to become the vice president or president of the United States under the 14th Amendment of the Constitution. This incontrovertible fact was confirmed by a bevy of media outlets and pundits who already knew that the former Bay Area prosecutor and California attorney general possessed the requisite qualifications…

Amanda Seales believes it’s time for voters to stay focused. Although Kamala Harris made history by becoming the first Black woman to be named as a presidential running mate, she has faced criticism from some in the Black community who disagree with her policies when she served as San Francisco’s district attorney and California’s attorney…

One day after a report surfaced that Kanye West would be ending his campaign to run for President of the United States, a “Statement of Organization” form was submitted by Andre Bodiford, now listed as West’s campaign treasurer. However, the form can only be activated if West raises or spends more than $5,000 in campaign…

Joe Biden may have changed the trajectory of the presidential race with one attempt at a horrible joke. During an interview with Charlamagne tha God of “The Breakfast Club” on Friday, May 22, 2020, Biden made his case for why he should be the next president of the United States. At one point during the…

Former President Barack Obama refused to comply with a right-wing senator’s statement that he “should’ve kept his mouth shut” about the current president’s questionable response to the global pandemic. In fact, Obama, 58, clapped back publicly at conservative U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell and the White House after the Republican senator from Kentucky demanded Obama remain…

Former President Barack Obama recently teamed up with former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to discuss how young Black males can be affected by the global pandemic. During a recent conference call hosted by My Brother’s Keeper, an initiative created during the Obama administration to empower young Black males, Obama and Holder shared why it’s…

The Poison Control Center in New York received a spike in calls from people ingesting household cleaners such as Lysol and bleach over a 24-hour period. According to the New York Post, the Poison Control Center — a division of the New York Health Department — received 30 cases of people who were possibly exposed…

White House reporter April Ryan has dealt with contentious interactions with the current presidential administration. But when the leader of the free world decided to take aim at Baltimore and Rep. Elijah Cummings, R-MD, with another racial attack, Ryan, a native of Baltimore, decided to fire back. After the U.S. president tweeted that Baltimore was…

Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., addressed hundreds at the 2019 National Urban League Conference. Held at the Indiana Convention Center, the event gave Harris a platform to speak directly about leadership in the Black community. Harris talked about being raised in Oakland, California, and finding inspiration in Black civil rights attorneys such as Thurgood Marshall and…

A$AP Rocky has been ordered to remain in a Swedish jail for another week. The”‘F–in’ Problems” hitmaker has been locked up in a cell in Stockholm since July 3, 2019, when he was arrested on suspicion of assault following a street fight between him, his entourage and another man. And a Swedish judge has ruled…

To call soccer superstar Megan Rapinoe “bold” is an understatement. She is one of the few athletes audacious enough to take up the cause with Colin Kaepernick and kneel during the play of the national anthem. She has publicly declared that she may never sing the “Star-Spangled Banner” again because of the multiple instances of…

Because Omarosa Manigault Newman has managed to enrage both the political right and left in America, very few tears will likely be shed as the public learns she is being sued by the U.S. Department of Justice. Known mostly by her first name, Omarosa was informed by the feds they are suing the former White…