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  • Lawsuit Challenging Obama’s Qualifications Is Tossed Out In Federal Court

    Lawsuit Challenging Obama’s Qualifications Is Tossed Out In Federal Court AlaskaPublic.org 2012-09-12 Matt Miller, KTOO – Juneau An Alaska-based federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit challenging President Barack Obama’s qualifications to appear as a candidate on the November general election ballot. Gordon Warren Epperly of Juneau claims that Obama does not have the political…

  • Elections division turns aside Obama nomination challenge

    Elections division turns aside Obama nomination challenge KTOO News: Public Radio at 104.3 Juneau, Alaska 2012-03-06 Matt Miller The state Division of Elections has turned down a challenge of President Barack Obama’s qualifications to be on the election ballot in Alaska. The challenge was filed by a Juneau resident who says the Democratic candidate is…

  • Obama Talks Race, Calls Himself a ‘Mixed Kid From Hawaii’

    Obama Talks Race, Calls Himself a ‘Mixed Kid From Hawaii’ ColorLines: News for Action 2012-09-13 Jorge Rivas, Multimedia Editor / Pop Culture Blogger Los Angeles, California Lately it’s been a rare occurrence when President Obama talks race but at a campaign stop in Colorado Wednesday he mentioned it and even identified himself as mixed-raced. “Education…

  • Claims of Anti-Obama Racism Create Anger, Frustration

    Claims of Anti-Obama Racism Create Anger, Frustration The Associated Press 2012-09-09 Jesse Washington, National Writer, Race and Ethnicity Is it because he’s black? The question of whether race fuels opposition to President Barack Obama has become one of the most divisive topics of the election. It is sowing anger and frustration among conservatives who are…

  • Cameron reshuffle brings critic of legal aid cuts into ministry of justice

    Cameron reshuffle brings critic of legal aid cuts into ministry of justice The Guardian 2012-09-05 Owen Bowcott, Legal Affairs Correspondent New Conservative minister Helen Grant criticised coalition policy on Guardian website last year One of the new ministerial appointees to the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has previously been highly critical of the government’s key policy…

  • Helen Grant first black female minister in the UK

    Helen Grant first black female minister in the UK Afro-Europe International Blog 2012-09-09 Helen Grant MP has been made a Minister in David Cameron’s Ministerial reshuffle this September. She is now the first female black cabinet Minister in the UK. Grant, 50, was born in London to an English mother and Nigerian father, but grew…

  • Obama’s race still has bearing on media coverage

    Obama’s race still has bearing on media coverage The Louisiana Weekly 2012-09-04 Nadra Kareem Nittle, Contributing Writer (Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from the Maynard Institute) – Long before a little-known Illinois politician ran for president, the mainstream media focused on his race. When he flourished as a presidential candidate four years ago,…

  • PARADE Exclusive: A Conversation With the Obamas

    PARADE Exclusive: A Conversation With the Obamas Parade Magazine 2012-09-12 Lynn Sherr, Contributor Maggie Murphy, Editor in Chief President and Mrs. Obama photographed in the White House Map Room on Aug. 10. [Photo: Ben Baker] You hear him before you see him. After a hearty hello to the men and women working on the ground…

  • Is Obama still black?

    Is Obama still black? Aljazeera 2012-09-06 Harvey Young, Associate Professor of Theatre, Performance Studies; African American Studies; Radio/Television/Film Studies Northwestern University (also Fellow at the Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History at Harvard University) Barack Obama, to many, is not “as noticeably” or, perhaps, “meaningfully black as he once was”, writes Young. Race…

  • Rep. Mike Honda: Obama is First Asian-American President

    Rep. Mike Honda: Obama is First Asian-American President U.S. News & World Report 2012-09-05 Lauren Fox, Political Reporter The details of Bill Clinton’s youth, along with a number of his hobbies while in the White House, often led some people to call Clinton “America’s first black president.” Now that the country’s actual first black president…