Some Black Church Leaders Feel as Though They Are Being Ignored by President Obama

When President Obama was elected, some black pastors—fresh from a campaign that featured extensive outreach to their churches—expected meetings with the president, or at least to be enlisted as informal advisers. For better or worse, those expectations have largely fallen flat. “I think he doesn’t avail himself as fully as he could of the input [...]

Actor and Activist Danny Glover Says he Sees No Difference Between Obama and Bush!

Count Danny Glover among the Congressional Black Caucus and other prominent African-Americans showing impatience with President Barack Obama. In an interview with The Daily Beast, the actor says Obama’s policies, so far, are no different than his Republican predecessor, George W. Bush. “I think the Obama administration has followed the same playbook, to a large [...]

Rev. Dwight McKissic, Pastor of Cornerstone Baptist Church, Accuses Arlington School District of Duplicity in Banning Obama Speech

September 9, 2009 – A prominent black Southern Baptist pastor says a Texas school district should explain why it did not allow President Obama’s Sept. 8 speech on education to be shown live in classrooms, but is planning later in the month to send selected fifth graders to a similar message by former President George [...]

Man carrying assault weapon attends Obama protest

August 18,  2009 – About a dozen people carrying guns, including one with a military-style rifle, milled among protesters outside the convention center where President Barack Obama was giving a speech Monday — the latest incident in which protesters have openly displayed firearms near the president. Gun-rights advocates say they’re exercising their constitutional right to [...]

Obama Includes “Our Gay Brothers and Sisters” in Civil Rights Policy

July 20, 2009 – President Obama included gay rights in his Thursday address to the NAACP. The president was speaking at the centennial celebration of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), a group that advocates on behalf of African-Americans. The event, held in the ballroom of the New York Hilton, drew [...]

White House Says Surgeon General Pick Is Pro-Choice

July 16, 2009 – President Barack Obama’s nominee for surgeon general is a Catholic best known for founding an Alabama clinic that treats the poor, but her lesser-known support for abortion rights puts her at odds with her church and some of the groups that have praised her work. Regina Benjamin’s Bayou La Batre Rural [...]

President Obama Unveils A $12 Billion Education Plan For Community Colleges

July 15, 2009 – Conceding unemployment will get worse before it shrinks, President Barack Obama on Tuesday unveiled a $12 billion plan to help community colleges prepare millions of people for a new generation of jobs. Challenging critics, he said he welcomed the task of turning around the economy. “I love the folks who helped [...]

Destiny Child’s Michelle Williams To Judge Gospel Dream Reality Show

July 15, 2009 – Michelle Williams, one-third of the Grammy-award winning Destiny’s Child, who also has made a name for herself as a gospel artist, is one of the celebrity judges this season for the Gospel Music Channel’s popular American Idol®-style talent search series Gospel Dream. The fourth season of this series can be seen [...]

Justice Ginsberg Makes Weird (Racist?) Comment on Roe vs. Wade.

July 10, 2009 – Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is under criticism for seemingly saying in a new interview she thought the initial purpose of Roe v. Wade was to rid the country of those “that we don’t want to have too many of.” Ginsburg made the comments in an interview that will be [...]

Christian Senator Paid Nearly $100,000 to Mistress and Family. The Problem Is He Didn’t Pay Enough

July 10, 2009 – Sen. John Ensign said Thursday his parents gave his mistress and her family nearly $100,000 “out of concern for the well being of longtime family friends during a difficult time,” providing his first public acknowledgment that the woman received payments tied to the affair. In a statement through his attorney, Ensign [...]