Barack Obama

11 Rockstar Dads Who Do!

As we get close to Father's Day, we'd like to call out 11 awesome dads who stand out for standing up:

Even if your dad painted your roof with the American flag, dressed as Uncle Sam year-round, and woke you up every morning singing the Star-Spangled Banner, he still wouldn't win for most patriotic.

Obama's Gulf Spill Speech

Submitted by jkultgen on Wed, 06/16/2010 - 11:11

Barack Obama speaks about the Gulf Oil spill and says that that not taking action is not an option.

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Quote of the day: Barack Obama

Submitted by pma on Tue, 05/18/2010 - 10:46

via news.com.au

A veteran CGG, U2 frontman and ONE founder Bono sat down with President Barack Obama earlier this year in a comprehensive Q&A session.

Malia Obama’s favorite topic

Submitted by pma on Fri, 04/23/2010 - 11:19

via Babble.com

It’s practically a ritual. At least once a week, Malia Obama asks her father what he’s doing to help the tigers. The 11-year-old, whose favorite animal is indeed the striped feline, is concerned about what President Obama is doing to help save the endangered animal.

Overview

January 21, 2010 marks the one year anniversary of the Obama administration. Young people voted in historic numbers for Barack Obama (and Senator McCain) last year. And although too young to vote, teens were politically active in record numbers. We wondered, how are those young people feeling one year later? DoSomething.org surveyed teens and young people to discover whether they are standing by their man one year later.

Idol Gives Back is back

Submitted by hlyons on Wed, 10/14/2009 - 13:28

via ET Online

American Idol producers just announced the return of Idol Gives Back, the televised event that raises awareness and funds for various charities around the world. Viewers can make donations during and after the show, which will also be an AI results show, and one of the finalists will be sent home.

Will and Jada are "Nobel"

Submitted by hlyons on Fri, 10/09/2009 - 12:41

via People

President Obama Signs the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act

Submitted by jcassidy on Tue, 08/18/2009 - 09:52

On January 29, 2009, with the new law's namesake Lilly Ledbetter there to witness, President Obama signed into law the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act -- legislation to fight pay discrimination and ensure fundamental fairness to American workers.

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Barack Obama's views on AFFIRMATIVE ACTION

Submitted by jcassidy on Mon, 08/17/2009 - 09:49

"In his own words: Barack Obama describes his views toward ETHICS. Also get answers to your questions on dozens of OTHER TOPICS (What Obama would do?, Why Obama?, Who is Obama?)

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President Obama on National HIV Testing Day

Submitted by jcassidy on Wed, 08/12/2009 - 15:10

In commemoration of the 14th Anniversary of National HIV Testing Day, the President and First Lady release a special video.