This election saw Barack Obama inspire millions of Americans to hope, believe and work for change. However, Obama also managed to inspire millions of haters, who expended an extreme amount of negative energy in taking down the President Elect. Here is our Top 10 Obama Haters of 2008.
As Black leaders made strides on every other possible front, the exceptional figures who paved the way in athletics long before political power could be attained reached more milestones still. In light of that, NewsOne would like to highlight the ten athletes who made 2008 a cornerstone of their storied careers.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Barack Obama has named an environment team that signals his determination to tackle global warming quickly and develop alternative forms of energy.
Caroline Kennedy, who today, claimed she was seeking the Senate seat left vacant by Hillary Clinton has called Al Sharpton for his support.
Presidential electors have formally elected Barack Obama the nation's 44th president.
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From The Daily Telegraph: From flying penguins to lewd logos, tiny girls to confusing crop circles, 2008 has been a busy year for weird news. Here are the top ten "How About That" stories that got readers clicking.
From Ben Smith at Politico: Transition communications director Dan Pfeiffer says the transition’s review of its context with Blagojevich and his aides has exonerated Obama and his staff, but that U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald has asked Obama to hold back his internal reports on staff contacts with Blagojevich and his aides until December 22. Click […]
The speaker of the Illinois House is taking the first step toward possibly impeaching embattled Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
The racial gap in colon cancer death rates is widening, a new report says, and experts partly blame blacks’ lower screening rates and poor access to quality care.
From Foreign Policy: Remember when Robert Mugabe <a href="http://newsone.com/world/mugabe-says-cholera-is-contained-is-out-of-touch-with-reality/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Zimbabwe's cholera epidemic had ended, the same day the WHO said another 60,000 people were at risk? Apparently that was <a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article5330376.ece">a hilarious joke.</a>
Thousands of Iraqis took to the streets Monday to demand the release of a reporter who threw his shoes at President George W. Bush, as Arabs across many parts of the Middle East hailed the journalist as a hero and praised his insult as a proper send-off to the unpopular U.S. president.
