By theGrio The White House will take advantage of technology by hosting the president’s first Google+ hangout next Monday. RELATED: Obama’s Base Focused On Jobs “Your Interview with the President,” will be a 10-person digital conference where citizens can interact with the commander in chief. Currently, you can submit questions to the president via the […]

The Barack Obama re-election campaign on Wednesday named a 31-year-old former field director for the NAACP to be African-American Vote Director for the campaign’s Operation Vote outreach effort. SEE ALSO: Obama’s Big Oil Win Stefanie Brown, formerly the national field director for the NAACP in Baltimore, Maryland, will direct the campaign’s black voter outreach efforts. […]

If you think President Barack Obama has done little for the Black community, you likely have not been keeping up with the news. Here’s NewsOne’s short list of accomplishments that the President has achieved for Black Americans — and everyone else too. SEE ALSO: Oprah: I Support Obama 100% King Leads Anti-Vietnam March 1) Awarded […]

Kappa Alpha Psi and Omega Psi Phi are forming an Obama Super PAC called “1911 United” in support of the 44th President’s 2012 re-election bid, TheRoot reports. SEE ALSO: Obama Refocuses Military Super PACs (Political Action Committee) are allowed to raise unlimited amounts money for any candidate they choose and can create attack or support […]

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration proposed a rule change Friday to reduce the time that illegal immigrant spouses and children are separated from their American relatives while they try to gain legal status in the United States. SEE ALSO: Obama Refocuses Military Currently, many illegal immigrants must leave the country before they can ask the […]

Fifty-nine percent of Latinos are unsatisfied with the Obama Administration’s handling of deportations, a survey published by  The Pew Hispanic Center reports. SEE ALSO: Mitt Romney Lacks A Mandate Deportations under the Obama’s watch have increased in record numbers, according to the survey. Nearly 400,000 immigrants are deported annually since Obama assumed the Oval Office, […]

Would President Barack Obama’s reelection campaign benefit from him supporting gay marriage, TheRoot asks. SEE ALSO: Top Ten Myths About 2012 Obama is arguably the most gay friendly president in U.S. history. His repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” and passage of a federal law that further extends protections of LGBT people firmly solidifies his […]

WASHINGTON– President Barack Obama is pushing his economic message in Ohio, brandishing his presidential megaphone in a politically important state to make certain his appeal to the middle class is heard amid the boisterous start of the Republican campaign for the White House. SEE ALSO: Santorum Says “Game On” After Iowa Caucus Obama was traveling […]

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — One presidential campaign claims an impressive effort in Iowa this year: eight offices opened, 350,000 phone calls to potential supporters and 1,280 events to recruit and train volunteers. SEE ALSO: Obama To Bomb Iran? It’s not Mitt Romney or Newt Gingrich or Ron Paul. It’s Obama for America, the president’s […]

Today Herman Cain announced that he would be “suspending” his campaign. Nobody was shocked. After getting smashed on channel after channel over charges of sexual harassment and infidelity, there was little else he could do. Related News: Newt On Fire Regardless of how you might have felt about Sharon Bialek or Karen Kraushaar, by the […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Finally, a flicker of economic hope for President Barack Obama and his fellow Democrats, even if it’s a faint one. November’s sharp drop in the unemployment rate shows that jobs are finally moving in the right direction and suggests the economy is on firmer footing as the country heads into a presidential […]

In a new BlackPlanet/NewsOne poll, 88 percent of African-Americans believe that President Barack Obama deserves a second term. Only 12 percent of those polled believe he should be a one-term president. These numbers stand in sharp contrast to a recent USA Today poll where half of the country believes Obama doesn’t deserve a second term. […]