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Obama’s callout to Black men touches a nerve among Democrats. Is election-year misogyny at play?

WASHINGTON (AP) — Barack Obama had frank words for Black men who may be considering sitting out the election. “Part of it makes me think that, well, you just aren’t feeling the idea of having a woman as president, and you’re coming up with other alternatives and other reasons for that,” he said Thursday to Harris-Walz campaign volunteers and officials at a field office in Pittsburgh. America’s first Black president touched a nerve among Democrats worried about Vice President Kamala […]

todayOctober 14, 2024

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Kamala Harris and Michelle Obama’s friendship explained

It was the endorsement heard around the world. After much anxious debating over whether Barack and Michelle Obama would endorse Kamala Harris’ run for president in July, the former U.S. president and first lady came out front in support of her candidacy days after President Joe Biden passed the torch to his vice president. “Hey there!” Michelle Obama can be heard saying over the speakerphone with Vice President Harris, captured on camera for a Harris campaign video. “Aw you’re both together, […]

todayOctober 4, 2024 1

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At the DNC, the Obamas rebuked more than Trump. They rebuked Trumpism.

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. Barack and Michelle Obama are the two best orators in the Democratic Party today, and they showed that again Tuesday night. Their speeches at the Democratic National Convention made a compelling, emotional, values-based argument in favor of Kamala Harris and against Donald Trump. Michelle’s speech started with the message that she could feel hope returning, a note that linked Harris’ joyful, optimistic, […]

todayAugust 21, 2024 1

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‘Kamala!’: Obamas call Harris to deliver endorsement for president in campaign video

In a new campaign video released on Friday, former President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama called Vice President Kamala Harris to endorse her for president. “Kamala!” President Obama shouted over the phone as Harris headed to her motorcade while on the campaign trail.  “We called to say, Michelle and I couldn’t be prouder to endorse you and do everything we can to get you through this election and into the Oval Office,” said Obama, the 44th president of […]

todayJuly 26, 2024

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