The Fabric of America
On Friday, President Obama will travel to Baltimore, Maryland for the second of his “Middle Class Jobs & Opportunity Tours.” In his State of the Union address, the President laid out his belief that the middle class is the engine of economic growth. To reignite that engine, there are three … [Read more...]
By: April Ryan, aprildryan.com President Obama dealt with weighty issues Wednesday to include the release of emails relating to the deadly attack in Benghazi, Libya to quell congressional charges of a cover up. The President sat in on several meetings to include a session with the Treasury … [Read more...]
From Press Secretary Jay Carney: “Other than press reports, we have no knowledge of any attempt by the Justice Department to seek phone records of the AP. We are not involved in decisions made in connection with criminal investigations, as those matters are handled independently by the … [Read more...]
Starting with Mother’s Day, next week we celebrate National Women’s Health Week. As a nation, we honor the women in our lives – our mothers, grandmothers, aunts, sisters, cousins, friends, and colleagues – by encouraging them to make their health a priority and to take steps to live … [Read more...]
By James Nash, Bloomberg News More than a decade after Los Angeles started trying to sidestep California’s affirmative action ban, firms owned by white men won 92 percent of the $2.1 billion in contracts awarded by the city, though they’re just 14 percent of the population. A diversity … [Read more...]
THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the First Lady ________________________________________________________________ For Immediate Release May 11, 2013 REMARKS BY THE FIRST LADY AT EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY COMMENCEMENT Eastern Kentucky University Alumni Coliseum Richmond, Kentucky 8:21 P.M. … [Read more...]
By: Benjamin Todd Jealous, NAACP African Americans have spent much of our history fighting for equal treatment. Just two generations ago, our parents and our grandparents were banned from eating at certain restaurants, attending certain schools, and working in certain professions. So it is not … [Read more...]
By Joe Vardon and Ben Sutherly - Columbus Dispatch President Barack Obama urged Ohio State’s graduating class today to “participate” and “persevere” in a brand of citizenship that “is a harder, higher road to take” but it “leads to a better place.” Continue on … [Read more...]
WASHINGTON, DC - Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Chair Marcia L. Fudge released the following statement today on President Obama's nomination of CBC Member and former CBC Chair Rep. Mel Watt as Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA): "With the nomination of Congressman Mel Watt … [Read more...]
President Obama announces he is nominating Mel Watt to lead the Federal Housing Finance Agency and Tom Wheeler to chair the Federal Communications Commission. … [Read more...]
