BEIJING (NNPA) – When Americans think of China, it is usually a faded image frozen in time. It is an old film, shot in what could pass as the beginning of time, of cold, dour, high-stepping soldiers bouncing past a review stand in unison with a rifle resting on one shoulder and both eyes fixed […]
Author Archives: George E. Curry
NNPA Editor-in-Chief
Posted inNational News, Religion
White House Aide: Obama Hasn’t Abandoned Blacks
WASHINGTON (NNPA) – President Obama has launched initiatives and backed legislation that have significantly helped African-Americans throughout his time in office even though there is a perception in some quarters that the nation’s first Black president hasn’t done as much for African-Americans as he has for Latinos, gays and lesbians, and other groups, according to […]
Posted inCommentary
Obama Challenges Congress to Complete ‘Unfinished Task’
WASHINGTON (NNPA) – After laying out a progressive agenda for his second term in his inaugural address, President Obama followed up Tuesday night with a series of specific proposals in his State of the Union address that include increasing and indexing the minimum wage, repairing deteriorated infrastructure, and investing in education and clean energy. “It […]
Posted inInauguration 2013
Obama Opens Second Term with a Bold Return to his Base
WASHINGTON (NNPA) — Rejecting calls for him to move closer toward his Republican critics, a confident President Barack H. Obama kicked off his second term on Monday by making an impassioned plea for a more inclusive America. “It is not our generation’s task to carry on what those pioneers began,” Obama said in his inaugural […]
Posted inWashington D.C. News
Next Budget Showdown Could Lead to More Cuts
WASHINGTON (NNPA) – After blinking during in a New Year’s Day showdown with President Obama that could have triggered across-the-board spending cuts and significant tax increases, Republicans are poised to seek deep cuts in spending that would violate the “balanced” approach to the deficit that the president has advocated. In an interview Sunday on ABC’s […]
Posted inCommentary
One Week, Two Sides of Obama
Over the span of one week, two different sides of President Obama emerged in different yet unforgettable terms. This first was political, involving Susan Rice’s decision to withdraw her name as a candidate for Secretary of State. The second was deeply personal in the wake of mass murders in a Newtown, Conn. elementary school. In […]
Posted inCommentary
The Right-Wing Witch Hunt Against Susan Rice
Media Matters, the media monitoring group, has published a report titled, “Myths And Facts About The Right-Wing Witch Hunt Against Susan Rice.” It is a point-by-point rebuttal of some of the most flagrant lies about United Nations Ambassador Susan E. Rice, President Obama’s leading candidate to succeed Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State. Below are […]
Posted inWashington D.C. News
GOP’s Attacks on Susan Rice “Racist” and “Sexist”
WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Representative Marcia Fudge, the newly-elected chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, said politically-inspired charges that United Nations Ambassador Susan E. Rice is “not very bright” and is “unqualified” to be named Secretary of State by President Obama are racist and sexist in addition to being untrue. “ the things they have disliked […]
Posted inNational News
Supreme Court to Hear Voting Rights Act Challenge
WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The U. S. Supreme Court has agreed to review a challenge to the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The court agreed Nov. 9 to hear a case from Shelby County, Ala., near Birmingham, that questions whether Congress exceeded its authority when it voted in 2006 to renew Section 5 of the Voting […]
Posted inCommentary
Obama’s Media Coverage Half as Positive as 2008
Barack Obama campaigned for president four years ago on a theme of change. Now, four years later, he has seen change in the way the media has covered him – change for the worse. That’s a major finding of an exhaustive study by the Pew Research Center titled, “Winning the Media Campaign 2012.” The report […]
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Romney Calls Obama Supporters Freeloaders
WASHINGTON (NNPA) – In a private discussion with millionaire donors, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney stereotyped those who voted for President Obama in 2008 as “victims” who want and expect a free ride from the federal government. The surreptitiously recorded video of Romney’s unusually candid remarks was obtained by Mother Jones magazine. Romney spoke and […]
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Obama Needs to Project More than Hope
The primary goal of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C. this week is to highlight the sharp contrast between the policies of President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, his Republican opponent. In the past, political conventions were used to count delegates to determine each party’s respective presidential nominee. That has changed in recent years, […]