2009-07-04: Headlines
TPMCafé: Obama and the Human Rights Council. Uh-- Mr. President, Did You ... 2009-07-04
Today I received a petition from the Care2 Petition Site asking me to sign a petition thanking President Obama for reversing the previous administration' ...
Menassat: Jack Shaheen: Obama delivers a message of peace to the Muslim world 2009-07-04
Originally published on The Huffington Post, Christian Avard talked with Jack Shaheen, author of the groundbreaking work Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood ...
Seattle Times: David S. Broder / Syndicated columnist Obama, Democrats must ... 2009-07-04
Now that Al Franken of Minnesota will join the Senate, Democrats, on paper, have the filibuster-proof power to pass whatever bills they want.
Common Dreams (press release): Russia/US: Obama Should Press Medvedev on Rights at Summit 2009-07-03
WASHINGTON - July 3 - President Barack Obama should signal clearly to people in Russia when he visits Moscow on July 6, 2009, that human rights in their ...
The Metropolitain: Human dignity, religious rights, and Obama 2009-07-03
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations in 1948 without ...
Public News Service: Obama Education Secretary Gets a Grilling from 10000 Teachers 2009-07-03
Las Vegas, NV President Obama's new education secretary opened himself to tough questions from 10000 teachers Thursday and addressed concerns about where ...
Philadelphia Daily News: (No) progress on gay rights: What's Obama waiting for? 2009-07-03
AT A LUNCH with gay leaders at the White House on Monday, President Obama said, "It's not for me to tell you to be patient" to get equal rights.
2009-07-03: Headlines
Public News Service: Obama Education Secretary Gets a Grilling from 10000 Teachers 2009-07-03
Las Vegas, NV President Obama's new education secretary opened himself to tough questions from 10000 teachers Thursday and addressed concerns about where ...
Philadelphia Daily News: (No) progress on gay rights: What's Obama waiting for? 2009-07-03
AT A LUNCH with gay leaders at the White House on Monday, President Obama said, "It's not for me to tell you to be patient" to get equal rights.
Foster Folly News: Obama Announces Rural Tour - Chipley Florida Online Newspaper 2009-07-03
WASHINGTON DC President Obama has announced the launch of his Administration's Rural Tour. This summer, over the course of the next few weeks and month ...
ReliefWeb (press release): Obama calls for human rights improvements: Colombia needs to ... 2009-07-02
Monday's meeting between US President Barack Obama and his Colombian counterpart, Alvaro Uribe, marks a shift in US foreign policy towards Colombi ...
On Top Magazine: Obama's Reality On Civil Rights, Gay Rights 2009-07-02
President Obama made powerful, significant statements at the June 29th LGBT Stonewall reception, but I fear that the most telling word ...
Los Angeles Times: Obama on Civil Rights Act: Good but not good enough 2009-07-02
Forty-five years ago today, President Johnson signed into law historic legislation that moved America closer toward fulfilling the dream of our founding ...
Los Angeles Times: Leahy: Republicans told him that they would have objected ... 2009-07-02
By AP MIDDLESEX, Vt. (AP) The chairman of the Senate's upcoming Supreme Court hearings says Republicans told him they would have objected no matter whom ...
OpEdNews: Say A Few Words In Favour Of Peace, Dear Obama 2009-07-02
There will be no denying that now the whole world is demanding peace as the deaths and destruction in various parts of the world have been affecting ...
ISRIA: White House - President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts 2009-07-02
President Obama said, "I am confident that these fine individuals will represent our nation abroad with distinction, and strengthen our diplomatic effort ...
Pork Magazine: Animal Rights Tied to Obama's Regulatory Czar Pick 2009-07-02
Several farm groups have raised concerns over President Obama's candidate for regulation czar, Harvard law professor Cass Sunstein, because Sunstein h ...
U.S. News & World Report: Boehner, Republicans Sick the Dogs on the Obama Stimulus Package 2009-07-02
With unemployment now at a 26-year high of 9.5 percent, House Republican Leader John Boehner of Ohio released ...
Atlantic Online: Obama, Lincoln, and Gay Rights 2009-07-02
Sean Wilentz's lengthy book review of several Lincoln biographies isn't up on The New Republic's website yet, [actually it is, my bad] but his criticism ...
Environmental Expert (press release): Obama Administration announces up to US$32m initiative to exp ... 2009-07-02
US Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu this week announced up to $32 million in Recovery Act funding to modernize the existing hydropower ...
Wisconsin State Journal: Reader views: Education funds; Obama naive; immigration policy 2009-07-02
I was disappointed to hear on a "News Hour" report on the fate of the federal stimulus funds intended for addressing shortfalls in the American educati ...
Asheville Citizen-Times: Obama's Organizing for America announces statewide tour 2009-07-02
Washinton, DC Organizing for America, a project of the Democratic National Committee committed to building on and strengthening the historic grassroot ...
OhMyGov!: Michelle Obama announces $851 million in grants to support ... 2009-07-02
First Lady Michelle Obama was the first to announce a broad and sweeping grants program for community health centers (CHCs) this week.
2009-07-02: Headlines
ReliefWeb (press release): Obama calls for human rights improvements: Columbia needs to ... 2009-07-02
Monday's meeting between US President Barack Obama and his Colombian counterpart, Alvaro Uribe, marks a shift in US foreign policy towards Colombi ...
OhMyGov!: Michelle Obama announces $851 million in grants to support ... 2009-07-02
First Lady Michelle Obama was the first to announce a broad and sweeping grants program for community health centers (CHCs) this week.
Jordan Times: Jordan expects Obama to announce Mideast peace plan by end of July 2009-07-01
AMMAN - US President Barack Obama is expected to announce by the end of July a plan to achieve peace in the Middle East, the government ...
Times Online: Barack Obama's great gamble may be last chance for Middle East peace 2009-07-01
If airline travel counted as progress then you could say that Israel and the Palestinians had a good chance of a deal. Ehud Barak, Israel's Defence Minister ...
Campus Progress: The Civil Rights Act in a Post-Obama World 2009-07-01
On the 45th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act, where we stand and where we must go in continuing the struggle for civil rights in America.
Canada Free Press: Obama & Iran: Human Rights on the Backburner 2009-07-01
By Online Wednesday, July 1, 2009 Just as the thugs on Iran's Guardian Council were confirming Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as president, Barack Obama and his top ...
Environmental Expert (press release): Obama Administration announces up to US$32m initiative to exp ... 2009-07-01
US Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced up to $32 million in Recovery Act funding to modernize the existing hydropower infrastructure ...
Nebraska StatePaper.com: Obama Should Have Admonished DOJ On Gay Rights Issue 2009-07-01
A former friend, who disagreed with my support of Barack Obama last November so much that he dropped me from his Christmas card list ...
Webnewswire.com: President Obama Announces Rural Tour with Cabinet Secretaries ... 2009-07-01
Today, President Obama announced the launch of his Administration's Rural Tour. This summer, over the course of the next few weeks and month ...
Globe and Mail: Obama speech kick starts Mideast peace talks 2009-07-01
Spurred by US President Barack Obama's address to the Muslim world in Cairo last month, no less than six sets of negotiations now are taking place ...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Missouri Republicans continue to question Obama citizenship 2009-07-01
JEFFERSON CITY — Two Missouri state representatives today attended meetings conducted by Orly Taitz in which the California dentist ...
FOXNews: How Republicans Can Stop Handing Victories to Obama 2009-07-01
For Republicans to stop delivering victories to Obama they need to engage our country in a righteous fight to distinguish us from the sagging ...
The Weekly Standard: Foreign Policy Initiative Letter Asks Obama to Make Human Right ... 2009-07-01
A group of American foreign policy experts and rights advocates asked President Barack Obama to focus on democracy and human rights when meeting ...
TPMCafé: Lobby Agonistes: Worries That Obama Is Serious About Peace 2009-07-01
It is by Gary Rosenblatt, editor of the New York Jewish Week, and one of the most highly respected writers in Jewish ...
FOXNews: Romney Urges Republicans to 'Stand Up' to Obama's Policies 2009-07-01
At a time when Republicans desperately are searching for a unifying leader and message, and Democrats add to their ranks in Congre ...
2009-07-01: Headlines
Reiten Television KXMB Bismarck: Rent-Seeking: Wal-Mart Announces Support For Obama's Health C ... 2009-07-01
Disclaimer: This article is a blog post and does not represent the views or opinions of Reiten Television, KXNet.com, its staff and associates and is wholly ...
Environmental Expert (press release): Obama administration announces up to $32 million initiative ... 2009-07-01
US Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced up to $32 million in Recovery Act funding to modernize the existing hydropower infrastructure ...
Webnewswire.com: President Obama Announces Rural Tour with Cabinet Secretaries ... 2009-07-01
Today, President Obama announced the launch of his Administration's Rural Tour. This summer, over the course of the next few weeks and month ...
Bulatlat: Worsening Human-Rights Situation in the Philippines Is ... 2009-06-30
The crimes and other atrocities stemming from the implementation of Oplan Bantay Laya are directly instigated by the so-called war on terror, which ...
New York Daily News: Gay-rights advocate complain over President Obama's handling ... 2009-06-30
A vendor sells badges featuring pictures of Barack Obama in November 2008, back when gay-rights advocates had a rosier view of the ...
LifeNews.com: Thanks to President Obama Federal Abstinence Education Funding ... 2009-06-30
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Today marked the end of federal funding of abstinence education under the Title V Abstinence Educati ...
U.S. News & World Report: Obama's Justice Department Renews Civil Rights Fight 2009-06-30
It is a telling reflection of the priorities of the last president that one of the few civil rights cases before the nation's high court ...
Earthtoys (press release): PRESIDENT OBAMA ANNOUNCES NEW LIGHT BULB STANDARDS 2009-06-30
Washington DC (June 29, 2009): New national minimum energy efficiency requirements for light bulbs will save more energy than any other standard ever issued ...
Politico: Obama veto threat has firm in crosshairs 2009-06-30
The immediate fortune of engine manufacturer Pratt and Whitney is stuck between two presidential vetoes.
Himal Southasian: Academics to Obama: Forget the militaries! Demilitarisati ... 2009-06-30
Reframing a regional approach to South Asia for the new administration of Barack Obama. A report prepared by the New York University Institute of Public ...
The Spoof (satire): President Obama Announces Official Michael Jackson Day 2009-06-30
WASHINGTON, DC - President Barack Obama at a White House press conference has stated that he is issuing a presidential proclamation designating Michael ...
WTOP: Kaine to talk DC voting rights with Obama 2009-06-30
WASHINGTON - While the latest effort to secure residents of the District of Columbia a vote in Congress is on life support - and dying a slow death - ...
American Thinker: Obama's Attraction to Human Rights Violators 2009-06-30
"To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history ...
2009-06-30: Headlines
Bulatlat: Worsening Human-Rights Situation in the Philippines Is ... 2009-06-30
The crimes and other atrocities stemming from the implementation of Oplan Bantay Laya are directly instigated by the so-called war on terror, which ...
Politico: Obama veto threat has firm in crosshairs 2009-06-30
The immediate fortune of engine manufacturer Pratt and Whitney is stuck between two presidential vetoes.
American Thinker: Obama's Attraction to Human Rights Violators 2009-06-30
"To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history ...
Boston Globe: Obama asks for patience, promises more progress on gay rights 2009-06-30
The Obamas hosted a White House reception yesterday to mark the 40th anniversary of the gay rights movement. (Kristoffer Tripplaar-Pool/ Getty Images)
TMCnet: Obama Praises Demonstrators' "Enduring Pursuit of Justice" 2009-06-29
Jun 29, 2009 (STATE DEPARTMENT RELEASE/contentworks via COMTEX) -- Washington -- President Obama says the bravery of Iranian demonstrators as they face ...
Voice of America: Obama Announces New Energy Conservation Steps 2009-06-29
US President Barack Obama is pushing energy conservation in American homes and businesses, starting with a new set of standards ...
Ha'aretz: Slapping Obama, or Please God, keep Israel from making peace 2009-06-29
The following is the second installment of the Outpost Watch, a project aimed at helping monitor outposts and clarify the potential ...
Washington Times: Obama: Republicans are "behind the times" 2009-06-29
President Obama on Sunday mocked Republicans who opposed the House energy bill and actually cheered Friday ...
Christian Post: Obama, the Fly, and Animal Rights 2009-06-29
During the election last fall I had been led to believe that Barack Obama would not even hurt a fly. As a result, it took me some time ...
13wmaz: Obama Announces New Lighting Standards 2009-06-29
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House says it's confident that the Senate will pass comprehensive energy legislation. President Barack Obama's top energy ...
T.H.E. Journal: Obama Administration: Technology at the Heart of Education Reform 2009-06-29
"Technology is core and essential to the strategies we are using to reform education." That was the message from both Jim Shelt ...
SNE: Obama highlighted human rights progress of Colombia 2009-06-29
At the end of the meeting with President Ãlvaro Uribe at the White House, the President of the United States, Barack Obama, highlighted the reduction ...
CQPolitics.com: Defense Bills Defy Obama's First Veto Threat 2009-06-29
In a challenge to White House efforts to reshape military spending, and in defiance of President Obama's first veto thre ...
ABC News: Michelle Obama Announces Money for Health Clinics 2009-06-29
Michelle Obama stepped into the health care policy debate this afternoon, criticizing the current state of care in America and announcing the release ...
Whitehouse.gov (press release): President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts 2009-06-29
WASHINGTON, DC Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals for key administration posts: Peggy E. Gustaf ...
2009-06-29: Headlines
CQPolitics.com: Defense Bills Defy Obama's First Veto Threat 2009-06-29
In a challenge to White House efforts to reshape military spending, and in defiance of President Obama's first veto thre ...
On Top Magazine: Obama To Celebrate Birth Of Gay Rights Movement 2009-06-28
President Obama will celebrate the birth of the modern gay rights movement with a handful of gay rights leaders Monday ...
Examiner.com: Corruption in America: Obama Justice Department 2009-06-28
A default judgment against the New Black Pather Party (NBPP) in connection with a case of voter intimidation on Election Day, November 4, 2008 was dismissed ...
BBSNews: Obama Should Press Colombian President Uribe on Human Rights Concerns 2009-06-28
BBSNews 2009-06-28 -- Washington, DC, (HRW) President Barack Obama should raise human rights concerns on June 29, 2009, during his first official meeting ...
eTaiwan News: Obama adviser hits Republicans on climate change 2009-06-28
AP One of President Barack Obama's top advisers says Republicans are using inaction as a political strategy. White House aide David Axelrod said Sunday th ...
2009-06-28: Headlines
eTaiwan News: Obama adviser hits Republicans on climate change 2009-06-28
AP One of President Barack Obama's top advisers says Republicans are using inaction as a political strategy. White House aide David Axelrod said Sunday th ...
BBSNews: Obama Should Press Colombian President Uribe on Human Rights Concerns 2009-06-28
BBSNews 2009-06-28 -- Washington, DC, (HRW) President Barack Obama should raise human rights concerns on June 29, 2009, during his first official meeting ...
Examiner.com: Corruption in America: Obama Justice Department 2009-06-28
A default judgement against the New Black Pather Party (NBPP) in connection with a case of voter intimidation on Election Day, November 4 ...
On Top Magazine: Obama To Celebrate Birth Of Gay Rights Movement 2009-06-28
President Obama will celebrate the birth of the modern gay rights movement with a handful of gay rights leaders Monday ...
Los Angeles Times: After all the Obama administration's big spending, Republic ... 2009-06-27
WASHINGTON (AP) Republicans concerned about the Obama administration's big spending on economic stimulus, energy and health care are asking ...
AINA: The Education of Barack Obama 2009-06-27
One June 12, Iran's population headed to the polls; over the next few days, an unexpected Green Revolution erupted, as millions took to the streets ...