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Brotherhood Crusade Youth Meet President Barack Obama

Sentinel News ServiceAugust 7, 2014

President Obama and young men from Los Angeles, including Brotherhood Crusade youth Armando Reyes Jr., Anthony Escobar, Kevin Escobar, and Semaj Clark. (photo Courtesy of Liberty Hill Foundation) If you ever receive an invitation to meet the president of the United States, here’s what you do: drop everything else on your schedule, don’t try to tell your friends—they won’t believe you, and remember to obey the Secret Service when you arrive. That’s the advice of Armando Reyes Jr., of the Brotherhood Crusade, who was one of 16 young men selected to meet with President Barack Obama during his July 24

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Opinion

Finally, the Barack Obama I Voted For

George E. Curry NNPA ColumnistJuly 25, 2013

For more than four years, I have said that I liked candidate Barack Obama better than I like President Obama. Candidate Obama addressed the question of race head-on when pressured to distance himself from Rev. Jeremiah Wright, the Chicago pastor who led him to Christianity. But President Obama has been a different story. According to research conducted by Daniel Q. Gillion, an assistant professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania, in Obama’s first two years in office, the nation’s first Black president made fewer speeches and offered fewer executive policies on race than any Democratic president since 1961.

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Political

Young, Gifted, Black & Brilliant! BARACK OBAMA RE-ELECTED

Yussuf J. Simmonds (Managing Editor)November 7, 2012

          Photos by Gary Hunter   “Four More Years … Four More Years”   All over the country, President Obama’s supporters were rejoicing: horns blasting, people jumping in the air, hugging each other and celebrating as jubilant as four more years ago, chanting in unison, “Four more years.”  It was a hard fought, bruising victory and the President got what he deserved: four more years.    Just before he went on the stage, he sent (e-blasted) out a thank-you to his millions of supporters stating, “I’m about to go speak to the crowd here in Chicago,

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National

President Barack Obama tackles Immigration

Yussuf J. SimmondsJune 21, 2012

President Obama speaking in the Rose Garden Should children pay for the “sins” of their parents? A vigorous debate is presently raging throughout the nation about President Obama’s announcement that his administration would not arbitrarily deport those undocumented young immigrants whose parents came to this country illegally and brought their children. Immigration rights advocates have praised the President’s pronouncements while others (some immigrants included) have denounced his actions as merely a political ploy in an election year.  By signing the executive order, it potentially affected about 800,000 people, whose pending deportations will be deferred since, according to news reports, the

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Education

Open House at Barack Obama Global Preparation Day

Sentinel News ServiceNovember 15, 2010

6th grade students Myles Kennedy-Tatum and Julissa Ceja offer perspectives on their first day of school.   Barack Obama Global Preparation Academy open house and ribbon cutting – 6th grade students Myles Kennedy-Tatum and Julissa Ceja offer perspectives on their first day of school. The 1400-student middle school, located on 46th and Western Avenue, is one of three newly constructed schools that opened September 13 within LAUSD Board Member Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte’s District. On hand for the occasion were Senator Curren Price, Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, former LAUSD Board Member Rita Walters and representatives from the offices of Congresswoman Diane Watson

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National

President Barack Obama Endorses Kamala Harris for California Attorney General

Sentinel News ServiceOctober 14, 2010

Kamala Harris D.A. of San Francisco with Presidente Barak Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama. SAN FRANCISCO–President Barack Obama has endorsed San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris in her candidacy to become California’s next Attorney General. Kamala was the first elected official in California to endorse President Obama during the 1998 Presidential Election and was co-chair of his California campaign.In an email distributed by the Democratic National Committee/ Organizing for America on Saturday, President Obama stated the following about Harris: “Kamala Harris has always been a strong voice for Californians. “As San Francisco District Attorney, she launched early intervention programs

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National

President Barack Obama – The Second Hundred Days

Yussuf Simmonds (Managing Editor)August 5, 2009

President Barack Obama takes a break from his official duties to celebrate his 48th birthday August 4, at the White House Press Briefing Room in Washington. Photo by AP Photo/Ron Edwards President Barack Obama–the second hundred days There is the TARP, Healthcare Reform, Supreme Court Nominee, Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Global Warming and Cash for Clunkers; the President turned 48 on Tuesday. By Yussuf J. SimmondsSentinel Assistant Managing Editor As expected, President Barack Obama is now further into his first term; and whatever is happening–good, bad or indifferent–is all on his shoulders. It’s now his watch exclusively, at least,