Tag: President Obama
Obama wants his private presidential center on public land—and mainstream media...
Advocates say an alternate site in Washington Park is less disruptive and more beneficial to the community and the environment.
Obama insider confirms former president ready to back whoever wins 2020...
"...and whoever emerges from the primary process, I will work my tail off to make sure that they are the next president."
Did Barack Obama bring us Donald Trump?
I read an analysis by Bert Wolfe about Barack Obama. It made me sad to read it, even though it was perfectly...
“It wasn’t a golden age”: Cornel West says democrats have to...
Harvard professor Cornel West joins us from Detroit, where he attended both nights of the Democratic debate. He talks about the troubling...
Trump’s hurricane of hate
Trump will only back down if faced with massive grass-roots pressure.
How Obama took foreign policy forward – and back
When it came to race, climate, or diplomacy, Obama was like a visitor from the future. On trade and intervention, however, he was often stuck in the past.
Obama should have repealed the 1917 Espionage Act in addition to...
Obama and Holder have bequeathed yet another tool of authoritarianism to the incoming Trumpian troglodytes.
Obama’s covert drone war in numbers: ten times more strikes than...
It is possible attacks will resume with the change in presidency in January.
BREAKING: President Obama commutes Chelsea Manning’s sentence
The commutation was part of Obama’s Tuesday announcement of 209 commutations and 64 pardons.
Utah’s new national monument marks big win for the protection of...
By permanently protecting an area rich in indigenous cultural history, Obama has shown that some things are worth more than money.
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Adidas follows global trend to end use of kangaroo leather in all products
Adidas' announcement follows a global trend toward ethical and sustainable fashion, where Nike, Puma, New Balance, and Diadora also ended the use of kangaroo leather in its products in recent years.
Trump EPA rolls back protections from toxic forever chemicals in drinking water
Amid pressure from chemical and utility industries, the Trump administration weakens key PFAS drinking water regulations—exposing millions to cancer-linked toxins.
Trump-Musk Social Security fraud hunt yields chaos, not criminals
An internal document reveals that the Trump administration’s crackdown on supposed fraud in Social Security phone claims has identified just two questionable cases out of more than 110,000—prompting bipartisan outrage and warnings of a politically motivated attack on the program.
The rise of AI warfare: How autonomous weapons and cognitive warfare are reshaping global...
The future of warfare may be decided by AI, but will humans have a role to play?
Harm reduction, not border cops, credited for historic drop in US overdose deaths
Experts say grassroots public health efforts—not federal drug crackdowns—are driving the largest decline in overdose deaths ever recorded, despite ongoing political attacks on harm reduction.