Obama

Barbara-Lee-Black-Star

Barbara Lee: Syria poses no imminent threat to the U.S.

During his 2007 presidential campaign, Barack Obama told the Boston Globe that,“The President does not have power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a ...

Egypt’s Military Should Restore Morsi, Elected President

Coup leader Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Sissi, [Black Star News Editorial] Now Egypt is torn with bloody confrontations between supporters of the duly elected president ...

Obama’s Africa Trip Can Be More Effective Since He’s No Longer Seen As ‘The Messiah’

[Publisher’s Commentary]   It’s good that President Barack Obama is visiting Africa again today, not as a Messiah, but as leader of the remaining ...

Obama’s Tanzania Visit Is Also Homage To Julius Nyerere

[Publisher’s Commentary] How fitting that the United Republic of Tanzania should be the East African nation that welcomes President Barack Obama. Tanzania’s independence leader ...

Is Obama talking to Kagame through Kikwete about Congo?

  Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete sparked the outrage of Rwandan President Paul Kagame and other prominent Rwandans last week when he said, at the ...

House Okays Deal Averting Fiscal Cliff

On January 2, 2013, as the 112 Congress was preparing to make way for the incoming 113 Congress, the House of Representatives passed legislation, ...

Profits Vs. Blood: Why NRA and Republicans Oppose Gun Control

[Speaking Truth To Power]  On Wednesday, President Barack Obama introduced a number of initiatives to combat the scourge of gun violence plaguing the country—especially ...