Donald Trump has now definitively said he believes the president “was born in the United States, period.” For years,Trump has raised questions about the president’s birth certificate, keeping alive “birther” conspiracy theories. His campaign has tried to blame the birther issue on Hillary Clinton, claims that are widely unfounded.

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Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Thursday reignited controversy about his role in the birther movement after he refused “again to acknowledge that President Obama was born in the United States,” writes The New York Times. The move prompted his campaign, not Trump, to release a statement saying the candidate believes the president was indeed […]

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A video surfaced of the incident at the festival last week.

Combatting the stereotype of apathetic youth, Rock the Vote – the nonpartisan nonprofit created to see young people through America’s political process – has found a new way to galvanize and inspire millennials to vote in the upcoming election in November… Art. Using innovation and creativity, the organization partnered with #Cut50 and other national and community […]

Combatting the stereotype of apathetic youth, Rock the Vote – the nonpartisan nonprofit created to see young people through America’s political process – has found a new way to galvanize and inspire millennials to vote in the upcoming election in November… Art. Using innovation and creativity, the organization partnered with #Cut50 and other national and community […]

For decades, old-guard civil rights groups like the National Urban League, the NAACP, and even Al Sharpton‘s National Action Network, have been the go-to groups for elected officials to get a read on the needs and demands of Black voters. But Black Lives Matter, with its tight social media game, has shifted the paradigm, forcing civil rights […]

The first family will enjoy the island for two weeks, before a busy fall.

We’ve seen Barack Obama transform from a boyish-looking lawmaker with jet black hair and a fresh face to a staid elder statesman, who is a littler grayer and world-weary. “My girls remind me all the time: ‘Wow, you’ve changed so much, daddy,’” he said at the Democratic National Convention last month in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. “And then they try […]

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Michelle Obama has always been the epitome of style and beauty, and let’s just say that she is definitely using her last few months in the White House to show us just how stylish and fashionable a First Lady can be.   At tonight’s White House State Dinner, Michelle Obama showed up and looked absolutely […]

Hillary Clinton made history this week by becoming the first female presidential nominee in history.

Election 2016

"He is trying to tell us he cares about the middle class. Give me a break. That is a bunch of malarkey."