Obama Race Issue

The persistent pay gap between women and men in the United States right up to Hollywood stars is emerging as a 2016 campaign issue, but experts say its root causes are complex.

Stung by criticism over what she said during her husband's first run for the presidency, Michelle Obama was measured in sharing her views when she entered the White House in 2009.

US President Barack Obama issued an appeal on Monday for restraint by protesters and police after a Missouri grand jury decided not to indict a white police officer in the shooting death of a black teen last August.

Visiting US Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday discussed bilateral issues with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a prelude to the summit meeting between US President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Modi in Washington in September.

A nation at war, crippling joblessness and a looming budget standoff that could wreck the economy have been overshadowed in recent days by an issue that polls show doesn't even crack voters' lists of top 10 concerns: abortion.

With a black President, in the White House, can race issues be far behind? A new controversy for Barack Obama over the Shirley Sherrod episode brings the spotlight on the colour of Obama's officials - the question being asked: Is Barack Obama's White House too white? That's what the NYT's columnist Maureen Dowd says.This accusation has been caused ...

It was exactly one year ago on Thursday that President Obama  plunged into a thicket of racial politics by declaring that a white police officer in Cambridge, Mass., had "acted stupidly" in arresting a black Harvard University  professor in his own home. Suddenly, the president whose election suggested the promise of a postracial future w...

Obama admits race is a volatile issue, but the health plan controversy has little to do with it.

The persistent pay gap between women and men in the United States right up to Hollywood stars is emerging as a 2016 campaign issue, but experts say its root causes are complex.

Stung by criticism over what she said during her husband's first run for the presidency, Michelle Obama was measured in sharing her views when she entered the White House in 2009.

US President Barack Obama issued an appeal on Monday for restraint by protesters and police after a Missouri grand jury decided not to indict a white police officer in the shooting death of a black teen last August.

Visiting US Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday discussed bilateral issues with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a prelude to the summit meeting between US President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Modi in Washington in September.

A nation at war, crippling joblessness and a looming budget standoff that could wreck the economy have been overshadowed in recent days by an issue that polls show doesn't even crack voters' lists of top 10 concerns: abortion.

With a black President, in the White House, can race issues be far behind? A new controversy for Barack Obama over the Shirley Sherrod episode brings the spotlight on the colour of Obama's officials - the question being asked: Is Barack Obama's White House too white? That's what the NYT's columnist Maureen Dowd says.This accusation has been caused ...

It was exactly one year ago on Thursday that President Obama  plunged into a thicket of racial politics by declaring that a white police officer in Cambridge, Mass., had "acted stupidly" in arresting a black Harvard University  professor in his own home. Suddenly, the president whose election suggested the promise of a postracial future w...

Obama admits race is a volatile issue, but the health plan controversy has little to do with it.