Obama Lifts Global Hopes
People across the globe believe Barack Obama will improve US relations with the rest of the world, a new survey for the BBC World Service released this week showed.
Lula Calls for Change in US Policy towards Latin America
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said that Barack Obama has the opportunity to look at Latin America from a democratic perspective, following his inauguration as US President on Tuesday.
Labor Campaign for Single-Payer Healthcare
St. Louis – More than 150 union leaders from 31 states gathered in St. Louis last weekend to step up a grassroots campaign to enact comprehensive national healthcare reform. The group is promoting a single-payer plan, which would work like an improved and expanded Medicare program to cover everyone.
Obama Reaffirms Commitment to Closing Guantánamo
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 12 (acn) US President-elect Barack Obama has reaffirmed his commitment the closing the prison at the US Naval Base his country illegally maintains at Guantánamo Bay, in the southeastern region of the Cuban archipelago.
Obama Pledges Transparency of Economic Recovery Package
In a meeting with his top economic advisors, Jan. 6th, President-elect Barack Obama pledged to ban earmarks from his economic recovery package and to establish an oversight group to ensure the money would be spent wisely.
Obama Reiterates Economic Stimulus Plan in Weekly Address
In his weekend video address to the nation, President-elect Barack Obama called on Congress for fast action on a plan to stimulate the US economy. Obama re-stated his plan to invest in rebuilding infrastructure, including roads, bridges and schools in order to quickly create about three million jobs.
Obama's Hometown Kicks Off 'Camp Hope'
Sub-freezing temperatures and a brisk wind did not darken the day in Drexel Park for the kick off of Camp Hope, an 18-day vigil just down the street from Barrack Obama’s home on Chicago’s south side, yesterday.
'We owe the American people a reckoning'
Karl Rove launched an effort last month to block Barack Obama's nomination of Eric Holder as the first African American US Attorney General.
