Black President

Barack Obama criticised for white male cabinet

The first black US President is coming under fire from some of his own Democratic Party for naming a stream of white men to key cabinet and leadership posts in his second administration. President Barack Obama on Thursday named Jack Lew as his Treasury secretary, the fourth white male he has named to the most prized cabinet posts in recent weeks. ...  

Obama named Time magazine's Person of the Year

Washington: US President Barack Obama has been named Time's Person of the Year for 2012, citing his historic re-election in November as symbolic of the nation's changing demographics amid the backdrop of high unemployment and other challenges. Time editor Rick Stengel announced the choice on NBC's "Today" program on Wednesday. "He's basically the beneficiary and the author of a kind new America - a new demographic, a new cultural America...