Bruce Springsteen appeared on The Late Show for an intimate, acoustic performance of his 1979 classic song “The River.” The musician performed solo, although the original track features the E Street Band. Springsteen also sat down with host Stephen Colbert to discuss his new book Renegades: Born in the USA, …
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A Promised Land, the first volume of former President Barack Obama‘s presidential memoir, is available today. The book covers President Obama’s early life through the raid that killed Osama Bin Laden in 2011. This period covers his historical 2008 presidential campaign, and most of his first term in office. The …
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Oprah Winfrey has unveiled an exclusive interview with former U.S. President Barack Obama about his new memoir, A Promised Land, premiering Tuesday, November 17th on Apple TV Plus as part of her interview series The Oprah Conversation. In their wide-ranging conversation, Obama reveals the inspiration behind the memoir’s title, his …
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We have a tradition of addressing politicians by their honorifics after they have left office, and it has always made me a bit uneasy. Walking up to former officials and saying “Mr. Mayor” or “Congresswoman” or “Mr. President,” when they are now everyday citizens again, confers a certain unintended royalty …
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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — The C.E. Gaines Center at Winston-Salem State University was filled to capacity. The typical set list of U2 and Bruce Springsteen and Fleetwood Mac had been replaced by Young Jeezy. The young people in the audience, most of them young people of color, danced in the bleachers …
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Michelle Obama is the most admired woman in the world. And on Friday afternoon, she posted a tweet criticizing President Donald Trump’s recent racist tweets and remarks telling four progressive women of color representatives, all of whom are American citizens, to “go back” where they came from. “What truly makes …
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Barack Obama made the Billboard charts this week thanks to Hamilton creatorLin-Manuel Miranda. The former president appears on“One Last Time (44 Remix),” a gospel-inspired remix of the Hamilton hit, which landed at Number 22 on Billboard’s Hot R&B Songs chart. The track, which also features Broadway star Christopher Jackson and …
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