Senator Barack Obama talks about the controversy surrounding his relationship with his former pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, in this clip from Thursday’s Today Show.

Rev. Al Sharpton has denied the veracity of New York Post story claiming that he and Democratic presidential hopeful Senator Barack Obama had a “heated” phone call about plans to protest the acquittal of three NYPD police officers in the Sean Bell “50 Shots” case. Read the rest of this entry »

Michelle Obama, wife of Illinois senator and presidental hopeful Barack Obama, appeared on The Colbert Report on Tuesday night.

Tavis Smiley is leaving the Tom Joyner Morning Show. The PBS television personality made the announcement on Friday morning installment of the TJMS. The commentator has been with the show since 1996. According to scathing reports from the Rumor Mill, Tavis is walking following severe fan backlash over his so-called ‘Barack Bashing” commentaries. Tavis came under fire in February when he publicly criticized presidental hopeful Barack Obama’s failure to attend Smiley’s annual State of the Black Union Conference in New Orleans. Read the rest of this entry »

Senator Barack Obama, fresh off the heels of a win in Mississippi, on The CBS Early Show.

Democratic Presidential nominee hopeful Barack Obama on GMA. The Illinois senator balks at the mention of a Clinton/Obama ticket and comments on controversial remarks made be former Vice Presidential nominee Geraldine Ferraro.

Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama is the featured cover story in this week’s edition of Rolling Stone Magazine. Read the rest of this entry »

First Aretha Franklin and now Tavis Smiley. What’s up with egos in Black America this week? Still hot on the campaign trail toward the White House. Democratic candidate Barack Obama recently turned down an opportunity to appear at Tavis Smiley’s “State of the Black Union 2008″ Conference in New Orleans on February 23th. Senator Obama did, however, offer for his wife, Michelle Obama, to appear in his appearance. Tavis declined to allow Mrs. Obama to attend the conference. Read the rest of this entry »

Hopeful future First Lady Michelle Obama discusses the election with late night host Larry King.

Barack Obama won a 2008 Grammy Award for the narration of his audio book The Audacity of Hope.