I’m excited to share the trailer for Working. In this series, I talk to American workers across various industries – from hospitality and technology to home care – to understand their jobs and hopes for the future. I hope you’ll check it out on @Netflix on May 17. pic.twitter.com/GNQPns6Mzf
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) April 27, 2023
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03
May
23
Working
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31
May
22
The Pay They Deserve
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Tags: Equal Pay, First Lady, Michelle, Michelle Obama, Obama, soccer, tweets, USWNT, women
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I'm so proud of the talented players of @USWNT who worked tirelessly for years to advocate for the pay they deserve. I'm thinking of all the little girls everywhere who dare to dream and will see this team as an example of what's possible when you never give up. 👏🏾
— Michelle Obama (@MichelleObama) May 18, 2022
18
Jul
20
John Lewis: A Legacy Unmatched
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Not many of us get to live to see our own legacy play out in such a meaningful, remarkable way. John Lewis did:https://t.co/KbVfYt5CeQ
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) July 18, 2020
Farewell, sir.
— Be A King (@BerniceKing) July 18, 2020
You did, indeed, fight the good fight and get into a lot of good trouble.
You served God and humanity well.
Thank you.
Take your rest. #JohnLewis pic.twitter.com/U1cPEwfCGO
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"How long can we be patient? We want our freedom now."
— African American Policy Forum (@AAPolicyForum) July 18, 2020
Rest in power, John Lewis ✊🏿 pic.twitter.com/lx5nOHsCeD
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— Paolo Uggetti (@PaoloUggetti) July 18, 2020
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When I visited Uncle John last week, I looked in his eyes and said, “Well done.”
— Be A King (@BerniceKing) July 18, 2020
I told him that I loved him and that we are going to continue to fight.
So I must mourn and move at the same time.#JohnLewis pic.twitter.com/v6VxL48vgw
Vivian. Lowery. Lewis. Young.
— Be A King (@BerniceKing) July 17, 2020
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#CTVivian and #JohnLewis have journeyed on together.
— Be A King (@BerniceKing) July 18, 2020
Two great vessels for the work of justice, including for voting rights for Black people in America.
It’s not happenstance that, in this critical hour, with so much on the line in November, their lives are lifted high. pic.twitter.com/LsW7Ol0eXL
Lowery
— Be A King (@BerniceKing) July 17, 2020
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“We were beaten, we were tear gassed. I thought I was going to die on this bridge. But somehow and someway, God Almighty helped me here.”
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) July 18, 2020
This would be the last time John Lewis would visit the Edmund Pettus Bridge, 55 years after Bloody Sunday pic.twitter.com/BXqHyO0CQl
https://twitter.com/ira/status/1284336818490466304
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I’m finding myself in the deepest gratitude that John Lewis and CT Vivian got the chance to become elders. To pass on the wisdom. To pray for us. Grow us. Lead us.
— brittany packnett cunningham. (@MsPackyetti) July 18, 2020
They chose freedom work that easily shortens one’s life. And we got to keep them for a while. What a blessing.
John Lewis could have been martyred that Bloody Sunday. Rev. Vivian could have been murdered at those sit ins.
— brittany packnett cunningham. (@MsPackyetti) July 18, 2020
God spared them long enough for them to keep fighting and to teach us how to fight.
I’m awe struck by the privilege to walk this earth at the same time as them.
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My heart is heavy, but I am resolute.
— brittany packnett cunningham. (@MsPackyetti) July 18, 2020
They tread paths we get to walk.
What an awesome privilege.
What an awesome responsibility.
John Lewis. CT Vivian.
Giants who walked among us.
And we get to walk in their footsteps.
I say we get to, because liberation work is as much a privilege as it is a duty.
— brittany packnett cunningham. (@MsPackyetti) July 18, 2020
So many didn’t live long enough to see themselves worthy of being free, let alone struggle for it to become real.
Walk upright, family. As they did. As they want us to. No matter the strife.
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There is nothing we can’t over come.
— brittany packnett cunningham. (@MsPackyetti) July 18, 2020
I don’t care who beats us back. I don’t care who snatched progress. I don’t care how hard they try to wrestle freedom from our hands.
Freedom is ours. Justice is divine.
We will win.
— brittany packnett cunningham. (@MsPackyetti) July 18, 2020
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https://twitter.com/BridgetMarie/status/1284335406000070657
Elders, now ancestors. Hallelujah. pic.twitter.com/ze53PFMTuh
— Be A King (@BerniceKing) July 18, 2020
13
Jun
20
Disparities
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The pandemic has magnified the financial insecurity of too many American families, the deep and real racial disparities in our society – and the imbalanced burdens on working moms. We have to create something better for America on the other side of this. https://t.co/eyy3dC22Ze
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) April 27, 2020
16
Aug
19
Equality Can’t Wait
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#EqualityCantWait because every woman deserves a seat at the table! Proud of my friend @MelindaGates and so many others for elevating this conversation. pic.twitter.com/r98WlMlCO6
— Michelle Obama (@MichelleObama) August 6, 2019
13
Apr
19
Everyone Should Hear
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A voice everybody should hear. https://t.co/0u7HUlQ8id
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) April 5, 2019
17
Oct
18
Get. It. Together.
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President @BarackObama doesn't have time for these 7 excuses not to vote. pic.twitter.com/2Etpm6taTq
— attn (@attn) October 17, 2018
07
Sep
18
President Obama: I Believe In You
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Today I’m at the University of Illinois to deliver a simple message to young people all over the country: You need to vote, because our democracy depends on it. I hope you'll tune in at 11am CT: https://t.co/34WjNaVAcU
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) September 7, 2018
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Jan
18
President Obama: The Greatest Force For Equality In 50 Years
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Derek Thompson: Thanks, Obama
President Obama has cultivated a reputation for approaching politics with a kind of medical clinicism. But with the full panorama of his presidency coming into view, Obama’s economic legacy is impressive, even historic. First, the centerpiece of Obama’s anti-inequality legacy is the policy that bears his name. Obamacare, a.k.a., the Affordable Care Act, has reduced the uninsured rate from about 16 percent in 2010 to less than 9 percent today, the lowest level in U.S. history. Second, several subtle yet significant tax changes under Obama have made the tax code more progressive. The stimulus bill passed in 2009, a.k.a., the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (or, simply, the Recovery Act), included the most important changes. The law created the Making Work Pay credit, expanded the Earned Income Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit, and created new tax credits, like the American Opportunity Tax Credit for college attendees. The most significant change to the tax code since 2010 has been the eleventh-hour agreement to extend the Bush tax cuts for all families except for an increase in the top tax rate for households making more than $450,000 and an increase in the estate tax rate to 40 percent.
Third, the Obama administration has supported initiatives outside of the tax code and health care policy to help the poor and middle class. They have been advocates for higher minimum wages at the national level, which have arguably buoyed the state-by-state effort to raise minimum wages toward $15 in richer areas. They supported extended unemployment benefits while long-term unemployment was perhaps the country’s most insidious economic plague. Unemployment insurance kept more than 11 million people out of poverty in Obama’s first term, according to Census analysis. The president also expanded Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (food stamps) and Temporary Aid to Needy Families (grants that states can use for a variety of measures including helping the poor). His Department of Education spent more than $60 billion to support states’ education budgets and prevent more layoffs of teachers and administrators. In sum, he grew anti-inequality spending more than any president, as a share of GDP. But at a time when both liberals and conservatives have become exquisitely aware of income inequality and its ills, the seemingly placid, cold, philosopher-in-chief did more to combat that inequity than any president in at least 50 years. For that, two words suffice: “Thanks, Obama.”
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01
Oct
17
First Lady Michelle Obama At INBOUND 2017
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