A black bourgeoisie perspective on U.S. politics
FEBRUARY 2009-PART 1
U.S. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet guests at a signing ceremony of the $32.8 billion expansion of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program, or SCHIP, at the White House in Washington February 4, 2009. The SCHIP program aims to help working families who cannot afford private health insurance but earn too much to qualify for Medicaid healthcare coverage for the poor.
—–REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
First Lady Michelle Obama makes remarks at the Department of Housing and Urban Development in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2009.
—–AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson
WASHINGTON – FEBRUARY 6: U.S. President Barack Obama waves as First Lady Michelle Obama looks on at the Kennedy Center on February 6, 2009 in Washington, DC. The Obamas watched a performance from the President’s box by the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
—–Joshua Roberts-Pool/Getty Images
U.S. President Barack Obama holds the chair for First Lady Michelle Obama to sit down in during the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, February 5, 2009.
——REUTERS/Larry Downing
U.S President Barack Obama walks with irst Lady Michelle , their daughter Sasha and an unidentified friend of Sasha’s to Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, February 7, 2009. The Obamas are spending their first night at the Camp David Presidential retreat in Maryland on Saturday.
——–REUTERS/Jason Reed
US President Barack Obama walks down Cross Hall as he arrives for a press conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington on February 9, 2009. Obama called on Congress to finally pass his economic stimulus plan “in the coming week” and vowed to do “whatever it takes” to put America back to work.
——-AFP PHOTO/Saul LOEB
US First Lady Michelle Obama accepts a Native American shawl from Nedra Darling, director of public affairs for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, during a visit with employees at the Department of the Interior in Washington, February 9, 2009.
———REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
First Lady Michelle Obama hugs children after reading a book, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2009, at Mary’s Center in Washington.
—–AP Photo/Gerald Herbert
U.S President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama meet actor Sidney Poitier as they arrive at a celebration of the Lincoln Bicentennial and Ford’s Theatre Grand reopening in Washington, February 11, 2009.
——-REUTERS/Jason Reed
WASHINGTON – FEBRUARY 13: U.S. President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama and daughters Malia and Sasha arrive on Air Force One at O’Hare International Airport on February 13, 2009 in Chicago, Illinois. The Obama family is visiting Chicago for the first time since the Inauguration last month.
——–Brian Kersey-Pool/Getty Images
U.S. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama depart “Table 52” restaurant after enjoying a Valentine’s Day dinner together in Chicago February 14, 2009.
——-REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Sasha Obama runs down the colonnade as she returns from a weekend visit to Chicago with her father, U.S. President Barack Obama, to the White House in Washington, February 16, 2009.
———REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
WASHINGTON – FEBRUARY 20: First lady Michelle Obama speaks at the Department of Transportation February 20, 2009 in Washington, DC. First Lady Michelle Obama visited the department to speak with employees about working with President Barack Obama’s administration.
——–Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images
Cheryl Contee aka "Jill Tubman", Baratunde Thurston aka "Jack Turner", rikyrah, Leutisha Stills aka "The Christian Progressive Liberal", B-Serious, Casey Gane-McCalla, Jonathan Pitts-Wiley aka "Marcus Toussaint," Fredric Mitchell
Special Contributors: James Rucker, Rinku Sen, Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins, Adam Luna, Kamala Harris
Technical Contributor: Brandon Sheats