How Barack Obama Led Us Into The Selfie Century

WASHINGTON — A new era in American politics was only faintly visible when The Huffington Post debuted on May 9, 2005. The changing time manifested itself in two ways. One was the incandescent smile of a freshman senator from Illinois named Barack Obama. The other was an emerging wave of social media — Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and, yes, HuffPost. Ten

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President Barack Obama Earns High Praise For His Powerful Selma Speech

President Barack Obama delivered a speech on Saturday honoring the 50th anniversary of the historic march in Selma, Alabama, which many are describing as a “powerful and poignant” delivery. His words drew praise from users on Twitter who shared mostly shared positive reactions to his remarks and applauded his address on the historic civil rights moment and its present day

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