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‘Don’t Wait to Feel a Tingle in Your Spine.’ Barack Obama Scolds Democrats About the Importance of Voting

Natasha Bach
Fortune


...He also warned against Democrats resting on their laurels, trusting the momentum of recent wins for the party. Highlighting the successes of the Republican party, Obama pointed out that the two parties rely on "different stories": the Republicans on fear, and the Democrats on hope.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/don-t-wait-feel-tingle-091943413.html

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...Obama will set the tone for the celebrations with a speech in Johannesburg on July 17 that aides say will be his most important public address since leaving the White House in 2017.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/obama-lead-celebrations-100-years-mandelas-birth-035051992.html

A youth has his haircut as part of the centenary celebrations of the birth of South Africa's first black president Nelson Mandela (AFP Photo/MARCO LONGARI)

 

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He seems comfortable in his own skin now.

Obama visits father's native Kenya to open youth center

Yahoo News Photo Staff


...When Obama visited Kenya in 2015, he was unable to visit his father’s village due to security concerns, and vowed to return when he was no longer “wearing a suit” and contribute to the development of young people.

After his visit to Kenya, Obama will fly to South Africa where he will deliver the annual Nelson Mandela lecture. (AFP)


https://www.yahoo.com/news/obama-visits-fathers-native-kenya-slideshow-wp-154509093.html

Former US President, Barak Obama (C) with his step-grandmother Sarah (2R) and half-sister, Auma (L) arrive to unveil a plaque on July 16, 2018 during the opening of the Sauti Kuu Resource Centre, founded by his half-sister, Auma Obama at Kogelo in Siaya county, western Kenya.

Nine-year-old Barack Obama Omondi, who was named after former US president Barack Obama when he was first elected as President in 2008, looks on as he waits for Obama’s arrival with his father Daniel Omondi prior to an opening ceremony of the Sauti Kuu Sports, Vocational and Training Centre in his ancestral home Kogelo, some 400km west of the capital Nairobi, Kenya on July 16, 2018. Barack Obama visited his ancestral home in western Kenya to attend the opening ceremony of the centrer founded by his half-sister Auma Obama, after having met with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition politician Raila Odinga in Nairobi the previous day. After Kenya, Obama is scheduled to travel to South Africa where he will deliver the annual Nelson Mandela lecture in Johannesuburg. (Photo: Dai Kurokawa/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

Residents of Nyang’oma village in Kogelo wave US flags as they gather by the side of the road to wait for former US President, Barak Obama to arrive on July 16, 2018 for the opening of the Sauti Kuu Resource Centre, founded by his half-sister, Auma Obama at Kogelo in Siaya county, western Kenya.

A resident seats on his motorbike ahead of the visit by the former U.S. President Barack Obama to his ancestral Nyangoma Kogelo village in Siaya county, western Kenya July 16, 2018. (Photo: Thomas Mukoya/Reuters)

A village elder poses for a photographer in front of a paiting featuring former US president Barack Obama and Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga (R), prior to an opening ceremony of the Sauti Kuu Sports, Vocational and Training Centre in his ancestral home Kogelo, some 400km west of the capital Nairobi, Kenya on July 16, 2018. (Photo: Dai Kurokawa/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

Former US President, Barak Obama (3L) poses for a picrure with his step-grandmother Sarah (C) and half-sister, Auma (2R) and some of the local youth on July 16, 2018 during the opening of the Sauti Kuu Resource Centre, founded by his half-sister, Auma Obama at Kogelo in Siaya county, western Kenya. – Obama is in the east african nation for the first time since he left the US presidency and met with President Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition leader Raila Odinga in Nairobi.(Photo: Tony Karumba/AFP/Getty Images)

Residents of Nyang’oma village in Kogelo wave US flags as they gather by the side of the road to wait for former US President, Barak Obama to arrive on July 16, 2018 for the opening of the Sauti Kuu Resource Centre, founded by his half-sister, Auma Obama at Kogelo in Siaya county, western Kenya. – Obama is in the East African nation for the first time since he left the US presidency and met with President Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition leader Raila Odinga in Nairobi. (Photo: Tony Karumba/AFP/Getty Images)

Former US President, Barak Obama (R) interacts with some of the local young beneficiaries July 16, 2018 during the opening of the Sauti Kuu Resource Centre, founded by his half-sister, Auma Obama at Kogelo in Siaya county, western Kenya. – Obama is in the east African nation for the first time since he left the US presidency and met with President Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition leader Raila Odinga in Nairobi. (Photo: Tony Karumba/AFP/Getty Images)

Former US president Barack Obama (R) holds his half-sister Auma Obama (L), during an opening ceremony of the Sauti Kuu Sports, Vocational and Training Centre in his ancestral home Kogelo, some 400km west of the capital Nairobi, Kenya on July 16, 2018. (Photo: Dai Kurokawa/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

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Obama delivers veiled rebuke to Trump in Mandela address

Andrew Meldrum, Associated Press
Associated Press

...He rallied people to keep alive the ideals that the anti-apartheid activist worked for as the first black president of South Africa, including democracy, diversity, gender equality and tolerance.

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https://www.yahoo.com/news/obama-deliver-mandela-address-likely-rebuke-trump-091510121.html