Obama Irish Americans

Obama On St. Patrick's Day: I'm A Little Bit Irish

AP | PHILIP ELLIOTT | Posted 04.17.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Call him Barack O'Bama. As White House fountains ran green for St. Patrick's Day, the president saluted strong U.S.-Irish ties in ...

Do We Really Need to Say, "African American?"

Doon Baqi | Posted 01.05.2009 | Media


Doon Baqi

I find the term racist, when taken in perspective. European Americans, described as "white," are not subject to the same "non-nativity" that the blacks are.

O'Bama and Irish America

Tom Hayden | Posted 09.09.2008 | Politics


Tom Hayden

Interviews with journalists, political leaders and activists in Belfast this week revealed widespread interest in Obama's candidacy but also concerns about his approach to white ethnics like the Irish.