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(Pete Souza/White House Photo) by John D. Sutter (CNN) -- President Barack Obama knows we live in a two-tiered America. In July, the president, who is himself an example of how anyone can or should be able make it in the Land of the Free, went on the road to make the point over and over again that the nation's widening gap between rich and poor is tearing at the very fabric of society.

  Actor David Oyelowo, director Lee Daniels, and actors Oprah Winfrey and Forest Whitaker pose for photos at the Los Angeles Premiere of...

Bayard Rustin speaks from a platform in front of New York’s City Hall at a rally in favor of integrating schools on May...

Carole King (AP Photo/Charles Sykes, File) WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is putting on a show at the White House next week for singer-songwriter Carole King.

President Barack Obama walks out of the White House Oval Office in Washington, and heads toward the Marine One helicopter on his way to Baltimore, Md., as part of his "Middle Class Jobs & Opportunity Tours". (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File) by David EspoWASHINGTON (AP) — Despite Democratic fears, predictions of the demise of President Barack Obama's agenda appear exaggerated after a week of cascading controversies, political triage by the administration and party leaders in Congress and lack of evidence to date of wrongdoing close to the Oval Office.

ALIVE AND WELL--President Barack Obama, and White House Senior Advisor Dan Pfeiffer, right, react to a reporter's question as they leave the Treasury...

RAYNARD JACKSON   (NNPA)--I have been extremely critical of President Obama for using the Black community as his personal political pawn.  I have...

ON THE GREEN--In this Dec. 31, 2009 pohto, President Barack Obama watches the ball after making a putt on the ninth green during his golf match at Mid-Pacific County Club in Kailua, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File) by Darlene SupervilleAssociated Press Writer PALM CITY, Fla. (AP) — President Barack Obama teed it up with Tiger Woods on Sunday.The White House confirmed that the President and the world's most famous golfer played a round at a secluded, exclusive yacht and golf club on Florida's Treasure Coast.

  BEST ACTRESS NOMINEE--The film Beasts of the Southern Wild actress Quvenzhané Wallis smiles in the State Dining Room of the White House...

by LZ Granderson CNN Contributor (CNN) -- When then Sen. Obama was running for president, many of his critics accused him of being a...