President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama’s leadership, accomplishments, and commitment to education show us that being smart is the new cool.
Australian actor Devon Terrell stars in "Barry," the Netflix film about Barack Obama as a 20-year-old undergraduate at Columbia University, grappling with his identity as a mixed-race kid from Honolulu and Indonesia.
As his last days in office unfortunately come to a close, it’s safe to say that President Barack Obama’s legacy has been firmly cemented in the minds and hearts of many. However before he officially surrenders the keys to the White House, he and FLOTUS Michelle may want to have a movie date courtesy of […]
Jamilah Lemieux reflects on the prospect of Donald Trump's presidency, its causes and inevitable consequences.
President Obama commuted the prison sentences of 79 inmates on Tuesday, upholding his pledge to release non-violent and low-level, drug offenders, The Hill reports.
Barack Obama’s presidency has long-reaching and deep symbolic significance. It has been, however, largely symbolic because of his policies.
President Obama reportedly had some words of wisdom for his daughters the morning after Trump’s win, according to a profile in the New Yorker.
As national and local community leaders, we are considering how we both protect and build on the progress we have made to expand opportunity for our communities over the past eight years, and enlist all corners of our community to tackle the persistent challenges we still face.
Saturday Night Live has a legacy of making stars into superstars and breaking the news down to its rawest truth. This is especially true during election years, and after this past Saturday’s show, hosted for the first time by Dave Chappelle, Lorne Michaels needs to politely pass the keys to the kingdom to the comedy icon. […]
The Obamas have shown a superhuman level of grace to Donald J. Trump and Melania Trump in the days since the election, but it seems like Trump’s supporters are unwilling to return the favor. A West Virginia mayor and her businesswoman friend are facing major backlash after calling First Lady Michelle Obama an “ape in […]
The Obamas are a representation of Black love. Black love as a political act is more than love between two people who happen to be black. It’s a protest in a society—from housing to education to health care to criminal justice—is subsumed in pervasive anti-blackness on many levels.
