VIA: www.newsone.com This week marks the 35th commemoration of International Women’s Day (Monday), celebrated by the United Nations. This year’s theme is “Equal Rights, Equal Opportunities, Progress for all.” As a woman, I am grateful that for one day out of 365, women are recognized for our achievements. But outside of this special day and […]

VIA NEWSONE A Tennessee-based public relations executive lost his job after forwarding an email that contained images comparing First Lady Michelle Obama to a chimpanzee. Yet, he says he isn’t racist. Why do people do or say things that are racist, but claim they’re not racist? What’s up with that?

Our First Lady got a sexy makover this past weekend.  Michelle Obama glams it up when she gave music students a preview of the upcoming Governor’s Ball performances.

VIA: www.huffingtonpost.com First Lady Michelle Obama taped an interview with Fox News’ Mike Huckabee that aired tonight in which she discussed her efforts to battle child obesity, an grave problem she believes “we can really fix.” Huckabee has been a strong supporter of the First Lady’s efforts, in part due to his own struggles with […]

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle are on the cover of the March issue of ESSENCE. They spoke to the mag about education and how they deal with educating First Daughters Sasha and Malia:

VIA:  MSNBC When she moved to the nation’s most prestigious address, Michelle Obama’s husband told her that rough times were ahead. The country was in recession, people were out of work, the political parties were in open warfare — and the man who was going to be blamed for it all was President Barack Obama. […]

Via: PoliticsDaily.com Last Wednesday, when First Lady Michelle Obama was asked by a group of reporters how she would celebrate her 46th birthday on Sunday she said, “right now, we don’t have big plans that I know of. I think I might go out to dinner with my husband, but I don’t know yet. I […]

Via: washingtonpost.com For the cooking-challenged, watching Food Network can be a terrifying and humiliating experience. All that slicing and dicing and chopping and souffle-ing crushes the soul of someone who at best can make a decent peanut butter sandwich and, at worst, once almost set a bowl of Jell-O on fire. So, in keeping with […]