First Lady Michelle Obama found herself in a little bit of hot water with Saudi Arabian Twitter users during her visit to their country on Tuesday for not having her head covered. According to The Washington Post, over 1500 tweets used the hashtag, #ميشيل_أوباما_سفور which translated means, #Michelle_Obama_unveiled, where they criticized her for not donning […]
Imagine going to college for 2 years for free if you just had to keep good grades. Sounds simple enough and that’s exactly what the White House is trying to to. On Thursday, President Barack Obama announced a proposal where two years of free tuition would be granted to students attending community college. In a video […]
North Korea is holding the U.S. responsible for its Internet being shut down and has resorted to calling President Barack Obama a “monkey” on the heels of Sony pictures deciding to release The Interview online. According to the Associated Press, North Korea still steaming from accusations it is behind the Sony Pictures e-mail hacking scandal and […]
Director John Singleton is coming out in support of Sony Pictures co-chairwoman Amy Pascal and Hollywood mega producer Scott Rudin, in the wake of their controversial e-mails being released by Sony hackers. Those pesky e-mails aren’t racists one bit says Singleton. He knows both Pascal and Rudin all too well since he’s hung out with them both […]
Oprah Winfrey is speaking out about the recent Sony e-mail hacking scandal and her remarks may just surprise you. The media titan was on the red carpet promoting Selma, a film she’s both producing and starring in, where she told CNN’s Don Lemon people shouldn’t rush to judgement. According to Winfrey: I would hope that […]
Actress Tika Sumpter is about to add First Lady to her resume. The Haves and The Have Nots star has been cast as Michelle Obama in the upcoming film, Southside With You. The film focuses on the start of the Obamas’ romance during a summer afternoon in 1989. The movie will center on the young […]
President Barack Obama made a little time to greet some history-making hometown heroes this week! Barack loves the kids! Just because the Jackie Robinson West All-Stars play little league doesn’t mean they should be treated any differently than NBA champs! That’s why the squad, which is the first all-Black team ever to win the U.S. […]
President Barack Obama is calling on people all over the world to do everything they can to protect, nurture and encourage young women to be their best. With the launch of My Brothers’ Keeper, many in the Black community questioned whether he’d forgotten about the struggles that young women face. President Obama insisted last month […]
President Barack Obama clarified that although his administration has a new effort to help young Black men, he’s not leaving Black girls behind. The president has faced some criticism that he’s ignoring the problems facing young Black women after launching the My Brother’s Keeper campaign, which is aimed at mentoring young men of color in […]
President Barack Obama is calling on everyone to do what they can to prevent others from being sexually assaulted as part of a new initiative. The White House announced last week that it has launched the It’s On Us campaign, which is aimed at educating people about sexual assault—particularly on college campuses. While announcing his […]
President Barack Obama might need a little space from the ever watchful eye of the media. When the leader of the free world decided to go for a round of golf not long after speaking on the beheading of journalist James Foley, it was a bad look. President Obama suffered a lot of criticism for […]
The Obama Administration announced today that it’s made a compromise about birth control coverage. The White House revealed a new accommodation to the Affordable Care Act for religious non-profits that would not require them to pay for their female employee’s contraception. This new provision would cover Catholic schools and hospitals, which could opt-out of paying […]
