Barack Obama

The President and his First Lady are going out with a bang. Michelle and Barack Obama look like royalty on their new Essence and InStyle covers. While we hate to see them go, we love seeing them go looking so good. During her interview with InStyle, Michelle dished on everything from Let Girls Learn to […]

Diddy is encouraging us to make politicians earn our votes this elections.

https://twitter.com/CharlesPulliam/status/760583816490520576 Green Party Vice Presidential candidate Ajamu Baraka isn’t feeling Beyoncé‘s recent attempts at social activism, and he’s not alone. Author, activist and feminist icon bell hooks has also harshly critiqued Beyoncé’s social impact, describing the singer as an “anti-feminist” and “terrorist” in 2014, then publishing an unflattering review of her latest album “Lemonade,” this past May. […]

Tika Sumpter got to hang out with the cast of “The Rickey Smiley Morning Show” for the first time in a long time! She opened up about her pregnancy and explained why she wants to keep her relationship & the identity of her love under wraps. She discusses joining the AKAs and how the women […]

This year's playlist comes in two parts and includes everything from Prince's "U Got The Look" to Chance The Rapper's "Acid Rain."

The first family will enjoy the island for two weeks, before a busy fall.

For decades, old-guard civil rights groups like the National Urban League, the NAACP, and even Al Sharpton‘s National Action Network, have been the go-to groups for elected officials to get a read on the needs and demands of Black voters. But Black Lives Matter, with its tight social media game, has shifted the paradigm, forcing civil rights […]

We’ve seen Barack Obama transform from a boyish-looking lawmaker with jet black hair and a fresh face to a staid elder statesman, who is a littler grayer and world-weary. “My girls remind me all the time: ‘Wow, you’ve changed so much, daddy,’” he said at the Democratic National Convention last month in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. “And then they try […]

In the era of celebrity biopics, the idea of a film about your favorite public figure is always exciting.

Michelle Obama has always been the epitome of style and beauty, and let’s just say that she is definitely using her last few months in the White House to show us just how stylish and fashionable a First Lady can be.   At tonight’s White House State Dinner, Michelle Obama showed up and looked absolutely […]

Malia Obama had better things to do this year than attend the Democratic National Convention.

President Barack Obama stayed up late last night preparing his DNC speech. He's expected to back Clinton's qualifications and address his administration's legacy.