MINNESOTA SPOKESMAN-RECORDER — Former First Lady Michelle Obama’s Becoming book tour will make a stop at St. Paul’s Xcel Energy Center next year.
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Part of what makes the current analysis of the George H.W. Bush’s legacy complicated is that the bar has been lowered by Donald...
THE CHARLESTON CHRONICLE — Africa is home to some of the fastest-growing economies in the world, fueling a $31 billion fashion industry and its own Africa...
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — Michelle Obama says it was never easy being the wife of a driven politician. The demands of campaigning and politics strained their...
DEFENDER NEWS NETWORK — Michelle Obama says she felt alone after a miscarriage 20 years ago and she and Barack Obama underwent fertility treatments to conceive...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “In a life filled with meaning and accomplishment, Michelle Obama has emerged as one of the most iconic and compelling women of our...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “When We All Vote, we get new ideas and new energy. We get leaders that share our values” says Mrs. Obama in a...
AFRICAN AMERICAN NEWS & ISSUES — In modern media, you’ll see the powerful stereotype of the unwavering successful, strong black woman on every TV shows and...
Believing in hope and the possibility of change, many historically Black institutions across the nation are taking the reins when it comes to increasing voter awareness...
Mary Clare Jalonick, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — Add another item to lawmakers’ busy fall agenda: Congress must decide whether to do battle again with...
(Salon) – From the moment Michelle Obama burst on to the national scene back in 2008, she inspired a level of right wing loathing only slightly...
(Politico) – As the Republican battle against Michelle Obama’s school lunch standards resumes in Congress later this month, some food giants are quietly backing away from...
By Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. NNPA Columnist Last month at the graduation ceremony of Tuskegee University, a historically Black college in Alabama, first lady Michelle...
SOPHIA TAREEN, Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — First lady Michelle Obama drew on her hometown connections and personal struggles from college and the White House Tuesday...
(The Washington Post) – From the outside, the legal profession seems to be growing ever more diverse. Three women are now on the Supreme Court. Loretta Lynch...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist Last week, I received an email from my friend, NNPA News Service Editor-in-Chief George E. Curry. It was a...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist More than any other first lady of the United States of America, Michelle Obama continues to stand above...
Allie Malloy and Sunlen Serfaty, CNN (CNN) — Michelle Obama gave an impassioned and personal commencement speech Saturday on the trials she’s faced as the first African-American...
(Salon) – Catching a breath from all that mom dancing, Michelle Obama sat down with Jimmy Fallon Thursday night to give him some sage parenting advice. Starting...
Nekesa Mumbi Moody, ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — First Lady Michelle Obama celebrated the beauty, power and tenacity of black women while spreading her...
(Politico) – In 1988, a group of black students at Harvard Law School compiled a report designed to recognize the growing achievements of black students...
ELAINE KURTENBACH, Associated Press KYOTO, Japan (AP) — U.S. first lady Michelle Obama was treated to a serene classical Noh performance and then tried taiko drums...
GISELA SALOMON, Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Talk show host Rodner Figueroa was fired from Univision after saying that Michelle Obama looks like someone from the...
STACY A. ANDERSON, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Mental health care is not just a policy and budget issue for America, but also a cultural issue,...
DARLENE SUPERVILLE, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Michelle Obama said Thursday that the U.S. has undergone a “culture change” in the five years since she started...
