By Lekan Oguntoyinbo NNPA Columnist I believe customs generally fall into three categories: inexcusable, curious if a little questionable, and fascinating. Some customs – the...
(BBC) – When Michelle Obama appeared at her husband’s side in Saudi Arabia without wearing a headscarf, you might expect a backlash on social media. Only...
(Al Arabiya News) – Is Michelle Obama a good wife? Well we at least know she dresses like one. Social media last night was abuzz with...
MARY CLARE JALONICK, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is taking some whole grains off the school lunch line. A massive year-end spending bill released Tuesday...
STACY A. ANDERSON, Associated Press ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Michelle Obama is telling women to be bold in their next career step. “If you want a...
LaMont Hamilton, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION TALK STORY (Talk Story)—Five on the Black Hand Side is a project exploring gestural languages that were born in African American communities during the...
Jeff Karoub and Catherine Lucey, ASSOCIATED PRESS DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Democratic candidates in Iowa and Michigan for hotly-contested open U.S. Senate seats got...
STACY A. ANDERSON, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Michelle Obama called on young African leaders to change traditional attitudes and beliefs that harm girls and women,...
STACY A. ANDERSON, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Michelle Obama is expanding her push for America to drink more water, as the White House claims partial...
SANDY COHEN, AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michelle Obama says every arts organization in the country should embrace the mission of the Grammy Museum...
CONNOR RADNOVICH, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Michelle Obama on Thursday told graduates of a local college access program not to shy away from...
MARY CLARE JALONICK, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Michelle Obama is striking back at House Republicans who are trying to weaken healthier school meal standards,...
DARLENE SUPERVILLE, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Delivering a forceful argument on the role of the arts in education, Michelle Obama said Tuesday that it isn’t...
JOHN HANNA, Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — First lady Michelle Obama told Kansas high school graduates Friday that young people who’ve grown up with diversity...
CHEVEL JOHNSON, Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A hunger for education should continue beyond graduation and should be used to guide and inspire “the next...
[The Washington Post] Starring Michelle Obama and Kellie Pickler? Casting the first lady in a television cameo with the country music singer may at first sound...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – In the final, frenzied push to boost health insurance enrollment numbers under the Affordable Care Act, President...
DIDI TANG, Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — U.S. first lady Michelle Obama encouraged rural Chinese students to aim high and get a good education despite humble...
DIDI TANG, Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — First lady Michelle Obama plans to avoid politics and focus on education and people-to-people contacts on her first visit...
NANCY BENAC, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Soul-singers spanning generations wowed the White House on Thursday as Melissa Etheridge, Patti LaBelle and Janelle Monae warmed up...
WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Michelle Obama is bringing together an impressive group of female artists for a White House concert celebrating women of soul. The...
DARLENE SUPERVILLE, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s second-largest for-profit child care provider is adopting Michelle Obama’s healthy eating and activity guidelines. The Learning Care...
MARY CLARE JALONICK, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Even the scoreboards in high school gyms will have to advertise only healthy foods under new rules announced...
DARLENE SUPERVILLE, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Michelle Obama said Monday that a pledge by the construction industry to hire more than 100,000 veterans by early...
DARLENE SUPERVILLE, Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Michelle Obama has a message for students considering college: File for federal financial aid. The first lady said...
