Michelle Obama has been promoting her autobiographical memoir, Becoming, in a literal stadium tour across the country. And for her most recent stop—at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York—she was interviewed on stage by Sarah Jessica Parker. But the real treat came in the form of her outfit for the evening, a full Balenciaga…
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Michelle Obama has some words of wisdom for Meghan Markle—and, honestly, she might be one of the few people in the world who can actually relate to how the Duchess of Sussex might be feeling in her new, very public life. They have a lot in common: both are highly-accomplished American women of color who…
Read more2017 might have been a garbage, dumpster-fire year (onward, 2018!), but if there were any bright moments, they came when bromancers-in-chief Prince Harry and Barack Obama got together—meetings that caused a spring-like warmth to creep through the chill of the encroaching nuclear winter. And on Wednesday, we were treated to one last 2017 meeting of…
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PHOTO: Ron Sachs-Pool/Getty Images Leave it to Michelle and Barack Obama to be the glimmer of hope and happiness needed in the world today. On October 3, which marks the former First Couple’s 25th wedding anniversary, Michelle took to Twitter to celebrate her “best friend” and husband with a sweet message. Sharing a black and…
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PHOTO: Win McNamee/Getty Images Education Secretary Betsy DeVos incited an uproar early in September when she announced plans to do away with Obama-era guidelines on how campuses should investigate allegations of rape and sexual assault. Now, she’s officially followed through on her promise. The Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights announced Friday that it’s…
Read moreOn Saturday former President Barack Obama shared a poignant, heartfelt message on Twitter in response to the violence that was erupting in Charlottesville, Virginia. In a series of posts quoting late South African President Nelson Mandela, Obama began by tweeting, “No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin or…
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