By leading a broad prevention effort that tackles the root causes of childhood obesity, Michelle Obama transcends ideological divisions and gets to the heart of what is needed to succeed in the global economy.
Snowmageddon. That's what many in the Washington, D.C. Metro area have called the recent onslaught of wintery weather that has descended upon our cit...
We must never forget that Black History is American History. The achievements of African Americans have contributed to our nation's greatness.
I credit my cosmopolitan background for how I dress. My heritage is Iranian -- my mother's generation never leaves the house underdressed. I definitely get my dressy vibe from Iran.
Deborah Willis tells stories through pictures. I wanted to tell her story with her words. We sat down in New York City's Leica Gallery discussing her, her work and the life of art.
Kids have gotten bigger recently. In fact, according to the CDC, obesity rates have tripled in the past 30 years with nearly 20 percent of children aged 6-11 and 18 percent for those aged 12-19.
While I applaud Michelle Obama's initial efforts to take on the childhood obesity epidemic, America needs a comprehensive, well-funded national strategy to combat the problem.
In the eating disorders world, putting any child on a diet is not only unacceptable but appalling.
As parents sought to navigate a situation where their healthy daughters had become sick and, in the worse case scenario - died, they turned to the Internet for answers.
Because I deal with a lot of divorced women who have had their hearts sauteed in a frying pan as a result of infidelity, I am not surprised that Elizabeth Edwards could be both Saint Elizabeth and Lady Macbeth.
Were we the only ones distracted by all the people in the chamber wearing the color purple during the SOTU? We were stunned by the President's red tie, didn't he get the message it was purple day?
Candidate Obama argued that positive change comes from organized social movements, not from the government alone. It's time for President Obama to listen to that logic.
It's time for the fashion industry to wake up. Look at how gorgeous, curvy Michelle Obama has become a beacon for style. We are advocating variety. We are advocating an end to deception.
If this is where we are in 2010 when it comes to permissible portrayals of women, I may have to live to be 237 before we're treated with even a modicum of respect.
I'm sorry, First Lady. Your plan, while commendable, doesn't have a fighting chance. The food industry will outspend the government and nonprofits to keep kids munching and slurping away on junk food.
Today is the one-year anniversary of President Obama's inauguration, so DoSomething.org asked young people whether they think President Obama "made the grade" during his first year in office. Their responses garnered some interesting results.
Here are a few of the many agencies that had been in Haiti before the earthquake, are there now and will be there long after the sense of urgency has passed.
I remember a while back film director Quentin Tarantino said he was blacker than Spike Lee, I assumed it was because he uses the term motherf--er in h...
Much of the frenzied activity took place this week behind closed doors (and most decidedly not on C-SPAN), as health care reform entered its final negotiating phase.
The more readily we learn from the past and update our understanding of the complex nature and causes of obesity, the more quickly we can successfully move into a healthy future.
When Weatherproof President Freddie Stollmack recognized that the coat Obama was wearing in the photo was, in fact, made by his company, he had a brainstorm: buy the photo rights.
