Farai Chideya, 07.06.2009
Founder PopandPolitics.com, Author, "Kiss the Sky"
Reporters of color face a constant scrutiny about our motives that actually inhibits favoritism, while white, heterosexual reporters, especially men, see themselves and their actions as neutral even when they are not.
Francesca Biller-Safran, 07.04.2009
Award-Winning Journalist, Author, Humorist, Website: FrancescaBiller-Safran.com
Fireworks this Fourth of July will glow brighter for many African-Americans who may not have not truly felt the authentic, honest brand of patriotism ...
Francesca Biller-Safran, 07.03.2009
Award-Winning Journalist, Author, Humorist, Website: FrancescaBiller-Safran.com
As a person of mixed race, I have had many blacks since Obama's election confide in me with comments along these lines, "We finally have a brother in ...
Andrew Kimbrell, 07.03.2009
Executive Director of the Center for Food Safety
At the White House, the precautionary principle should be used: lead contaminated soil should be removed and replaced with organic compost. That would be the safe and truly organic way.
Eddie Gehman Kohan, 07.02.2009
Editor, ObamaFoodorama.com
No one is being poisoned by eating the bounty of wonderful crops that have been grown in the White House Kitchen Garden, period.
Jeana Lee Tahnk, 07.02.2009
It is up to us to pass the knowledge along to our children and ensure that they start, from a much younger age than we did, adapting their lives to take care of the environment.
Andrew Kimbrell, 07.02.2009
Executive Director of the Center for Food Safety
The Obamas may be the newest sludge victims. Michelle's hopes of having a truly organic garden and healthy vegetables for her own children and other children who visit the White House have been dashed.
Christopher Gavigan, 06.29.2009
Author and CEO - Healthy Child Healthy World
The equalizer is to improve access to fresh produce in low-income communities, offer more nutritious food in school breakfast and lunch programs, and overhaul how American families eat.
Susan Smalley, Ph.D., 06.25.2009
I have something in common with Michelle Obama, a brand new vegetable garden in my back yard. Mine was started by my 21 year old son, home from colle...
Nancy Lublin, 06.24.2009
CEO, DoSomething.org
In the age of Twitter and Facebook, do we need conferences to exchange best practices? Will we need organizations or will we simply have movements?
Jonathan Daniel Harris, 06.24.2009
Managing Editor, Causecast.org
Okay, so we've established that President Obama wants us to serve. But, exactly what are you supposed to do? Here are several ideas that you can do to get started in your community.
Jerusha Klemperer, 06.23.2009
Program Manager and blog editor at Slow Food USA
The National School Lunch Program provides a meal to 30 million children every school day. Right now it is a sad mirror of the broken food system outside the school walls.
Karin Tanabe, 06.20.2009
It's finally here! The glamazons of government are going head-to-head in the ultimate political fashion smackdown. Sure these friends and frenemies ar...
Christian Nwachukwu, Jr., 06.19.2009
Editor-at-Large, The Freedom Writers Foundation
This year alone, Oprah Winfrey has poured millions into schools on the South Side of Chicago; in Atlanta; and in New Jersey. She's remained almost entirely mum about the money.
Pamela Gentry, 06.18.2009
June 18, 2009 - I'm not sure what is considered a hate crime anymore, but the two most recent incidents where an escaped gorilla was referred to as an...
Isha, 06.17.2009
Isha is the founder of the Isha Foundation Educating for Peace.
When we become aware of the impossibility of external permanence, we can begin to cultivate the only thing that can give true security: inner peace.
Linda Buzzell, 06.18.2009
Psychotherapist, co-editor "Ecotherapy: Healing with Nature in Mind"
Today's news includes a great picture of Michelle working up a sweat in her garden as she tends her veggies. But folks still insist on commenting mostly on what she's wearing.
Kerry Trueman, 06.17.2009
Co-founder of EatingLiberally.org
The latest trans-Atlantic trend swap's got the Queen and Sir Paul stealing a page from the U.S.-led "Eat The View" kitchen garden revival and the Meatless Monday movement.
Dave Astor, 06.17.2009
Award-winning Montclair (N.J.) Times columnist
There's the Star Trek solution of changing the time-space continuum, but I'm hesitant to recommend that because of the damage it might do to the Obamas' new White House vegetable garden.
Anne Dunev, 06.16.2009
Naturopath, Nutritionist, Health Writer
Most decent people cannot conceive that anyone would profit from knowingly harming others. That is the flaw in capitalism. And that is one reason that evil can exist.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson, 06.16.2009
Political Analyst and Social Issues Commentator
The gorilla and African-Americans analogy has long been standard fare in racial slurs of blacks. The only wrinkle to that is slapping the depiction on President Obama.
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What's with the four of them completely in black? Were they going to a funeral?
I absolutely love the fact that Barack loves Michelle and shows it in so many little ways.
Love those photos of little Sasha's feet! Too cute. I think Michelle looks flawless as usual...and if I DIDN'T I wouldn't feel the need to say so...just because you have a THOUGHT does NOT mean you need to share it. LOL
Now read slowly what you've written above, and try to figure out for yourself what was it exactly that you wanted to say?
Michelle "Level playing field" Obama has now $6000 purse.!
Not a big fan of the blouse it makes her look like she is wearing a gigantic bib.
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