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Michelle Obama Called "Ghetto Girl"

Essence | Posted 07.25.2009 | Style


I am notorious for having delayed reactions. So when the whole New York magazine/Michelle Obama/Martha's Vineyard debacle came up in our morning meeti...

Eric Holder Speaks Frankly On Gitmo, Crack Sentencing, Race

Essence | Posted 07.06.2009 | Politics


The walls inside the U.S. Justice Department headquarters are painted with themed murals depicting law and lawlessness (a couple being robbed at gunpo...

Admiral Michelle Howard Essence Interview: Discusses Her Role In Rescue of Captain Richard Phillips

Essence | Roger Witherspoon | Posted 06.06.2009 | Home


Who could have guessed that Rear Admiral Michelle Howard's first week on the job would play out like something out of a James Bond movie, gripping us ...

How Michelle Obama Remains In Full Control Of Building Her Image

New York Times | RACHEL L. SWARNS | Posted 05.26.2009 | Style


Vogue magazine, the fashion world's chronicler of first ladies, bedecked Hillary Rodham Clinton in black velvet and Laura Bush in blue silk. But not M...

Marian Robinson, Michelle Obama Essence Cover (PHOTOS)

Essence/Huffington Post | Posted 05.08.2009 | Media


The first granny, Marian Robinson, is on her first magazine cover this month alongside daughter Michelle Obama. Mrs. Robinson and Mrs. Obama sat for E...

Essence Magazine Dedicates January Issue To Obama

WWD | Stephanie D. Smith | Posted 01.01.2009 | Media


Essence may have scooped Vogue, sort of, in being the first women's magazine to put Michelle Obama on its cover since the presidential election, but t...

Obama Family Continues Tour Of American Magazine Covers

WWD | Stephanie D. Smith and Irin Carmon | Posted 08.13.2008 | Media


Barack Obama and family will be making the rounds on even more covers once the September issues of the monthlies hit newsstands. First, the entire fam...

Jada Pinkett Smith's Beauty Secret: Sex

Extra | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment


Jada Pinkett Smith opened up to "Extra" about dealing with her family's drug addiction, how she keeps her 10 year-marriage strong and her top beauty s...