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Big Momma Is In The (White) House

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 01.08.2009 | Living

Read More: White House, First Granny, Michelle Obama, Grandmother, President Obama, Family, Politics, Marian Robinson, Big Mama, Obama, First Grandmother, Barack Obama, Big Mamas, Race, U.S. Presidency, Sasha and Malia, Black Family, Obama Family, African American Family, The Obama Family, African Americans, Society, President Elect Obama, Extended Family, White House Family, Obama White House, Black Family Values, Maya Angelou, Black Community Values, Living News
Yvonne R. Davis

Analyzed as part of the multi-generational black family, grandmothers have often served as both patriarch and matriarch, guiding the black family through the toils and crises of our time.

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Men and Women Take on the Economy Together

Indra Adnan | Posted 12.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama's Economic Team, Women, Education, Women Men Softpower Obama Gender Feminism Mothers Children, Emotion, Work, Emotionalintelligence, Worklifebalance, Men, Obama, Society, Softpower, Feminism, Fathers, Gender, Politics News
Indra Adnan

Tim, Larry, Christina and Melody: half men, half women in a balanced partnership to face a global crisis and reshape the economic culture of the early 21st Century.

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Chicken Loudest and Ms. BlahBlahBlahnik Join the Frugalista as the Recession's Warriors

Melissa Biggs Bradley | Posted 12.27.2008 | Style

Read More: Frugalista, Society, Economy, Recession, Penny Pinching, Shopping, Spending, Style News
Melissa Biggs Bradley

The frugalista, William Safire declared, "could become the nom de guerre of the 'recession warrior.'" Well, she is being joined by a cast of new characters.

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The Mansion Trap

Vicky Ward | Posted 12.12.2008 | Business

Read More: Billionaires, Hearst Castle, Veronica Hearst. Randy Hearst, Patti Hearst, Society, The Rich, Hearst, Mansions, Homes, Real Estate, Business, Princess Diana, Business News
Vicky Ward

On February 25 of this year, the famed Hearst residence Villa Venezia was foreclosed on for $22 million. It was revealed that Veronica Hearst was $45 million in debt and was living a life she could not afford.

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So Out It's In: Grass Knuckles

Lindsay Mannering | Posted 11.11.2008 | Style

Read More: Couture, Rykjavik, Ecology, Collection, Growing Jewelry, Plant, Society, Gardening, Grass Knuckles, Metropolitan Cities, Plant Jewelry, Organism, Hafsteinn Juiliusson, Fashion, Style News
Lindsay Mannering

Hafsteinn Juiliusson is from Reykjavik and designs using influences from society and ecology. He calls his Growing Jewelry "a clash of jewelry and gardening, couture and organism."

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And a Small Glass of Chateau Plonk, Please

Vicky Ward | Posted 11.06.2008 | Style

Read More: Henry Paulson, Wine, Society, Bailout, Thrift, Economy, Economic Crisis, New York City, Style News
Vicky Ward

So thrift is the new chic in New York -- and, as one dinner companion and I reflected on it last week, we felt relieved.

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How Goal Setting Can Enhance Self Awareness

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 10.26.2008 | Living

Read More: Manifestation, Psychosynthesism Grid, Networks, Shells, Nature, Existic Grid, Financial, Pleasure, Man, Doxiadis, Assagioli, Society, Goal Setting, Happiness, Living News
Stephen C. Rose

By Stephen C. Rose This is method of goal setting that draws on psychosynthesis, the ekistic grid, -- originally developed by the late Constantinos D...

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Barack Obama: "Black" Or "Biracial"?

BlackAndBrownNews | Posted 06.24.2008 | Home

Read More: America, African, Political Language, White, Media Coverage, Obama, Media, Campaign, Race, African American, Culture, Politics, Barack, United States, Black, Biracial, Society, American, News, Home News
BlackAndBrownNews

There is discussion now taking place between mostly white editors and producers in newsrooms on how to identify Senator Barack Obama now that he is the Democratic nominee.

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Who, Me, Sexist? Confessions of a Cable-News Commentator

John Neffinger | Posted 06.21.2008 | Media

Read More: Hillary Clinton Sexism Media, Shrill, Hillary Clinton Sexism, Sexism, New York Times, Society, Media News
John Neffinger

Since research shows that as a society we still share some strong culturally-enforced biases in how we perceive men and women, maybe next time I will take the time to make it clear where I stand.

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