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Michael H. Cottman

Michelle Obama has served as a formidable role model for children and adults through her healthy-eating campaign and deserves a second term as first lady, Michael H. Cottman writes at BlackAmericaWeb.

Jamilah Lemieux

Ebony.com news and lifestyle editor Jamiliah Lemieux delivers a scathing critique of New York magazine's depiction of President Obama as an ape. In its cluelessness, she says, it represents the basest principle of white privilege.

Lynne K. Varner

Because students of color will be most affected by state education-budget cuts, Seattle Times columnist Lynne K. Varner encourages their parents to engage in the reform debate.

Black Bloggers and Fashion Week

These stylish bloggers brave the upcoming New York shows so you don't have to.

Couture for a Cause

Chaka Khan, Aisha Tyler and more modeled red dresses in New York to raise awareness for heart disease.

Roland Martin Suspended

Journal-isms update: Pundit won't be appearing on the air "for the time being"; GLAAD responds.

Meet the Young Futurists

From a jewelry designer to a Rhodes scholar, these 25 budding innovators, ages 16 to 22, are changing the world in their own unique ways.

Young Futurist: Bianca Bailey

Bianca gave up a music scholarship to Howard University to pursue a degree in chemical engineering and is hard at work bringing practical solutions to the clean-water crisis in the developing world