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Top 10 Moments Black People Won in 2017

2017 has been, how do I put this succinctly, a fucking shit year. From the plagues of biblical proportions that this administration keeps trying to drop on us to the fact that Mother Nature is sick of the bullshit and has been trying to finally kill us all via hurricane, 2017 has not been skimpy…

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Clarkisha Kent

Published

December 27, 2017
Very Smart Brothas

Apparently Donald Trump’s Feelings Will Be Hurt if the Obamas Get a Royal-Wedding Invite and He Doesn’t. Please, 2018, Make This Happen!

So we can talk about what Meghan Markle’s engagement to Prince Harry “means”—and what “means” even means in this context—and imperialism and colorism and capitalism and neoliberalism and whether the Obamas being invited to the royal wedding is something to be celebrated and the racist brooch-rocking Darth Abigails currently in the royal family, and we…

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Damon Young

Published

December 26, 2017
Entertainment

Prince Harry and Michelle Obama Surprise Students at Chicago South Side High School

Twenty lucky students in Chicago were treated to British and American (well, at least for us) royalty as Prince Harry and Michelle Obama came through with a surprise visit to a South Side high school located across from the future site of the Obama Presidential Center. According to a statement provided by Michelle Obama’s office,…

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Angela Helm

Published

November 1, 2017
Entertainment

Today in Obama: Soon as I Get Home

In which we look back at simpler times. While we’re waiting for the real Melania Trump to please stand up, let’s throw it back to Oct. 19, 2011. Here, President Barack Obama and forever-my-(first-)lady Michelle were at Joint Base Langley-Eustis in Hampton, Va., sharing a moment. Ummmmfff. I’m blushing over my coffee over here. How…

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Anne Branigin

Published

October 19, 2017
The Obamas Chose 2 Black Artists to Paint Their Official Portraits for the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery

Barack and Michelle Obama hand-picked the two artists who will paint the portraits that will memorialize them in perpetuity at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, and both artists are black. The Smithsonian has commissioned Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald to paint the official portraits of the former president and first lady respectively, the Wall Street…

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Monique Judge

Published

October 13, 2017
Culture

Judge of Characters: Trump Saves the World With Cheap Paper Towels

This week, the whole world got a chance to see just how terrible the U.S. president could be when he finally made his way to the devastation in Puerto Rico. When Donald Trump wasn’t blaming Puerto Ricans for busting the budget because, you know … aid, he was throwing paper towels and flashlights at them,…

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Danielle Young

Published

October 6, 2017
Entertainment

Today in Obama: It’s Our Anniversary

In which we look back at simpler times: OK, we’re fudging it a bit with this one, but it’s been a hell of a week, so we’re taking it all the way back to Tuesday—which, in 2017, feels like three years ago. While Melania Trump was rocking her castastro-fit (with the Timbs, no less) and…

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Anne Branigin

Published

October 6, 2017
The Obamas May Be in a New York State of Mind

Page Six is reporting that former President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle have been shopping around New York City’s Upper East Side for some new digs. Citing multiple sources, Page Six reports that the first couple of our hearts is checking out 10 Gracie Square, a “white glove, full-service” apartment complex not too far…

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Anne Branigin

Published

October 3, 2017
Entertainment

Today in Obama

In which, on Throwback Thursday, we look back to simpler times. Behold, Barack and Michelle Obama, two people who actually like touching each other. Was this really just a year ago?

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Anne Branigin

Published

September 28, 2017
Michelle Obama Had a Simple Reminder for the 53 Percent: ‘Any Woman Who Voted Against Hillary Clinton Voted Against Their Own Voice’

Former first lady Michelle Obama, queen of our hearts, took some time out of her schedule to address the Beckys who voted for President Donald Trump while discussing a wide range of topics at a conference in Boston on Wednesday. “Any woman who voted against Hillary Clinton voted against their own voice,” Obama said during…

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Breanna Edwards

Published

September 27, 2017