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When President Obama told a black audience years ago that black men needed to be better fathers the response from Rev. Jesse Jackson was to criticize him for talking down to black people and whisper that he deserved to be castrated.Now the president has done it again.Speaking at graduation ceremonies at Morehouse College in Atlanta last weekend the President said it is time to stop using racism and discrimination – though they still exist – to excuse bad personal decisions that block success.And the critics are back at President Obama again.Left-wing black intellectuals are calling him a "scold" and asking if he is making a bad habit of speaking to the black community's flaws. In other words, he is blaming the victim and not speaking to systemic issues from ghettoes to bad schools that continue to disadvantage poor black people.Black people deserve more than "targeted scorn," from the president, wrote Ta-Nehisi Coates for the Atlantic. Coates chided the president for telling a black ma...
The Democratic National Committee says NBA veteran Jason Collins will headline its annual lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender gala.Last week, Collins became the f...
First lady Michelle Obama says companies participating in a program to help veterans find work have hired or trained 290,000 veterans and military spouses, nearly tr...
Siemens USA CEO Eric Spiegel on the company’s efforts to hire and train veterans.
Taking on a more prominent political role, first lady Michelle Obama is launching a nationwide effort to motivate every supporter of President Barack Obama to get mo...
First lady Michelle Obama is sponsoring a future Navy submarine named after her home state. The White House said Tuesday that the first lady has accepted an invitati...
Michelle Obama played a little tennis with kids, handed out some hugs and posed for photos with strapping athletes Friday as she formally began her stint leading the...
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First Lady Michelle Obama will lead the United States' presidential delegation for the Opening Ceremony of the 2012 Olympics in London.The First Lady will be joined ...
First lady Michelle Obama is honoring military mothers and wives for being "outstanding role models" for their children, communities and country.The first lady and J...
LOS ANGELES -- Michelle Obama is going to be on one of Nickelodeon's most popular shows.The first lady is set to appear on an upcoming episode of the comedy "iCarly"...
Teen star Miranda Cosgrove says she usually doesn't get nervous about taping episodes of her Nickelodeon comedy, "iCarly," but that changed when first lady Michelle ...
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President Obama will visit three African nations this summer.The White House says the president and first lady Michelle Obama will leave on June 26, stopping in Sene...
Do your kids love chocolate milk? It may have more calories on average than you thought.Same goes for soda.Until now, the only way to find out what people in the Uni...
The Dolby Theater at Hollywood and Highland was filled with A-listers for the 85th Academy Awards on Sunday night, but the coveted task of presenting the final award...
A former Philadelphia police officer once hailed as a hero and given a seat next to the first lady at a speech by President Obama has been arrested and charged with ...
‘American Phoenix’ author Jane Hampton Cook on how First Lady Michelle Obama can help the President survive the Benghazi controversy.
First Lady Michelle Obama joined Twitter Thursday and quickly gained over 100,000 followers in just a few hours.The account, which has the username @michelleobama, w...
With Benghazi, has Hillary Clinton hit what President Obama might call a "bump on the road" in her widely assumed bid for the presidency in 2016?Some Republicans say...