Once again, a "source" has given the media (and PT, argh!!) some bogus information. Turns out the lady who claimed to represent the Black Artists' Association is kinda nutso:  

This does not mark the first time [Amnau] Eele, a "divination artist" has made headlines with unusual claims.   In 2007, Amnau Eele and her brother Clifton Mallery (a/k/a Enjai Omaa Eele), Read More

  Black designers are mad that Michelle didn't wear any black designers during the inaugural event. Ugh.  

[Black Artists Association] Cofounder Amnau Eele said Wednesday she will make a formal appeal to the First Lady’s office on behalf of the BAA. “It’s fine and good if you want to be all ‘Kumbaya’ and ‘We Are the World’ by representing all different countries. But… Read More

  French newspaper Le Monde unearthed an interview the Obamas did in 1996 (four years after tying the knot and two years before Malia was born) for a book about marriages that was never published. ABC News translated the Obamas' separate interviews to English and the result is, well, simply beautiful. While we've heard some of the things they touch on before, this is confirmation that their remarks about their… Read More

  Ta-Nehisi Coates has a touching feature at The Atlantic today on Michelle Obama.  So far, I've read it twice. Once to dissect its form so I can use it to up my own writing game, and a second time to grasp what he's saying. Oftentimes when I read features by black writers on the Obamas and their American identities, I get the… Read More

All the hype in 2008 made this year's top 10 lists harder to put together than Karrine Steffans legs. There's a lot to cover in a year that included Hilary crying, Fox News losing it's mind, China covering everything up but the pollution, and Shaq hoping Kobe could decipher the flavor of his ass. YouTube and the rest of the Internets guaranteed this year would be unforgettable; while occasionally sparking an intense need to shut down my laptop over a comment worthy of a Read More

When I saw this picture the first thing I thought was, "Oh good, SNL did find some black people to play the Obamas after all." But the truth is even better:

"RuPaul celebrates the holidays and the history-making Obamas in a commemorative holiday card of presidential proportions," a spokesperson said. This double-exposure opens the door for what he has in store with his latest showbiz endeavor. RuPaul (nee Rupaul Andre Charles)… Read More