On AlterNet: michelle obama
Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "michelle obama"
Kate Sheppard, Mother Jones. November 19, 2009.
Obama recently tapped as chief agricultural negotiator for the office of the US Trade Representative a senior executive from one of the pesticide industry's main trade groups.
Annabelle Gurwitch, AlterNet. November 7, 2009.
The first couple has tried to preserve their "date night tradition." So have my husband and I.
Courtney E. Martin, AlterNet. July 29, 2009.
We need both women and men, and folks from a range of ethnic and class backgrounds, informing the creation of business "not as usual."
Agence France Presse July 21, 2009.
Obama was defending himself after fashionistas who mocked the old-fashioned "Dad jeans" he wore to throw the first pitch at a Saint Louis baseball match last week.
tristero, Hullabaloo AlterNet: PEEK. June 17, 2009.
Obama launches major campaign for healthy eating and against moneyed vested interests.
Sarah Haskins, Huffington Post AlterNet: PEEK. May 8, 2009.
There's one thing all American women want: Michelle Obama's super buff guns.
Katha Pollitt, The Nation. April 3, 2009.
Well, not quite. She is still black .. and a woman. So while half the country swoons over her, there are those who feel a little threatened.
Bonnie Fuller, Huffington Post. March 10, 2009.
Maybe if Republicans took a cue from the First Lady and hit the gym, the endorphins would finally spark some new ideas from their camp.
Carl Sferrazza Anthony, Huffington Post. February 6, 2009.
The media have long treated first ladies as caricatures instead of people. What will that mean for Michelle Obama?
Veronica Arreola, Viva La Feminista AlterNet: PEEK. January 21, 2009.
A controversial bio of Michelle on the new First Lady's webpage has many women asking whether she's downplaying her career achievements.
Geoffrey Dunn, Huffington Post AlterNet: PEEK. January 13, 2009.
Just when you think that Palin can't top herself ...
Sheila Gibbons, Women's eNews. January 5, 2009.
The media have pegged Michelle Obama as mom and moral arbiter. But the Ivy League-educated lawyer's background raises bigger questions.
Jill Tubman, Jack & Jill Politics AlterNet: Reproductive Justice and Gender. December 18, 2008.
Gen Y gets it and wants an active administration including a First Lady who's a real leader to create change we can see in our everyday lives.
Kathlyn Hendricks, Gay Hendricks, Huffington Post. December 5, 2008.
The future president and First Lady display a new kind of equality and respect.
Tamura Lomax, RH Reality Check. November 22, 2008.
A recent Salon article declared 'First Lady Got Back.' Does the piece tap into racist assumptions about black women's sexuality?
Lisa Derrick, Firedoglake AlterNet: Video. October 28, 2008.
Michelle Obama shares shopping secrets, talks life on the campaign trail, and says Barack is "romantic."
Christy Hardin Smith, Firedoglake AlterNet: PEEK. September 22, 2008.
Both campaigns have been trying to the attention of female viewers -- during talk shows, soap operas, you name it.
Adele M. Stan, The Media Consortium AlterNet: PEEK. August 28, 2008.
Michelle: Hillary made my husband a better candidate.
Adele Stan, Huffington Post. August 26, 2008.
Michelle Obama's appearance last night conveyed an admirable unwillingness to diminish herself and her gifts to fit a sexist ideal.
Blue Texan, Firedoglake AlterNet: PEEK. August 26, 2008.
Some people are worried that the Dems didn't go after McCain last night ... be patient, last night wasn't the night to attack.
Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. August 26, 2008.
Michelle Obama gives an inspiring and intimate introduction to her family's all-American success story. And: Ted Kennedy passes the torch.
DJK, Brave New Films AlterNet: Video. July 28, 2008.
Why FOX didn't go after Phil Gramm.
Digby, Hullabaloo AlterNet: PEEK. July 15, 2008.
"The cover snidely laughs at these silly rubes who believe such silly things, but ... I'm afraid the joke's on us."
DJK, Brave New Films AlterNet: Video. July 10, 2008.
Why the right wing shouldn't sum up patriotism in black and white absolutes.
Robert Greenwald, Brave New Films AlterNet: Video. July 9, 2008.
We cannot allow FOX to make politics about racist stereotypes.
