Look at that beautiful Black family!
The White House Photo Office released this official familiy portrait of President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama and their young daughters Sasha and Malia Friday (Oct 23). This photograph was taken in the Green Room of the White House on September 1st 2009 by famed celebrity photographer Annie [...]

It was announced Friday morning (Oct 9) that our very own President Barack Obama had been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for the year 2009. Barack Obama already made history by being the first African American president, so now he can add “fourth U.S. president to win the Nobel Peace Prize” to his ongoing resume [...]

Pop singer Pink hit the stage Monday night (Sep 28) in Fairfax, VA at the Patriot Center and performed in concert as a part of her “Funhouse” tour. During the show, before getting into her anti-Bush song “Dear Mr. President,” Pink  gave a shout-out to First Lady Michelle Obama for being anti-fur.
“Let’s get political for [...]

We’re not sure why people are up in arms about this back-to-school speech from President Obama, but this is definitely something school students of today need to see! People are always blaming teachers, administrators, parents and the government for the failure of the education system, when the majority of the responsibility lies within the students [...]

Rapper Jay-Z took a few shots at TV personality Bill O’Reilly and raido personality Rush Limbaugh in his new song, “Off That” (featuring Drake). The lines that target the political commentators go like this:
This ain’t black versus white, my n*gga, we off that / Please tell Bill O’Reilly to fall back / Tell Rush Limbaugh [...]

Philanthropist/entrepreneur Russell Simmons, along with actresses Vivica A. Fox and Gabrielle Union, posed for a pic at the Children Uniting Nations’ 4th Annual National Conference, held at The House Capitol Building Tuesday (Jun 9) in Washington, D.C. The woman on the far left is the organization’s founder Daphna Ziman. Actor/singer Terrence Howard attended the event [...]

The day President Obama revealed his  $3.6 trillion budget to revive the economy, Republicans from left to right have been criticizing him for spending way too much with fears that his trillion dollar budget will dig us deeper into debt during a weakened economy. Democrats have been firing back defending the President stating that Republicans [...]

President Barack Obama held a very interactive town hall meeting at the White House Thursday, which included questions from online users from all over the country regarding the state of our country. This was the first online town hall discussion ever hosted at the White House. The President answered questions concerning the mortgage crisis, education, [...]

President Obama made a little joke last night when he made an appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. When he was talking to Jay about his bowling average, he made a comment comparing himself to a participant in the Special Olympics, and unsurprisingly, a lot of people made a big deal about it [...]

Television and worldwide mogul Oprah Winfrey interviewed our First Lady, Michelle Obama, for O Magazine. First Lady Obama and Oprah shared the magazine too, which marks the first time in O Magazine history that antoher human being (besides Oprah herself) has covered the popular women’s magazine. Peep a snippet of the interview below:
For all the [...]

Usher is getting political on us! The R&B recording artist attended a hearing on improving America’s commitment to service and volunteerism at the House Education and Labor Committee hearing room yesterday in D.C. He brought along some of the leaders from his New Look Foundation to talk to the political big wigs. Continue reading [...]

Well it looks as though President Obama is working hard to keep his word to finally bring much needed change to this country with his goal to cut America’s growing deficit in half by 2013. The president plans to cut spending on the Iraq war, eliminate wasteful public programs and raise taxes on the wealthy.
“The [...]

“They’ll have to find someone else to write the next stimulus bill,” is what one of the officers in the editorial cartoon above say after shooting a chimpanzee three times in the chest/abdomen. The chimpanzee is laying in the grass, obviously dead, with blood surrounding its body. This piece of sh*t, illustrated by cartoonist Sean [...]

President Barack Obama has signed the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act into law on Tuesday after a grueling and long debate between Democrats & Republicans on whether the bill should be passable to revive our crumbling economy.
Before signing the bill, the President quickly reassured Americans of the long road ahead to better economic [...]

Music legend Stevie Wonder will receive a huge honorary award (The Library of Congress Award) next Wednesday, February 25th 2009. President Barack and First Lady Michelle Obama will present the award to Wonder.
The White House says the president and first lady will present Wonder a Library of Congress award on Feb. 25. The concert will [...]

Here are a set of photos from President Obama’s Inauguration in D.C. a couple of weeks ago on January 20th 2009 in front of the Capitol building. Continue reading for an amazing set of historical photos. Download them and put them away for safe keeping. We can only celebrate having the first Black president in [...]

I’ve been a little detached from the internet over the past couple of weeks due to a few offline obligations and what-not, but I’m slowly getting Gossip On This back into the groove of things. I’m not sure if many other blogs have shown a lot of these but here are a few photos [...]

Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr. was asked by Essence to write an open letter to President Barack Obama. In the letter, he mainly talks about ways to improve the future of our country by investing in the education of our youth. Check it out below, and after the cut.
Dear Mr. President:
What a joy and relief it [...]

President Barack Obama’s official presidential portrait was unveiled a few weeks ago. They say it’s the first presidential portrait ever to be taken with a digital camera. You can add that to the historical list of “firsts” we as a country have experienced in such a short amount of time.

President Obama began to take action regarding fuel efficiency & global warming with plans to reverse several Bush decisions concerning green issues. Obama directed his Environmental Protection Agency to review a California application to regulate greenhouse gases and told his Department of Transportation to begin implementing fuel efficiency standards passed in late 2007 but not [...]