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Michelle Obama
July 19, 2016
Brian Beutler
This mashup of Melania Trump reading text plagiarized from Michelle Obama is incredibly damaging.
July 19, 2016
Alex Shephard
Melania Trump appears to have plagiarized part of Michelle Obama’s 2008 DNC speech.
April 22, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
An actually good conspiracy theory: Michelle Obama is wearing this purple dress to pay tribute to Prince.
March 24, 2016
Jeet Heer
Practicing dancing diplomacy, Obama makes a game effort to tango in Argentina.
February 22, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
Another reason we’ll miss Obama: This video of a 106-year-old dancing at the White House.
January 13, 2016
Rebecca Leber
Feminists: It’s okay to obsess over Michelle Obama’s marigold dress.
January 11, 2016
Sasha Belenky
The Obamas are reportedly planning to stay in Washington for another three years.
December 9, 2015
Alex Shephard
Barack Obama’s favorite book of 2015 was Lauren Groff’s Fates and Furies.
June 24, 2014
Taylor Malmsheimer, Amy Weiss-Meyer
Michelle Obama Is Leveraging Her Power As "Mom-in-Chief"
March 25, 2014
Reid Cherlin
The Worst Wing
How the East Wing shrank Michelle Obama
February 27, 2014
Paul Campos
There Is No Childhood Obesity Epidemic
So stop applauding Michelle Obama for reducing it!
February 10, 2014
Julia Ioffe
Russian Olympian Irina Rodnina Blames Racist Obama Tweet on a Hacker
January 20, 2014
Julia Fisher
What Comes After First Lady?
Experts' unsolicited career advice for Michelle Obama
November 22, 2013
Noreen Malone
Michelle Obama Is a Feminist, Not a "Feminist's Nightmare"
March 5, 2013
Laura Bennett
Late-Night Comedy, All Day Long
How Fallon, Kimmel, and other shows are adapting to the viral age
January 20, 2013
Lydia DePillis
Inaugural Party Hopping: Kid, Indian-American, and Millennial Edition
October 4, 2012
John McWhorter
The Perpetual Failure to Understand Obama's Double Consciousness
October 1, 2012
Nate Cohn
Obama’s College Voter Trump Card
September 14, 2012
Neera Tanden
Why Democrats Need a Woman on the National Ticket
September 7, 2012
Lydia DePillis
The Trouble with Measuring 'Tweets Per Minute'

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