Barack Obama
How Barack Obama and His Life as a TCK Assisted His Presidency
We all know the United States’ 45th president, Barack Obama. However, a lot of people are unaware of his lifestyle as a boy. He spent his early childhood moving from country to country with his mother and never fully settled […]
How Barack Obama’s Cultural Influences Paved His Way Into The Presidency
Obama’s TCK Upbringing Though he is most widely known as our 44th President of The United States, Barack Hussein Obama II emerged from a more complex background. Obama was born August 4th, 1961 to a Kenyan father (Barack Obama Sr.) […]
Marc Lamont Hill on Obama: The post-racial lie
“We have to dissect that stuff [media] and critically analyze it,” said Dr. Marc Lamont Hill. “Our goal shouldn’t be post-racial, it should be post-promise.” In a recent speech, Dr. Hill, author; scholar; journalist; professor and social rights activist, addressed his audience about […]
Part 1: Be In The Know – Marriage Equality in America
The discrimination against marriage equality for identities that don’t fit the heteronormative script was rampant in the U.S many years ago. It wasn’t until the early 60s when activist groups started challenging these prejudice ideologies and policy changes became a […]
Cuban-American Fashion Dream Team: Isabel & Ruben Toledo
Park Grove held an exclusive sartorial event at their penthouse sales gallery. Isabel Toledo, the Cuban-American fashion designer who has designed for the likes of Michelle Obama and MAC Cosmetics, hosted a private show of curated spring looks from her […]
Isabel Toledo 2014 Fall Collection at Lane Bryant
If you don’t know Cuban-born fashion designer Isabel Toledo, that’s OK… this modest designer has been styling women in couture for years. Chances are that you’ve seen her work without even knowing it. She’s most notably known for that moment […]