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April 4, 2022

Fashion Fair’s new owners talk about rebuilding the brand

Desiree Rogers and Cheryl Mayberry McKissack discuss Fashion Fair's legacy and the process of bringing the cosmetics brand back to…
August 28, 2012

True Finish Refining Mineral Foundation marks a new phase — and face — for Fashion Fair Cosmetics

Fifty-five-year old Patrice Weiss and her mother once used Fashion Fair Cosmetics faithfully. “It was in the ‘80s,” Weiss remembers.
February 21, 2012

TheGrio's 100: Desiree Rogers, From White House to CEO of Johnson Publishing

theGRIO'S 100 - Desiree Rogers was the White House social secretary during President Obama's first year and a half in…
January 31, 2012

Slideshow: TheGrio's 100 top 10 African-Americans in media

These 10 African-Americans have taken the media world by storm.
January 25, 2012

African-American slave cemeteries plowed over for spillway to be restored near New Orleans

theGRIO REPORT - Two cemeteries that had been dedicated to the burial of African-American slaves and their descendants were plowed…
August 15, 2011

Circulation surges for Ebony and Jet

CHICAGO - This news comes after the announcement that both publications' circulation has been outsourced to New York firm Shain…
August 10, 2010

Ex-Obama social secretary named CEO of Ebony-Jet

CHICAGO (AP) - Desiree Rogers had been consulting for Johnson Publishing for two months and took over daily operations on…
August 10, 2010

Ex-WH Social Secretary Desirée Rogers to lead Ebony-Jet

From The New York Times - Former White House Social Secretary Desirée Rogers has been hired to run the Johnson…
May 18, 2010

Obama’s ‘toxic’ ex-pastor refuses to go quietly

OPINION - Wright's treatment also bears the hallmarks of what many political observers recognize as one of the president's most…
March 12, 2010

Desirée Rogers ran into sharp elbows at White House

Desirée Rogers began to understand she was in trouble when David Axelrod summoned her to his office last spring to…
March 4, 2010

Desiree Rogers has lots of friends on Facebook

Within minutes of Rogers' "astonishing" resignation Friday, Mingo and a friend created a Facebook group, "Toast to Ms. Desiree Rogers,…
March 1, 2010

Chicago mayor defends Desiree Rogers

Daley called Rogers a "great friend of mine," who did a "tremendous job" in a position she didn't have to…
February 26, 2010

White House social secretary Rogers resigning

WASHINGTON (AP) - Rogers recently came under criticism for her handling of the administration's first state dinner...
December 8, 2009

Rogers and Woods comparison is unfair

By Dr. Janet Taylor Linking White House Social Secretary Desiree Rogers and ‘cheetah’ Tiger Woods in a recent New York
December 7, 2009

Are we upset with Desirée Rogers' failure – or her success?

OPINION - As images of White House party crashers Tareq and Michaele Salahi begin to fade, those of White House…
December 4, 2009

White House social chair under fire over party crashers

Now Rogers is under withering scrutiny for her office's role in the infamous security breakdown at the state dinner. A…