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NYT chronicles Obama’s ‘Historic Journey’
The New York Times has chronicled the exceptional moments of President Barack Obama's life though in-depth reporting, insightful analysis and visual imagery and combined them in "Obama: The Historic Journey," a comprehensive look at Obama's election. An excerpt.
Prologue: Winds of change
“I think it’s fair to say that the conventional wisdom was that we could not win. We didn’t have enough money. We didn’t have enough organization. There was no way that a skinny guy from the South Side with a funny name like Barack Obama could ever win ”
March 18,
The lines began forming weeks before the election: in Florida, where seniors feared there might be a repeat of the rampant confusion that marred the disputed voting; in Ohio, where unsubstantiated rumors swirled that polling places would shut their doors promptly at the appointed closing time, no matter if there were still lines of eligible voters waiting; in roadside casinos and laun
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The Lede
The Obamas Campaign for Kamala Harris
In Georgia, Barack Obama spoke of character, and in Michigan, Michelle Obama reminded voters of the stakes for women’s lives.
Daily Comment
The Toughness of Nancy Pelosi
She helped save Obamacare and other transformative legislation, and made it clear when the nonsense had to stop.
The New Yorker Documentary
Painting Black Existence Into History
In the documentary short “Paint & Pitchfork,” Christine Turner examines the life and work of the artists Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald.
Q. & A.
The Collapse of American Identity
In a new book, the journalist George Packer argues that the country is divided into four warring factions.
Double Take
Barack Obama in The New Yorker
From a profile written when he was a state politician to an excerpt from his forthcoming memoir, the former President has a long history in the magazine’s pages.
Annals of the Presidency
A President Looks Back on His Toughest Figh
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Family of Barack Obama
The family of Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States, is a prominent American family active in law, education, activism and politics. Obama's immediate family circle was the first family of the United States from to , and are the first such family of African-American descent.[1] His immediate family includes his wife Michelle Obama and daughters Malia and Sasha. Obama's wider ancestry is made up of people of Kenyan (Luo), African-American, and Old Stock American (including originally English, Scots-Irish, Welsh, German, and Swiss) ancestry.[2][3][4][5][6]
Immediate family
Michelle Obama
Main article: Michelle Obama
Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama (born January 17, ) is an American lawyer, university administrator, and writer who served as the first lady of the United States from to [7] She is Barack Obama's wife, and was the first African-American first lady. Raise