Family of Barack Obama

President Obama won a second term this week, but he still faces a looming debt crisis, a hobbling economy, and a hyper-partisan Congress. As he enters his second term, what has President Obama learned from his first four years? What are his goals for the next four? And how does the President hope to shape […]

Though President Obama and Mitt Romney are neck-and-neck in the polls at home, a recent BBC poll showed that Obama remains the clear favorite abroad. How does the president remain so popular around the world? Ros Atkins hosts the BBC program, World Have Your Say, where listeners call in from all over the world to […]

Before he was even in the Senate, Barack Obama claimed that he was inspired to move to Chicago by Harold Washington, a man who would become the city’s first African-American mayor. What else do these writers of political history have in common?  Anna Sale, reporter for It’s a Free Country, leads us through the parallels of […]

Jodi Kantor, correspondent for The New York Times, has written a new book called “The Obamas,” which gives an inside look into the first family. Specifically, she reports on Michelle Obama’s role as First Lady and her interactions with the President and with his senior advisers. Though Mrs. Obama  has not yet read the book, in […]