Let us hope that President-elect Obama continues to inspire the American people to forgo divisiveness and to instead unite to make the country better for all.
New York Times | Orville Buddo | Posted 11.22.2008 | Media
Barack Obama's presidential victory permeates this month's list of best-selling political books, with both of his own works returning to the top and s...
David Quigg | Posted 11.19.2008 | Politics
When we let shock or panic or a lust for vengeance guide us, we are a greater danger to ourselves than terrorists ever could be. Any terrorists. With any weapon.
Richard Appelbaum | Posted 11.06.2008 | Home
The Immokalee farmworker community is the home of a four-year-old boycott of Taco Bell and a recent anti-slavery case involving tomato workers who were found beaten and chained in a forced-labor camp. I spent Election Day there with first-time voter Beula Gilbert.
AP | HILLEL ITALIE | Posted 11.05.2008 | Media
NEW YORK — Barack Obama's historic victory has given yet another boost to his million-selling books, "Dreams from My Father" and "The Audacity o...
David Weinberger | Posted 11.03.2008 | Politics
The hope Obama offers is that we can get past the knee-jerk positions that are used to test the loyalty of the faithful.
Jonah Lalas | Posted 10.31.2008 | Home
It is early morning on August 28th at the Democratic National Convention in Denver. While thousands of delegates and enthusiastic supporters were rec...
Lee Stranahan | Posted 10.17.2008 | Politics
Everyone has their own reasons for voting. These are mine. I'm posting a new ultrashort video on YouTube every day from now until election day listin...
Logan Perkes | Posted 09.19.2008 | Home
Sarah works hard to convert her fellow Republicans with her unique insider advantage. She realizes how the Republican message works, how it exploits fear. "It's all the same -- that terrorists are coming and we need to be on offense."
Newsweek | Jon Meacham | Posted 08.24.2008 | Politics
Late last Thursday afternoon, before announcing who will join him in the fall campaign against John McCain, Barack Obama spoke with NEWSWEEK's Jon Mea...
Scott Atran | Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics
Fear may be the oldest and strongest emotion in our species. The politics of hope plays to a less primitive emotion.
Jeffrey Jena | Posted 06.21.2008 | Politics
I thought that there was some deep difference between the parties, but what I didn't see was that all political parties are only interested in one thing, getting elected and taking down the ensuing graft.
Laura Vanderkam | Posted 06.20.2008 | Living
In journalism we have a saying: Dog bites man is not a story. Man bites dog is. Which is why it says something about our society that reporter Lisa Belkin chose to profile Marc and Amy Vachon for her recent New York Times magazine cover story on "When Mom and Dad Share it All."
Amitai Etzioni | Posted 05.21.2008 | Politics
The nation is upon hard times, and being straight with the American people is to engage in risky politics. Obama is up to the challenge.
Lisa Dale Norton | Posted 05.13.2008 | Politics
If Obama wants to win blue-collar voters who sit squarely in Hillary's camp and who may happily defect to McCain come fall, he needs to give his books away.
AP | BETH FOUHY | Posted 04.15.2008 | Politics
WASHINGTON, Pa. — Democratic Sen. Barack Obama on Tuesday dismissed a voter's suggestion that when Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton called him elitis...
Steve Clemons | Posted 03.25.2008 | Politics
Obama is clearly getting better and better at his performances -- particularly those that he can stage in sound booths. And it's paying off.
Garrett Graff | Posted 02.15.2008 | Politics
Here's another solid example of how Clinton's campaign just doesn't inspire voter-generated content in the way that Obama's does, which is a good proxy for grassroots fervor.
Sunil Garg | Posted 01.31.2008 | Politics
Rather than translating his bold rhetoric of reform into action here within his home state and challenging our corrosive culture, Obama has repeatedly acted in ways that reinforce it.
Martin Lewis | Posted 01.07.2008 | Politics
Obama needs to be sure that he is not inciting expectations that he -- and indeed any president -- is powerless to fulfill among millions of people who (foolishly) expect instant results.
Thomas de Zengotita | Posted 10.21.2007 | Politics
Obama must risk sounding idealistic and naive. That risk authentically belongs to audacious hope, almost by definition. If he takes that risk he will be free.
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Dear President-elect and Mrs. Obama: I know that the greening of the White House...
Kenneth Thompson | Posted 11.26.2008 | Chicago