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Maya Soetoro-Ng, Obama's Sister, Is Moving to Washington

nytimes.com | RACHEL L. SWARNS | Posted 08.30.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON -- The far-flung Obama clan is coming closer together. President Obama's half-sister, Maya Soetoro-Ng, is moving her family here from Hawai...

Obama's Sister Signs Children's Book Deal

AP | Posted 05.03.2009 | Media


NEW YORK — President Obama's half-sister has a book deal, for a children's picture story. Maya Soetoro-Ng's "Ladder to the Moon," based in part...

Don't Forget Your Mother, Barack

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 02.19.2009 | World


Shirin Sadeghi

A native Kansan who learned several languages, including Russian, Urdu, Spanish, Javanese and Bahasa Indonesia, Barack Obama's mother existed outside of the box of traditionalism.

How a Family's Divorce Impacted Obama and Other Presidents

Jill Brooke | Posted 02.16.2009 | Living


Jill Brooke

As a child of divorce, Obama is more likely to be sensitive to policies that protect children and more likely to make family health care coverage a priority, since many divorced women lose their coverage.

Done With the Holidays and Back to Work: Is Obama As Psyched As We Are?

Disgrasian | Posted 02.06.2009 | Style


Disgrasian

As we slide into our first day back at work, we can't help but wonder if Obama might quietly be sighing the same airy breaths of relief we all do as we return from two weeks of holiday "celebrations."

Keep Him Honest

Gautam Dutta | Posted 01.01.2009 | Politics


Gautam Dutta

If it wants to maintain control, the Democratic Party simply cannot afford to take any community for granted, whether Asian American, Latino, or African American.

Obama's Sister Writes: "He May Not Be A Perfect Man... But We Have Made A Great Choice"

Time | DAN NAKASO / HONOLULU | Posted 12.13.2008 | Politics


Barack Obama's sister has not emerged in public since the death of their grandmother two days before her brother's historic presidential election but ...

Maya Soetoro-Ng: Meet Barack's Sister (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

Huffington Post via Time | DAN NAKASO / HONOLULU | Posted 12.13.2008 | Style


Barack Obama's sister has not emerged in public since the death of their grandmother two days before her brother's historic presidential election but ...

Another Reason To Be a Democrat? We Dress Better

Disgrasian | Posted 09.26.2008 | Style


Disgrasian

As if you needed another reason to vote Democratic in November, here's one more: we dress better. The first night of the DNC may have been a snooze, ...

Obama and Clinton: Does The Mainstream Media Have It Wrong?

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 07.23.2008 | Media


Marcia G. Yerman

The questions about the Obama-Clinton relationship will undoubtedly remain. However, the voices for "party unity" and "taking back the White House" are starting to sound increasingly strong.

Obama's Sister Becomes Asian-American Surrogate

AP | JULIANA BARBASSA | Posted 07.09.2008 | Politics


SAN FRANCISCO — The throng of Asian-American donors drew closer, drinks in hand, to hear Barack Obama's sister describe the wide arc of his life...