With one swift stroke--just 18 minutes of words, delivered with a stern tone and a steel gaze--Barack Hussein Obama sliced through the usual clutter a...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics
Overshadowed, occasionally, by all the talk of voter lines, machine malfunctions, election projections and electorate anxiety is the truly historic na...
Mayhill Fowler | Posted 09.29.2008 | Home
Suddenly my companion is sobbing, "I'm three generations from slavery," she says. I'm holding her. "I didn't know it would affect me this way," she says, and I'm thinking that all of my maternal American ancestors owned slaves.
Markus Ziener | Posted 07.16.2008 | Politics
For the first time in a long time, we have a presidential contender who knows the hardships of the simple life -- and the tricks to stay afloat in a city like Chicago.
New York Times | MICHAEL POWELL | Posted 06.12.2008 | Politics
He gives the appearance of a strikingly laid-back victor, this presumptive Democratic presidential nominee. On the day before the night he made histo...
Politico | John F. Harris | Posted 02.21.2009 | Politics