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In July 2004, Barack Obama electrified the Democratic National Convention with an address that spoke to Americans across the political spectrum. Now, in The Audacity of Hope, Senator Obama calls for a different brand of politics–a politics for those weary of bitter partisanship and alienated...

No one could have predicted even two years ago that an African American would take the oath of office as president of the United States in January of 2009. For many, the occasion marks the climax to the civil rights movement and the fulfillment of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s dream that Americans could be judged on the content of their character and not the color of their skin. This collection, with about 400 letters from Americans of all walks of life, is being created to stand as a symbol of this exciting moment in history.

Barack Obama's speech on the Edmund Pettus Bridge to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery marches should have represented the culmination of Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream of racial unity. Yet, in Fracture, MSNBC national correspondent Joy-Ann Reid shows that, despite the...

Un récit fascinant et profondément intime de l'histoire en marche, par le président qui nous a insufflé la foi dans le pouvoir de la démocratie. Dans le premier volume passionnant et très attendu de ses mémoires présidentiels, Barack Obama raconte l'histoire de son improbable odyssée, de jeune homme en quête d'identité à dirigeant du monde libre, retraçant de manière singulièrement détaillée et personnelle son éducation politique et les moments emblématiques du premier mandat de sa présidence (2008-2012)

From CNN’s Abby Phillip, a triumphant new look at Jesse Jackson’s presidential campaigns of the 1980s and how they changed Black political power. This program is read by the author. “A joyful, rich, must-read biography of a politician whose flaws and gifts were in constant, intense...

When Barack Obama was elected U.S. president in 2008, the news was greeted with enormous hope in sub-Saharan Africa, as well as among the small coterie of Americans who follow the region closely.

U.S. President Barack Obama came into office determined to end a seemingly endless war on terrorism.

This is a common critique of Obama’s foreign policy: that he evades hard decisions, that he is allergic to military force if it risks American casualties or escalation, that there is often a mismatch between his words and his deeds. “This is a pattern,” one retired four-star general said. “He issues stern warnings, then does nothing. It damages American credibility.”Is the charge true?

China’s rise poses two broad challenges for U.S. foreign policy: how to deter the People’s Republic from destabilizing East Asia and how to encourage it to contribute to mul-tilateral global governance.

Even now, gazing back through the jaundiced lens of subsequent experience, Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign speech in Berlin still seems an extraordinary occasion.

Discover the secrets of the secret alliances that America made during the Obama era with Arab and Islamic regimes? How did it fight its battles against organizations in the Middle East, and how did it deal with the rise of Russian influence? Get ready to reveal secrets that may change your view of many major political events!

"Barack Obama: Guns Are Our Shared Responsibility" is from the Lifestyle section of The New York Times. It was written by Barack Obama and narrated by Kristi Burns.

James Beard award - winning author Adrian Miller vividly tells the stories of the African Americans who worked in the presidential food service as chefs, personal cooks, butlers, stewards, and servers for every First Family since George and Martha Washington. Miller brings together the names and words of more than 150 black men and women who played remarkable roles in unforgettable events in the nation's history.

"The Obama Boom" is from the Columns section of The New York Times. It was written by Paul Krugman and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"Obama the Monument Maker" is from the August 28, 2016 Opinion section of The New York Times. It was written by Douglas Brinkley and narrated by Kristi Burns.

On March 17, 2011, the un Security Council passed Resolution 1973, spearheaded by the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama, authorizing military intervention in Libya.

Critics of U.S. President Barack Obama’s Middle East strategy often complain that Obama lacks a strategic vision.

In April 2009, just three months after he took office, U.S. President Barack Obama traveled to Trinidad and Tobago for the Summit of the Americas.

"For Obama and Modi, a 'Chemistry' of Shared Objectives" is from the June 05, 2016 U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Gardiner Harris and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"Obama Criticizes FBI Director: 'We Don't Operate on Incomplete Information'" is from the November 02, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Gardiner Harris and Adam Goldman and narrated by Fleet Cooper.