Barack Obama

A Spoonful of Sugar: On the Affordable Care Act

A Spoonful of Sugar: On the Affordable Care Act A Spoonful of Sugar: On the Affordable Care Act

Obama and America's hundred-year struggle over healthcare reform.

Jan 25, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Bernard Avishai

Scratching the Surface of Obama’s Education Rhetoric Scratching the Surface of Obama’s Education Rhetoric

From drop-outs to teachers, dId the president’s State of the Union school reform proposals make any sense?

Jan 25, 2012 / Dana Goldstein

Marriage, Power and ‘The Obamas’ Marriage, Power and ‘The Obamas’

The swirl of controversy over Jodi Kantor’s biography reflects deep cultural anxieties about the limits we place on women in power.

Jan 18, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Ilyse Hogue

Why the Obamas Should Embrace ‘The Obamas’ Why the Obamas Should Embrace ‘The Obamas’

 A new book puts a human face on the Obama presidency and shows just how influential Michelle Obama really is.  

Jan 11, 2012 / Ilyse Hogue

Obama and the Indefinite Detention of US Citizens Obama and the Indefinite Detention of US Citizens

With the signing of the National Defense Authorization Act, the president has brought Guantánamo-style justice to the United States.

Jan 4, 2012 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

The Change I Believe In The Change I Believe In

2012 needs to be about what comes next, not just who comes next.

Dec 20, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Iowa Challenge for Obama: Dem Caucus Votes for ‘Uncommitted’ Slate Iowa Challenge for Obama: Dem Caucus Votes for ‘Uncommitted’ Slate

Health Care Not Warfare campaigners propose a Democratic Caucus alternative to Obama: an uncommitted slate. Others urge caucus goers from both parties to reject current contenders ...

Dec 20, 2011 / John Nichols

There Goes the Republic There Goes the Republic

The defense authorization bill that Congress passed and President Obama had threatened to veto will soon become law, a fact that should be met with public outrage.

Dec 15, 2011 / Robert Scheer

Obama Gets Occupied

Obama Gets Occupied Obama Gets Occupied

The president has started talking like a populist. It took the Occupy movement to make him do it.

Dec 14, 2011 / The Editors

Teddy Roosevelt Would Recess Appoint Cordray as Wall St. Watchdog Teddy Roosevelt Would Recess Appoint Cordray as Wall St. Watchdog

A majority of senators want the former Ohio attorney general to head the Consumer Financial Products Bureau. The president should use a recess appointment to make it so.

Dec 8, 2011 / John Nichols

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