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Barack Obama

Posted inNonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads July 31, 2020October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Barack Obama, Andrea Pitzer, Hannah Dreier, Ismail Muhammad, Niela Orr, Hanif Abdurraqib, Danielle A. Jackson, and Cassie Owens, and Karolina Waclawiak.

Posted inFeatured, Highlight, History, Quote Posts, Quotes

‘The American People Have Been Constantly Lied To’

by Krista Stevens December 9, 2019October 19, 2022

“U.S. officials constantly said they were making progress. They were not, and they knew it.”

Posted inBusiness & Tech, History, Nonfiction, Story

My Journey to the Heart of the FOIA Request

by Spenser Mestel September 20, 2017October 19, 2022

Fifty years ago, the Freedom of Information Act gave the public access to government secrets — all you had to do was ask. How a simple request became a bureaucratic nightmare.

Posted inBusiness & Tech, History, Nonfiction

My Journey to the Heart of the FOIA Request

by Spenser Mestel September 20, 2017October 19, 2022

Fifty years ago, the Freedom of Information Act gave the public access to government secrets — all you had to do was ask. How a simple request became a bureaucratic nightmare.

Posted inCurrent Events, Quotes

The Colorblind Whitewashers of American History

by michelleweber July 21, 2017October 19, 2022

Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw offers a sharp rebuke to those who would declare our country “post-racial.”

Posted inBlog Post, Reading List

Celebrating a Second Independence Day: A Juneteenth Reading List

by Danielle Tcholakian June 19, 2017October 19, 2022

Nine stories that explain the fraught history of the holiday, and the need for celebration. 

Posted inBooks, Featured, Profiles & Interviews, Story, Writing

The Real Obama: An Interview with Pulitzer Prize-Winning Biographer David J. Garrow

by Cody Delistraty May 9, 2017October 19, 2022

The author offers insights into the 44th President of the United States after interviewing over 1,000 people for Rising Star: The Making of Barack Obama.

Librarian of Congress
Posted inArts & Culture, Books, Quotes

The Last Decent Person in Washington

by mlegro February 22, 2017October 19, 2022

Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden is an Obama appointee who embodies the calm, measured wisdom of the 44th President.

Posted inNonfiction, Quotes

Ten Letters A Day: To Obama With Love, and Hate, and Desperation

by Krista Stevens January 24, 2017October 19, 2022

Jeanne Marie Laskas goes behind the scenes in the White House mailroom where “50 staff members, 36 interns, and a rotating roster of 300 volunteers” read and processed the 10,000 emails and letters President Barack Obama received each day during his eight-year presidency.

Posted inFeatured, Nonfiction, Reading List

The Audacity of Hope: A Reading List on Barack Obama

by Krista Stevens January 18, 2017October 19, 2022

Of all the articles written about Obama over the years, the ones that intrigued me most were the ones that helped me get to know the man and what he stood for, just a little bit better. With this reading list we remember the man, his time in office, and take a peek at what’s in store after the White House.

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