Obama family

More than any other medium, the characters we see on television reflect and represent who we are – with some exaggeration, of course.  In the 1970s, though we might not have agreed with Archie Bunker of  “All in the Family,” we certainly recognized his struggles. In the 1990s, though their apartments seemed much too big for their […]

President Barack Obama is headed to Memphis to meet with families and local officials who have struggled through flooding caused byt he Mississippi River. The president will also give a commencement address at Booker T. Washington High School, which has seen its graduation rates rise remarkably in just three years. Bill Dries, reporter for the […]

New York Times writer Janny Scott has written a new, comprehensive biography of Dunham called “A Singular Woman: The Untold Story of Barack Obama’s Mother.”

President Obama’s mother Stanley Ann Dunham died young, at the age of 52. Because of this, her four grandchildren never got to hear her stories, eat her cooking, or experience those other parts of the special relationship many children are able to have with their grandparents. Maya Soetero-Ng, Dunham’s daughter, didn’t think deeply about this […]