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Barack Obama

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Biography

Full Name: Barack Hussein Obama Jr.
Party: Democratic
Political Office: U.S. Senator from Illinois, elected 2004; member, Illinois State Senate 1997-2004
Business/Professional Experience: Attorney, law firm of Miner Barnhill & Galland (Chicago, IL), 1993-2004
Date of Birth: August 4, 1961
Place of Birth: Honolulu
Education: B.A. Columbia University 1983; J.D. Harvard Law, 1991
Spouse: married Michelle Robinson, 1992
Children: daughters Malia, born 1999, and Natasha, born 2001
Religion: United Church of Christ
Home: Chicago

Books

By Barack Obama: The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream [2006]; Dreams from my Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance [1995]

About: Hopes and Dreams: The Story of Barack Obama, by Steve Dougherty [2007]

Highlights From the Archives

How Obama Reconciles Dueling Views on Economy
How Obama Reconciles Dueling Views on Economy

Barack Obama is both more left-wing and more right-wing than many people realize. A 15-year debate among economics experts in the Democratic Party helps explain why.

August 24, 2008MagazineNews
Obama Chooses Biden as Running Mate
Obama Chooses Biden as Running Mate

Word of Senator Barack Obama's decision leaked out hours after he had informed Senator Evan Bayh of Indiana and Gov. Tim Kaine of Virginia that they had not been chosen.

August 24, 2008U.S.News
For Convention, Obama's Image Is All-American
For Convention, Obama's Image Is All-American

Democrats face a number of imperatives at their convention, none trickier than making more voters comfortable with Barack Obama's background.

August 18, 2008U.S.News
Obama, in Shift, Says He'll Reject Public Financing
Obama, in Shift, Says He'll Reject Public Financing

Barack Obama's decision to break a pledge to use public money will likely transform presidential campaigns, raising doubts about the future of public financing.

June 20, 2008U.S.News
Man in the News
Barack Obama: Calm in the Swirl of History
Barack Obama: Calm in the Swirl of History

Mr. Obama is a protean figure who inspires devotion in his supporters but remains inscrutable to critics.

June 4, 2008U.S.News
A Strained Wright-Obama Bond Finally Snaps
A Strained Wright-Obama Bond Finally Snaps

Senator Barack Obama's falling out with his former pastor was long and painful, say friends and aides.

May 1, 2008U.S.News
Obama Urges U.S. to Grapple With Race Issue
Obama Urges U.S. to Grapple With Race Issue

Barack Obama confronted the divisions between black and white as he sought to dispel the furor over his pastor's words.

March 19, 2008U.S.News
If Elected...
Closing Income Gap Tops Obama's Agenda for Economic Change
Closing Income Gap Tops Obama's Agenda for Economic Change

Senator Barack Obama said Friday that the top priority of the next president should be to create a more lasting and equitable prosperity than achieved by either President Bush or even Bill Clinton.

February 2, 2008U.S.Series
Kennedy Chooses Obama, Spurning Plea by Clintons
Kennedy Chooses Obama, Spurning Plea by Clintons

Senator Edward M. Kennedy's endorsement pits members of the nation's most prominent Democratic families against each other.

January 28, 2008U.S.News
In the Magazine
Is (His) Biography (Our) Destiny?
Is (His) Biography (Our) Destiny?

Barack Obama says his experience gives him a guide to making a "post-post-9/11" foreign policy. Whether Americans will relinquish their fear is another question.

November 4, 2007MagazineNews
If Elected ...
Obama Envisions New Iran Approach
Obama Envisions New Iran Approach

In an interview, Senator Barack Obama said that forging a new relationship with Iran would be part of his effort to stabilize Iraq.

November 2, 2007U.S.Series
Obama Promises a Forceful Stand Against Clinton
Obama Promises a Forceful Stand Against Clinton

Senator Barack Obama said he would start confronting Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton more forcefully, in response to concerns about his lack of assertiveness.

October 28, 2007U.S.News
2 Years After Big Speech, a Lower Key for Obama
2 Years After Big Speech, a Lower Key for Obama

The senator is not presenting himself, stylistically at least, the way he did when he gripped Democrats in 2004.

April 8, 2007U.S.News
National Desk
As Quickly as Overnight, a Democratic Star Is Born

In his quest for the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate, Barack Obama was, by many measures, supposed to lose.

March 18, 2004U.S.News

ARTICLES ABOUT BARACK OBAMA

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Clinton Stumps for Obama, but With Little Fire at Palin

Advisers to Barack Obama said Hillary Rodham Clinton was their best surrogate to counter the Republican ticket's new drive to win over women.

September 9, 2008
Who Else Can Pile On for a Federal Rescue?

Many in the financial industry say a more formal debate is needed to set criteria to guide decisions on future requests for help from individual companies or industries.

September 9, 2008
Straining to Reach Money Goal, Obama Presses Donors

Bypassing public financing may not provide Barack Obama's campaign with the commanding financial advantage many predicted.

September 9, 2008
Antitrust Document Exposes Rift

The Justice Department has issued antitrust guidelines for corporate monopolies, but the Federal Trade Commission, which shares enforcement of antitrust law, refuses to endorse them.

September 9, 2008
Op-Ed Columnist
Surprise Me Most

If I were advising Barack Obama and John McCain, I'd tell them to double down on weirdness.

September 9, 2008
From Newark Pulpit, Rev. Wright Praises Obama

Senator Barack Obama's embattled former pastor, Jeremiah A. Wright, praised Mr. Obama from a church pulpit in Newark on Sunday.

September 8, 2008
Op-Ed Columnist
Real Wars and the U.S. Culture War

The surge in the culture wars of U.S. politics has come at the expense of debate of two real wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

September 8, 2008
Op-Ed Columnist
A Heartbeat Away

Should voters be alarmed by a relatively young or inexperienced vice-presidential candidate? No.

September 8, 2008
Readers See Bias in Us Weekly's Take on Sarah Palin

When Us Weekly featured a cover story about Sarah Palin titled "Babies, Lies & Scandal," it accomplished its mission of attracting attention at the supermarket checkout, but it came with a backlash.

September 8, 2008
Voter Registration by Students Raises Cloud of Consequences

The practice of students registering to vote at their college address has set off a fracas in Virginia, after a local registrar incorrectly suggested dire consequences for students who register at college.

September 8, 2008
Obama's Former Pastor Turns the Other Cheek

Senator Barack Obama's former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr., had kind words in Newark for Mr. Obama, who once called him "divisive and destructive."

September 8, 2008
Editorial
Real Life Economy

Growth rose, but so did unemployment. Productivity surged, but wages fell. Fixing that disconnect is the central economic challenge for the next president.

September 8, 2008
Op-Ed Columnist
Georgia on My Mind

Barack Obama and John McCain need to focus, not on war, but on strengthening our capacity for innovation our most important competitive advantage.

September 7, 2008
Economic View
On Dividend Taxes, It's a Post-Partisan Race

Without much fanfare or public notice, Senator Barack Obama has embraced a central element of the Republican agenda: the treatment of corporate dividends.

September 7, 2008
Op-Ed Contributor
The Maverick Ticket

With his acceptance speech, John McCain became the candidate of change.

September 7, 2008
Memories of Containment
Coming to Grips With Russia's New Nerve

A McGovern-era peacenik finds, in Georgia, a fear that Russia is no longer contained.

September 7, 2008
Rival Tickets Are Redrawing Battlegrounds

With just over eight weeks until Election Day, the two campaigns settle into a set of state-by-state face-offs.

September 7, 2008
The Way We Live Now
24/7 School Reform

What poor kids really need can't be taught in a classroom.

September 7, 2008
Two Rivals, Together on 9/11

Senators John McCain and Barack Obama plan to make a rare joint appearance at ground zero for the seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

September 7, 2008
Campaigns Voice Support for Rescue of Fannie and Freddie

Gov. Sarah Palin echoed Republican criticism of the size of the companies, while Senator Barack Obama voiced support of the plan but withheld final judgment pending details of the bailout.

September 7, 2008
U.S. Jobless Rate Rises Past 6%, Highest Since '03

The McCain and Obama campaigns responded quickly to a report that the jobless rate jumped to 6.1 percent in August.

September 6, 2008
Themes Set, Both Campaigns Begin Dash to Election

With their conventions behind them, Senators Barack Obama and John McCain grappled for the mantle of change.

September 6, 2008
Candidates Launch 60-Day Dash to White House

With their conventions behind them, Senators Barack Obama and John McCain dueled for the mantle of change.

September 6, 2008
Op-Ed Contributor
The Two Weeks You Missed

While the news media were preoccupied with the wind storms in Denver, Minneapolis and New Orleans, here are some stories you may have missed.

September 6, 2008
The TV Watch
Obama Steps Into O'Reilly's 'No Spin Zone'

Senator Barack Obama gave no hint of rancor and remained pleasant, respectful and good-humored, but he did adjust his pace and wording to suit his speed-talking host, Bill O'Reilly of Fox News.

September 5, 2008
Op-Ed Columnist
The Resentment Strategy

The G.O.P. is selling the politics of resentment; you're supposed to vote Republican to stick it to an elite that thinks it's better than you.

September 5, 2008
Obama Camp Turns to Clinton to Counter Palin

With the McCain-Palin team courting female voters, the Obama camp plans to deploy prominent women.

September 5, 2008
Op-Ed Columnist
How Home Became Homeland

America is more effective when it leads with the "power of our example" than with "the example of our power."

September 4, 2008
Pastors' Web Electioneering Attracts U.S. Reviews of Tax Exemptions

A Harlem pastor's angry online sermon that denounced Senator Barack Obama is among cases that highlight new federal guidelines that bar electioneering on the Web by tax-exempt groups.

September 3, 2008
Op-Ed Columnist
And Then There Was One

With his choice of Sarah Palin, John McCain has completed his makeover from the greenest Republican to run for president to just another representative of big oil.

September 3, 2008

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Milestones: Barack Obama

An interactive timeline of Barack Obama's life and career.

The Long Run


The Lives and Careers of the 2008 Presidential Contenders

Working From the Bottom Up
Once a Convention Outsider, Obama Navigated a Path to the Marquee

Once a Convention Outsider, Obama Navigated a Path to the Marquee

Just eight years ago, Barack Obama was not on the guest list for the Democratic National Convention. Yet his evolution as a politician can be seen as a narrative centered on his party's conventions.

From Campus to Campaigns
Teaching Law, Testing Ideas, Obama Stood Slightly Apart

Teaching Law, Testing Ideas, Obama Stood Slightly Apart

In his 12 years teaching at the University of Chicago Law School, Barack Obama was both popular and enigmatic.

In the South Side Trenches
Obama's Organizing Years, Guiding Others and Finding Himself

Obama's Organizing Years, Guiding Others and Finding Himself

Barack Obama's years as a grass-roots organizer have figured prominently, if not profoundly, in his narrative.

A Writer's Touch
The Story of Obama, Written by Obama

The Story of Obama, Written by Obama

Barack Obama has packaged his life story into two hugely successful books that have made him a best-selling millionaire.

A Chicago Base
Pragmatic Politics, Forged on the South Side

Pragmatic Politics, Forged on the South Side

Barack Obama's ability to replicate and expand the eclectic coalition he built in Chicago has brought him to the brink of the Democratic presidential nomination.

A Mother's Influence
The Free-Spirited Wanderer Who Shaped Obama's Path

The Free-Spirited Wanderer Who Shaped Obama's Path

People who knew Stanley Ann Dunham Soetoro well say they see her influence unmistakably in her son, Senator Barack Obama.

A Measured Start
Obama in Senate: Star Power, Minor Role

Obama in Senate: Star Power, Minor Role

In Barack Obama's time in the Senate, there are two competing elements: his celebrity and the realities of the job he was elected to do.

Finding His Way
Old Friends Say Drugs Played Bit Part in Obama's Young Life

Old Friends Say Drugs Played Bit Part in Obama's Young Life

Barack Obama has admitted to using illegal drugs as a teenager, but others remember him as a model of moderation.

Obama and Race
A Biracial Candidate Walks His Own Fine Line

A Biracial Candidate Walks His Own Fine Line

Barack Obama's postracial style is the reason for much of his political success, but it also has its pitfalls.

Obama in New York
Obama's Account of New York Years Often Differs From What Others Say

Obama's Account of New York Years Often Differs From What Others Say

Some say that Barack Obama has taken some literary license in portraying the time he spent in Manhattan.

Lessons Learned
In 2000, a Streetwise Veteran Schooled a Bold Young Obama

In 2000, a Streetwise Veteran Schooled a Bold Young Obama

Class emerged as a subtext during Barack Obama's failed attempt to unseat an incumbent congressman on the South Side of Chicago.

Early Experience
In Illinois, Obama Proved Pragmatic and Shrewd

In Illinois, Obama Proved Pragmatic and Shrewd

In the Illinois State Senate, Barack Obama brought an eye for opportunity and a willingness to compromise.

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Multimedia

Reporter's Notebook: Senator Obama in Berlin

Barack Obama addressed over 200,000 people, according to German estimates, in what looked like a street festival in typical German style.

Campaign Conversations: Barack Obama

John Harwood of The New York Times and CNBC interviews Senator Barack Obama about gas prices, taxes, housing and other economic issues.

Multimedia

Obama's Speech on Race

Interactive video and transcript of Barack Obama's speech in Philadelphia on March 18.

The Beauty Shop Vote

Black women are a crucial constituency in South Carolina.

Barack Obama's Basketball Family

A video conversation with Barack Obama's brother-in-law about the senator's game and its effect on his career.

Obama and Religion

Jodi Kantor introduces audio excerpts of speeches in which Senator Barack Obama talks about faith and religion.

Obama's Announcement

With his official entry into the race, Senator Barack Obama's campaign enters a more difficult phase.

Obama's Law Review Colleagues: Where Are They Now?

Barack Obama arrived at Harvard Law School as an unknown; by the time he left, he had become a political sensation.

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