• This week on The Confab: Is the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) going soft on Obama? Are the Democrats dragging health care to the finish line? Plus, climate talks at Copenhagen and the crux of a wartime president receiving a Nobel Peace Prize. Join The Root's Washington reporter Dayo Olopade as she talks with The Root's new Managing Editor Joel Dreyfuss and Associate Editor Natalie Hopkinson.

     

    * Podcast production by Abdullah Rufus.

    * Podcast theme music by Timothy Morrison.

    The Confab -- Dec. 11, 2009
  • In issuing the prize to Obama, the Nobel Committee decided to take a chance and do something relevant; hope for peace.

    Why President Obama Deserves the Nobel Peace Prize
  • From Eleanor Roosevelt to Gandhi, Foreign Policy lists the transformative figures that should have, could have, but didn't win the Nobel Peace Prize.

    President Obama Wins 2009 Nobel Peace Prize
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