-
Four successful mothers share their takes on Michelle’s choices.
Michelle Obama: Mom in Chief -
Michelle Obama is setting a new standard for feminism. She so embodies feminist goals that she surpasses them. How will white feminists deal with that?
The End of Feminism As We Know It? -
People think of George Bush as being the first evangelical president. But Barack Obama may bring his own evangelical flair to Washington. For all the significant changes Obama is expected to usher in, religion may be one that some people didn't see coming.
Faith-Based Politics, The Obama Way -
A recent article on The Root argued against prosecuting Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir for war crimes. But peace and commerce in relatively stable Southern Sudan is no reason to turn away from genocide in Darfur.
Sudan: No Justice, No Peace -
Chicago, 1985: Barack Obama arrived without knowing a soul. Now the city is the center of the political world and the Lake Michigan set is preparing for a Great Migration to the Potomac. Look for Obama's Washington to be more diverse.
Barack Obama Brings Dozens of Chicago Friends to Washington -
I guess that's why, in addition to being generally thrilled for Michelle Obama, I'm so happy that the self-proclaimed "mom in chief" is getting closer to the peace of mind that comes with finding the right school for her children. Most parents struggle with where to send their kids to school. But the decision can be especially agonizing for upwardly mobile black parents.
The Obamas' Class Struggle -
Now, some commentators, most notably Tina Brown of The Daily Beast, seem to believe we've elected a magical Negro Spirit Guide as president. "This has been an election full of magic. White Magic that only the black man from everywhere and nowhere could perform," Brown declared after Obama's win. President-elect Barack Obama's biracial birth, fatherless childhood outside the contiguous United States and meteoric rise is indeed the stuff of mythology.
But there is something dizzying about the heights of Obama's other-worldly pedestal. And—if he continues to follow another narrative arc laid out in popular culture—the depths to which he will inevitably fall. Will this character rescue the world in the end? Or will he become consumed by an unseen, dark inner soul?
Magical Negro in Chief -
Somebody forgot to tell gay people that race wars are no longer in vogue. While the rest of the country has spent the last week reveling in the afterglow of Grant Park
-
It’s amazing to think that, in the closing weeks of this election, the once solidly Republican state of Virginia has moved squarely into Barack Obama’s column. His secret weapon? African immigrants, turning out the vote like never before.
African immigrants get out the vote for Obama in Virginia -
Powell's endorsement repudiates both Bush and McCain and could drive undecideds into the Obama column.
