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Obama’s Obama
The president has cycled through more chiefs
of staff than any of his White House predecessors.
Denis McDonough is the one who came to stay.
The Print Magazine
Vol. 3, No. 2
‘We Caved’
How a Nobel Peace Prize winner met the cold realities of war and diplomacy— and surrendered.
Whose President Was He?
Barack Obama has seen racism his whole presidency. Why did it take him so long to call it out?
The Nation
He Built
Obama’s biggest achievements might be the steps he took while nobody else was paying attention.
Photo Essay
Working the West Wing
A White House photo portfolio.
‘I Don’t Control
the Weather’
101 hopeful, sad, reflective and revealing things Obama’s said about the toughest job in the world.
What He
Talked About
Seven years of Obama's preoccupations—charted.
True-Blue Obama
The lament of a conservative who really, really wanted to like Barack Obama.
Photo Essay
Imagining Obama
With a historic election came an explosion of art—and altogether new ways of visualizing the president.
The Interlude
Was Barack Obama’s presidency just a short-lived experiment in leftism?
Washington
Did Not Stop
for Barack Obama
He promised to shut the revolving door. Instead, he got caught in it.
Last Word
Obama’s
Last Play
What big shots should he take in the fourth quarter?