Barack Obama Archives

News in Brief

The State of the Union: When Style Is Substance

During tomorrow night's presidential address, actions will speak louder than words. With highly polarized parties at least through 2016, it's not like any of Obama's proposals are about to become law any time soon anyway.

Seth Masket

Social Justice

Obama’s Not-So-Big Data

After the last presidential election, wide-eyed pundits hailed a brave new era of political campaigning, crediting Obama's victory to his team's wizardry with data. The hype was premature. Here's what the story of 2012 really means for the future of politics.

John Sides & Lynn Vavreck

Social Justice

According to the U.S. Census, Jesus Was White

Unfortunately for Megyn Kelly, considering he died 2,000 years ago, that classification doesn't make much sense.

Daniel Luzer

Education

What Kills Creativity?

Many American writers fear that standardized testing could be destroying our children. They might be right.

Daniel Luzer

Social Justice

#Censored: Tracking Blocked Searches on China’s Homegrown Version of Twitter

Hair bacon, Tigger, Falun Gong: On Sina Weibo, you've got to be careful what you say.

Robyn Jodlowski

News in Brief

Does the President Have the Power to Convince Us of Anything?

Not really, no. So why, then, do we bother to listen to his speeches?

Daniel Luzer

Economics

Seeking a Better Measure of Inequality, 50 Years After ‘I Have a Dream’

Severe inequities remain between whites and non-whites in American economic life. But it isn’t clear that employers are as much to blame as one might expect.

Michael Fitzgerald