While Barack Obama knew her best as Mom, Ann Dunham adopted several names during her life. However, she rarely used the unique first name her parents gave her.

Ever since the 2008 campaign, many voters, and some journalists, too, have felt they know Barack Obama’s life story. In fact, the story they know is the one Obama told them. Obama’s first memoir, ...

As the editor of the New Yorker, one of the most coveted perches in U.S. media, David Remnick is in a position to help journalists looking for assignments with the prominent weekly magazine. It's hard ...

Maybe Karl Rove was onto something. Or perhaps Obama's "cool" has become an inescapable meme. Regardless, the "adaptation" of David Maraniss' Barack Obama biography in the June issue of Vanity ...