We are in the summer of discontent, overwhelmed by the pandemic, civil unrest and economic hardship. In what seems ages ago, Barack Obama talked of the audacity of hope. That audacity now appears as ...

To listen to the Slate Audio Book Club on Barack Obama's The Audacity of Hope, click the arrow on the player below. June Thomas June Thomas is managing producer of ...

Obama reads his own words with the conviction and strength that listeners would expect from the Ilinois Democratic senator. The audacity of his hope echoes in each sentence he speaks as he lays the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Poet and activist Amanda Gorman recited a new poem at the Democratic National Convention, where she echoed Barack Obama's popular ...

Somewhere between President Biden’s decision to drop out of the presidential race last month and Barack and Michelle Obama’s rousing set of speeches at the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday ...