As Barack Obama pointed out, it has been 16 years since he stood in front of the Democratic National Convention to accept the nomination. In many ways that are ugly and retrograde, the rise of the ...

There’s something compelling about the allure of nostalgia. And the Democratic National Convention, as it prepares to, Thursday night, usher in a candidate whose entire purpose has been to ...

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to former NPR host Michele Norris, who writes in a recent column for "The Washington Post," about Michelle Obama's speech at the Democratic National Convention.

Former president Barack Obama at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Tuesday. (Melina Mara/The Washington Post) CHICAGO — Barack Obama departed the presidency on Jan. 20 ...

I am feeling ready to go,” former president Barack Obama said to open his headlining speech, harking back to his 2008 campaign chant. “I am feeling hopeful, because this convention has always ...

A decade and a half before that, Barack Obama announced himself as a major figure by declaring at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, “There’s not a liberal America and a conservative ...

Ana Navarro was always supposed to serve as a celebrity host at this year’s Democratic National Convention ... Emhoff petted her and so did Barack Obama. ChaCha is a very politically astute ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. The immediate reaction to former President Barack Obama’s speech at the ...

CHICAGO — Former first lady Michelle Obama will deliver remarks at the Democratic National Convention in her hometown of Chicago on Tuesday, The Post has confirmed. Her speech will come the same ...

Twenty years ago this summer, an up-and-coming Senate candidate from Illinois delivered one of the most electrifying speeches in political convention history. When Barack Obama finished speaking ...

As Barack Obama pointed out, it has been 16 years since he stood in front of the Democratic National Convention to accept the nomination. In many ways that are ugly and retrograde, the rise of the ...