Candidates archive
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As a boy in Indonesia, Barack Obama crisscrossed the religious divide.
March 15, 2007
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Hawaii classmates recall him as a happy kid who fit in. They say they had no idea of the racial tension inside.
March 11, 2007
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Barack Obama’s entry into politics came on a winter morning at the white-columned Harvard Law Review building when, about 2 a.m., a deeply divided editorial staff chose him as the first African American to lead the prestigious publication.
Jan. 27, 2007
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The drama began with a tiny ad in a local newspaper -- a notice that asbestos was about to be removed from the management office at Altgeld Gardens, the all-black public housing complex where young Barack Obama worked as a community organizer.
Feb. 19, 2007
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Barack Obama may be sold as something new in the presidential race, but in Illinois’ hardball politics, he fit right in.
Sept. 8, 2007
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His letter on behalf of a table tennis company preceded the funding.
April 27, 2008
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He pushed the wrong button, he asserted at the time. Two of the admitted flubs were on hotly contested issues.
Jan. 24, 2008