President-Elect Obama Addresses Nation President-Elect Obama Addresses Nation
Barack Obama delivers his victory speech after being elected the forty-fourth president of the United States.
Nov 5, 2008 / YouTube
The Daily Show: Post-Election Fear Sets In The Daily Show: Post-Election Fear Sets In
Now that the election is over and Barack Obama has been elected, what will we have to make fun of?
Nov 5, 2008 / The Daily Show
Nairobi: Euphoria and Questions Nairobi: Euphoria and Questions
A nation riven by differences marvels at his message of civility and inclusion. Yet there is some worry about an Obama administration's policies on Africa.
Nov 5, 2008 / Karen Rothmyer
Paris: ‘America is Back’ Paris: ‘America is Back’
People here are looking in wonderment at the culture that produced Obama and at the people who put him in the White House. In short, they're looking at us.
Nov 5, 2008 / Jordan Stancil
It’s A New Era It’s A New Era
Biko Baker For the first time, working-class youth and youth of color truly believe that they can change their country by electing a politician.
Nov 5, 2008 / The Nation
Obama’s Victory: Just the Beginning Obama’s Victory: Just the Beginning
Jamilah King Obama's message of unity and bipartisanship inspired millions of skeptics across party lines, but this is just the first step toward building democracy.
Nov 5, 2008 / The Nation
London: A Sense that the Nightmare is Over London: A Sense that the Nightmare is Over
When the votes were finally counted, Europe's wish to usher George W. Bush into the dustbin of history made for widespread jubilation.
Nov 5, 2008 / Maria Margaronis and D.D. Guttenplan
Voters Reject Abortion Bans in South Dakota, Colorado. Voters Reject Abortion Bans in South Dakota, Colorado.
More Good News From Last Night: In the last few months I wrote about calls to action against two draconian state referendums intended to deprive women of their legally-guaranteed...
Nov 5, 2008 / Peter Rothberg
Rahm Emanuel: Face of Change? Rahm Emanuel: Face of Change?
Clinton's NAFTA-backing insider is in the running for Obama chief of staff.
Nov 5, 2008 / John Nichols
Stop Gates Stop Gates
Barack Obama will be getting off on the wrong foot, to put it mildly, if he does what seems likely now: allow Robert Gates to stay on a secretary of defense. For reasons that are...
Nov 5, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss