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How did an urban slang insult cross over into the political mainstream, and why is it so offensive?
By Miles Marshall Lewis
June 13, 2008
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A new Web site tracks the most egregious examples of racism and sexism directed at the potential first lady.
By Kate Harding
June 13, 2008
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The network blames "poor judgment" for the description of Michelle Obama as "Obama's baby mama."
By Alex Koppelman
June 12, 2008
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An on-screen graphic displayed the description during a segment about attacks on the wife of the presumptive Democratic nominee.
By Alex Koppelman
June 11, 2008
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Conservatives are already trying to paint Barack Obama's wife as bitter and anti-American.
By Vincent Rossmeier
June 11, 2008
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The media compares the presidential candidate's wife to Jackie Kennedy, Audrey Hepburn ... and Barbara Bush?
By Rachel Shukert
June 11, 2008
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Here's a hint: She's not Hillary! Plus: Talk radio's paranoid delusions and a Brazilian diva Madonna could aspire to.
By Camille Paglia
June 11, 2008
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Does Hillary surround herself with girly men? Obama and the experience question. Plus: Lincoln, Madonna's new face and a Bush with real authority.
By Camille Paglia
April 9, 2008
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The new New York Times pundit tries to punk Michelle Obama, but the one-time Harvard teaching fellow ends up reprimanded by a former student.
By Andrew Leonard
February 25, 2008
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How can a woman maintain a separate identity -- and career -- while living up to our expectations for a first lady?
By Catherine Price
February 14, 2008
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Book-ended by famous Kennedys, TV's guru of female empowerment lets loose on her Hillary-supporting critics.
By Joan Walsh
February 4, 2008
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In an interview on "Good Morning America," the candidate's wife raises doubts.
By Katharine Mieszkowski
February 4, 2008
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After the candidate says all's fair, his wife denounces the Clintons' "win at any cost" tactics. Plus: A last word on the "battles of the sixties."
By Joan Walsh
January 25, 2008
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The presidential candidate says his mother and other key women have shaped who he is today.
By Carol Lloyd
January 4, 2008
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The TV host accompanies her chosen candidate to South Carolina as Barack Obama closes on Hillary Clinton in the polls.
By Thomas F. Schaller
December 10, 2007
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She may be too authentic for Maureen Dowd, but the bold and plain-spoken candidate's wife has made doubting Iowans into believers.
By Rebecca Traister
November 28, 2007
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What Michelle Obama did and didn't say.
By Tim Grieve
August 21, 2007
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The candidate and the black middle class meet up in the Superdome at the Essence Music Festival.
By Larry Blumenfeld
July 6, 2007
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It had to be hard for the high-achieving candidate's wife to give up her career -- and I'm in a feminist fury about it.
By Debra Dickerson
May 21, 2007
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Is a great woman with the potential to hurt his presidential shot?
By Tracy Clark-Flory
May 18, 2007
Baby mama drama
Michelle Obama Watch
Fox News responds
Obama's best veep choice
Hillary's slick willies
William Kristol's bad grade in economics
Don't call Oprah a "traitor"!
The Oprah Winfrey show
Michelle Obama gets real
Barack Obama in New Orleans
Michelle Obama's sacrifice