Obama’s Unfinished Business: Latin America
As President Obama starts his second term, host Michel Martin takes a look at his foreign policy agenda. She speaks with NPR’s Juan Forero about upcoming opportunities and challenges in Latin America — from drug trafficking, to changes in leadership, to the evolution of the U.S. relationship with Cuba.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
The Inaugural Ball: Thousands Of Dresses Searching For An Experience
The inaugural ball is sort of a strange event — it’s not really fancy, but everyone treats it like it is. People are determined to have the experience be special, even if the surroundings aren’t.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
When It Comes To Inaugural Fashion, First Family Stays The Course
The first lady is well known for her wardrobe choices, and for the inauguration, Michelle Obama showed off her ability to make multiple style statements during a single day.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
Inauguration 2013: Live NPR Chat
Join “It’s All Politics” blogger Frank James and other NPR journalists to talk about the day’s events and the issues coming up in President Obama’s second term.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
Inaugural Trivia Quiz
How many presidents have chosen to affirm (rather than swear) to “faithfully execute the office … “? Try your hand at inaugural trivia.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
Obama Takes Oath Of Office In White House Ceremony
Obama fulfilled the constitutional requirement to take the oath before noon on Jan. 20. He will repeat the oath in public on Monday.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
The Presidential Oath: Not Always Perfect, But It Gets The Job Done
By the time he is through with his inauguration on Monday, President Obama will have taken the presidential oath four times. In 2009, he had to do it twice after some stumbles between him a Chief Justice John Roberts. But as history shows us, his oath was not the first to suffer a few mishaps.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
The Rev. Al Sharpton, In Six True-False Statements
Activist. Leader. Self-promoter. Shakedown artist. Sharpton has heard all of these claims about him and more over his decades in the public eye. And now, an older and remarkably thinner Sharpton has reinvented himself again, this time as a cable television talk show host.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
A Gun Owner From The Left, Sen. Leahy Leads The Debate
He’s voted to allow guns in national parks and Amtrak trains, but Sen. Patrick Leahy rejects suggestions that he’ll slow-walk gun control efforts through Congress. Leahy chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee, which begins hearings on the issue at the end of this month.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
Grand Jury Indicts Ray Nagin On Corruption Charges
Former New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin has been indicted on 21 counts of bribery and other corruption charges by a federal grand jury. When he became the city’s mayor in 2002, Nagin, a former cable TV executive, promised to revive New Orleans’ economy, and its trust in the city’s government.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
