Stories - Life Stories
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Our stories are about how people make sense of their own lives, how they can shed light on our lives, and how we are connected to one another, to history, and to the larger human story.
Learning of Jim's capture in Syria and the family's emotional journey
Shift in focus from front lines to civilian stories in Syria
Balancing a rising career and parenting two children after divorce
Relationship with Stokely Carmichael and their work together in SNCC
Growing awareness of Title IX's impact on athletic opportunities in high school
Critique of recent presidencies for avoiding bold domestic reforms
Parents' activism in the Soviet Jewry movement and its influence on career values
Inherent tensions in the president and vice president relationship
How slave owners used technology to control enslaved people and increase productivity
Reverend Wright controversy and Obama's approach to race and equality
“Think about what you have done and try to leave this world a little bit better than you found it. That's all there is. You don't have to be a genius. You don't have to be anything. Just leave it a little bit better.”
Tova Friedman
The significance of Obama winning a second presidential term
Telomere research and its implications for disease prevention
Balancing racial identity and universal leadership as president
Father's efforts to promote bipartisanship and heal political divisions
Shame experienced by survivors of domestic violence and changing attitudes
Mother's role in keeping the family busy during father's captivity
Obama's election as the first Black president of the Harvard Law Review
How the internet is changing the role of a reference librarian
Father's ethical approach to photography and respecting his subjects' dignity
Difficult period following mother's death and drifting before finding support
