A tentative early assessment of Obama's constitutional legacy.Last week, President Barack Obama gave his farewell address. Today is his last full day in office. Now is therefore an appropriate ...

President Obama has devoted most of his energies over the past eight years to building a policy legacy. He will leave office with many durable successes, from the economic recovery to the revived ...

The work of unraveling President Obama’s legacy is under way, but even if the Trump administration and a Republican Congress reverse every last law and regulation, they won’t be able to touch ...

His ambitions for big, legacy-defining initiatives run smack into a buzzsaw of opposition from across the political spectrum.

Barack Obama’s Legacy Is More Secure Than You, or the GOP, Think By Jonathan Chait, who’s been a New York political columnist since 2011.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Terry McAuliffe, former governor of Virginia and chair of the DNC, about how the Obama legacy hangs over the 2020 Democratic presidential contest.

Part of a magazine series examining The Obama Legacy. Read more about this series below. The Bill of Rights is a barricade protecting Americans from their government. Part of President Obama's ...

The 300+ Obama-nominated judges are considered to be the most diverse group in U.S. history in terms of terms of gender, ethnicity, and nationality.

Journalist Debra Dickerson, GQ columnist Damon Young and Wall Street Journal columnist Jason Riley address questions of race after President Obama and looking forward to President Trump.

Julian Zelizer and seven fellow historians assess the successes and failures of Barack Obama’s presidency – covering topics such as the economy, foreign policy and racism.

President Obama has now granted more than 900 interviews since taking office. “It is incontrovertible that race relations have improved significantly during my lifetime and yours, and that ...

But the moment also exposed the limits of Obama’s power on education, as his ambitions for big, legacy-defining initiatives run smack into a buzzsaw of opposition from across the political spectrum.