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Obama’s parents later separated, and Barack Sr. went back to Kenya. They stayed on the South Side to raise their two beautiful girls, Malia and Sasha, before moving to the White House.

She executive produced Leave The World Behind, one of top ten most viewed films in Netflix history, Rustin for which Colman Domingo was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor and the popular Netflix docuseries The Later Daters that follows singles in their 50s, 60s, and 70s as they try for their second (or third, or fourth) chance at love.

Hoping to reach new, diverse audiences, Michelle joined the world of podcasting with The Michelle Obama Podcast on Spotify and Michelle Obama: The Light Podcast on Audible.

In late 2024, she released the accompanying workbook “Overcoming” a guide with practical tools to navigate life’s challenges.

Through Higher Ground, which she co-founded with her husband in 2018, her work to share stories has won awards and accolades.

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It created the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to safeguard consumers from predatory lending practices and imposed stricter oversight on large financial institutions.

As the daughter of a city water-pump operator and a stay-at-home mom, girls like her aren’t supposed to do any of that.

But Michelle Obama has spent her life challenging us to reconsider where that “supposed to” comes from — and who determines it. Despite tight Republican control during his years in the state senate, Obama was able to build support among both Democrats and Republicans in drafting legislation on ethics and health care reform.

A victory in the Iowa primary made him a viable challenger to the early frontrunner, the former first lady and current New York Senator Hillary Clinton, whom he outlasted in a grueling primary campaign to claim the Democratic nomination in early June 2008.

Obama chose Joseph R. Biden Jr. as his running mate.

This historic policy shift aimed to foster better relations between the two countries and promote economic and political reform in Cuba.

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Michelle met her husband Barack in 1989 at the law firm Sidley Austin LLP, where she worked immediately after graduating from Harvard Law School. With Republican Senator Tom Coburn of Oklahoma, he created a website that tracks all federal spending, aimed at rebuilding citizens’ trust in government.

By 2017, the United States had doubled its production of renewable energy, reduced dependence on fossil fuels, and positioned itself as a leader in the transition to a more sustainable energy future.

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And as a co-founder of a children’s nutrition company, she’s aiming to help raise a healthier generation of children.

Michelle’s passion for storytelling has set sales records and earned her global acclaim. It’s a job for all of us.”

Barack Obama

Barack H. Obama is the 44th President of the United States.

Few presidents have walked a more improbable path to the White House.

After high school, Obama attended Occidental College in Los Angeles and later transferred to Columbia University, where he graduated in 1983.

In 1985, Obama moved to Chicago and worked for a church-based charity organization as a social organizer, helping underprivileged communities. He won 52 percent of the vote in the Democratic primary, defeating both multimillionaire businessman Blair Hull and Illinois Comptroller Daniel Hynes.

Advancing Renewable Energy

Obama prioritized clean energy initiatives and invested heavily in renewable energy during his presidency. In August 2006, Obama traveled to Kenya, where thousands of people lined the streets to welcome him. His campaign focused on criticizing the Bush administration's policies and highlighting the need for energy independence and education reform.

They worked to bring new voters—many of them young or Black, both demographics they believed favored Obama—to become involved in the election.

A crushing financial crisis in the months leading up to the election shifted the nation’s focus to economic issues, and both Obama and McCain worked to show they had the best plan for economic improvement.

Nearly 200 countries pledged to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and take action to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.