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Two Obamas. Two Different Visions of America.
Barack and Michelle Obama at the Democratic National Convention on August 20, 2024. (Photo by Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)
The former president is still peddling hope and change. But his wife sees something darker ahead.
By Peter Savodnik
08.21.24 — U.S. Politics
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On night two of the Democratic convention, Barack Obama was in the house, and it was electric. How could it not be? His very presence reminded Democrats what they were put on this earth to do: push the great American experiment forward, redistribute wealth, expand the vote, and create opportunities for the ambitious while caring for the downtrodden. 

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Peter Savodnik
Peter Savodnik is a senior editor at The Free Press. Previously, he wrote for Vanity Fair as well as GQ, Harper’s Magazine, The Atlantic, The Guardian, Wired, and other publications, reporting from the former Soviet Union, the Middle East, South Asia, and across the United States. His book, The Interloper: Lee Harvey Oswald Inside the Soviet Union, was published in 2013.
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