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To Fight or Not?
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Author Lynne Olson talks about the battle for public opinion between FDR and Charles Lindbergh over...
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‘I, Barack Obama’
Khue Bui for Newsweek
In Newsweek, Evan Thomas asks: For his second inauguration, can the president still reassure and...
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Presidents on the Beach
Clockwise from top left: Bettmann/Corbis; Pete Souza/The White House, via Getty; AP (2)
Obama went back to catch some waves in Hawaii this week....
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Nine Celebrity Impersonators
From Anthony Hopkins to Bill Murray, the stars playing other famous faces in soon-to-be-released biopics. MORE
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Newsweek’s 10 Best Presidents
Drawing on the expertise of 10 distinguished historians—spanning several generations—Newsweek’s upcoming special issue ranks the 10 best presidents since 1900. MORE
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Four Freedoms Park: A Private Tour
Lynn Sherr gets an insider’s look at New York’s stunning new memorial to FDR, before its October opening. MORE
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Bill Murray: Oscar Frontrunner?
Bill Murray dazzles as former president FDR in ‘Hyde Park on Hudson.’ By Marlow Stern. MORE
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Franklin Delano Obama
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WASPs Who Have Led America
Is the WASP leader a dying breed? Here’s a look at the most prominent WASP-y figures in America’s political history, from Andrew Jackson to FDR. MORE
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Did a Dinner Party Save Obamacare?
FDR's labor secretary feared the court would reject Social Security—until a justice told her over dinner that framing it as a tax could save it. MORE
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Liberals Shouldn’t Defend FDR’s Attacks on the Court
Why the Court was right, and FDR was wrong. MORE
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The Businessman Who Saved America
Can the presidency use a businessman’s skills? Historian Arthur Herman cites the example of Bill Knudsen and World War II. MORE
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Jobs Plays FDR in Commerical
Takeoff of '1984.' MORE
