Few people know and love someone the way a sibling does, and that affection burst through the moment I spoke to Maya Soetoro-Ng, President Obama's maternal half-sister. After spending the morning at ...

Much is known about President Obama's father, thanks in part to his autobiographical book, "Dreams For My Father". Less is known about the president's mother, who died of cancer in 1995. President ...

The roots of Barack Obama's family tree grow deep and wide — Hawaii, Indonesia, Kansas, Kenya — and his post-presidential life has been similarly expansive. "We're really looking for leaders who are ...

At last month’s Winter Institute, PW caught up with President Obama’s half-sister, Maya Soetoro-Ng, at the Crystal Gateway Marriott in Arlington, Va. She was in town to meet with her editor, Karen ...

The Ladder to the Moon is a recently published children’s picture book written by Maya Soetoro-Ng, the President Obama’s half sister. The late Ann Dunham, the mother of Obama and Soetoro-Ng, is a ...

Maya Soetoro-Ng, debuting Saturday as an enthusiastic campaigner for brother Barack Obama (news, bio, voting record), recalled that he could be “bossy” but was never mean to his little sister. Soetoro ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. About a decade younger than Obama, she has those familiar wide-set eyes ...

He calls her “Kid,” even though she’s 42 now, with two kids of her own. She tries to keep things normal, visiting him at his home in Washington, D.C. with her family at spring break and hanging with ...

“Maya: Greetings and aloha from the great state of Hawaii! I’m Maya Soetoro-ng, an educator, mother of two and proud to be Barack Obama’s little sister. Craig: I’m Craig Robinson, Michelle Obama’s big ...