Aug. 6—Two rival communities come ­together to combat environmental disaster in a new children's book co-authored by Hawaii's Maya Soetoro-Ng, a well-known peace ­activist and academic. Two rival ...

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 ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Those in search of secrets about President Barack Obama won’t get them from his half-sister, Maya ...

Growing up in Indonesia, Maya Soetoro-Ng often felt too American. Although she adored her native land’s traditional gamelan music and shadow puppets, spiced cuisine and Hindu epics, her manner was too ...

NEW YORK (AP) -- Above a rooftop in Jakarta or the Indus River in Pakistan, the moon looms large in the childhood memories of Maya Soetoro-Ng, but President Obama's little sister hadn't realized how ...

From that question, asked by her daughter Suhaila, author Maya Soetoro-Ng — sister of President Barack Obama — has crafted an extraordinary picture book titled “Ladder to the Moon” (Candlewick Press, ...

A lot of people ask Maya Soetoro-Ng if it's unreal to watch her brother run for president. It's not. "Barack has always been larger than life," Soetoro-Ng, 37, says of her older sibling, U.S. Sen.

HONOLULU (KHNL) - Senator Barack Obama's grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, has passed away early Monday morning at her home. Senator Barack Obama and his half-sister, Maya Soetoro-Ng released this ...

President Obama’s half-sister has a book deal for a children’s picture story. Maya Soetoro-Ng’s “Ladder to the Moon,” based in part on Obama’s mother and other family members, will be published by ...

On the C-SPAN Networks: Maya Soetoro-Ng is a Sister of Barack Obama with seven videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 2008 Speech. The year with the highest average number of ...

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 ...

SEATTLE — Dr. Maya Soetoro-Ng, half-sister of President Barack Obama, was recently in Seattle attending a series of events which will benefit girls graduating from Mercer Island and Rainier Beach high ...