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First Lady Michelle Obama was so disturbed by the tragic 2011 Arizona shooting spree involving then-Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and other victims that she recorded a video about it — but her husband’s ...

Medill Prof. Peter Slevin’s most recent story for The New Yorker was almost a year in the making. His idea for a profile on Illinois governor J.B. Pritzker, titled “The Billionaire Hotel Heir — and ...

Toward the end of a recent moderated discussion of his new book, “Michelle Obama: A Life,” Northwestern University journalism professor Peter Slevin was asked whether the biography would have been ...

Medill Prof. Peter Slevin held a reading and Q&A on his book about Michelle Obama, where he spoke about the First Lady’s journey to the White House and the lesser-known parts of her story. The event ...

Tell us about that. PETER SLEVIN: You know, I did do that; I was curious to get farther away from downtown, where so much of the action has been lately, just to see what's going on in the rest of the ...

Hurricane Katrina destroyed many houses and flooded many more in Biloxi, Miss. There are reports that as many as 30 people may have died at one beach-side apartment complex. Washington Post reporter ...

“Michelle Obama: A Life” sets out to be the definitive historical biography of the First Lady. The 432-page hardcover tome was a true labor of love for Peter Slevin, a first time author who worked as ...

Melissa Block talks with Washington Post reporter Peter Slevin in Biloxi, Miss. Slevin drove through Gulfport, Miss., Monday night and has been in Biloxi since 6:00 a.m. Tuesday. Whole communities ...

The central sticking point between educators and Mayor Lori Lightfoot has not been salaries but the teachers’ demands for expanded support services and enforceable limits on class size. Amid the ...