Shortly after President Barack Obama left office in 2017, in the aftermath of a contentious election that cost his party the presidency, he sat down with a yellow notepad and began writing an account of his time in the White House.
Nearly four years later, Mr. Obama is preparing to release his book in the wake of another volatile and polarizing presidential race. His memoir, “A Promised Land,” arrives at a moment of deep political, cultural and social unrest — tensions that have been heightened by a global pandemic and an economic crisis. Read more…..

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Stephen A. Schwarzman, Chairman, CEO & Co-Founder, The Blackstone Group L.P., speaks with Economic Club president David M. Rubenstein on Tuesday September 15, 2015.