Stories: Birthers

• Sarah Obama: Barack Was Born in America

  by Thoma, Mark | Kenya | August 25, 2012

  When I was in Kenya earlier this summer with the International Reporting Project, we met with Sarah Obama at her home near Kisumu for a 45-minute interview. She is President Obama's step-grandmother, and she attended his presidential inauguration. During the interview, she was asked by Irin Carmon about "people who believe the president was born in Kenya." Sarah Obama...

• “Barack Obama Wasn’t Born in Kenya”

  by Carmon, Irin | Kenya | June 22, 2012

  These days, you need an appointment to see Obama’s Granny, and yesterday we had one. In Kogelo they call her Mama Sarah Obama, and the once-modest home of Barack Obama’s step-grandmother, 90, is now a heavily guarded compound, reached by a namesake road. The money comes from donations, she told us, though the Kenyan...