THE OBAMAS COVER ESSENCE MAGAZINE

Obama and family on cover of Essence Magazine

The Obamas are covering the September 2008 issue of Essence magazine. In the issue the Obamas talk about family life,among other topics. Michelle Obama says this about her family’s relationship to its neighborhood on the south side of Chicago: “For all of this wonderful madness that comes along with our lives — the Secret Service, the cars — there are kids on Forty-seventh and King Drive who can walk two blocks and be that close for the first time to somebody who can be the president of the United States. I love that.”