Eli Saslow
Reporter

Eli Saslow is a staff writer at the Washington Post, where he covered the 2008 presidential cam_paign and has chronicled the president’s life inside the White House. Previously a sportswriter for the Post, he has won multiple awards for news and feature writing. Two of his stories have also appeared in Best American Sports Writing.

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Amid the rhetoric, living the reality

Amid the rhetoric, living the reality

Linda and Gloria Bailey-Davies have been together 41 years and were among the first gay couples to marry in the U.S.

Trying to make a recovery happen

Trying to make a recovery happen

At an auto dealership in Washington, Mo., each day brings a chance for revival — for the economy and for the salesmen.

Outside court, protesters already have verdicts on health care

Outside court, protesters already have verdicts on health care

Monday’s rallies outside the Supreme Court became a debate of liberals against conservatives; tea partyers against Occupiers; atheists against evangelicals; Rick Santorum against President Obama; women’s rights advocates against abortion opponents.

‘Jobs Day’: An economic and political obsession

‘Jobs Day’: An economic and political obsession

The release of employment numbers has long been a ritual in Washington, but lately it has turned into an obsession during an election year defined by economic instability.