The outgoing president narrowed the party’s appeal in ways that helped the GOP. Democrats may need to widen it again if they hope to recover power.
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‘Better Is Good’: Obama on Reparations, Civil Rights, and the Art of the Possible
The second in a series of interviews between Ta-Nehisi Coates and the president
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The Making of a Black President
In his January/Febrary 2017 cover story, Ta-Nehisi Coates explores President Barack Obama’s journey to the White House.
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Why Didn’t Obama Reveal Intel About Russia’s Influence on the Election?
His decision may have cost Clinton the presidency.
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The Problem With Obama’s Faith in White America – The Atlantic
The president’s optimism about race blinded him to the pervasiveness and stubborn persistence of racism.
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My President Was Black – The Atlantic
A history of the first African American White House—and of what came next
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The Obama Years, Through the Lens of White House Photographer Pete Souza
Barack Obama has just two months remaining as the president of the United States, after serving eight years in office. Official White House photographer Pete Souza spent those years by the president’s side, capturing more than two million moments, large and small.
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Goodbye, American neoliberalism. A new era is here: Cornel West
Trump’s election was enabled by the policies that overlooked the plight of our most vulnerable citizens. We gird ourselves for a frightening future.
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What Obama Got Right
The outgoing president has resolved old problems and avoided new ones.
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Things Are About to Get Much Worse for Poor Americans
They didn’t vote for this. Richer Americans did.
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