Category: Politics/Public Policy

  • Barack Obama and the Rhetoric of Hope by Mark S. Ferrara (review) [Ellis] Utopian Studies Volume 27, Number 2, 2016 pages 382-386 Cameron Ellis Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada Mark S. Ferrara. Barack Obama and the Rhetoric of Hope, Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 2013. 204 pp. Paper, $29.95, isbn 978-0-7864-6793-8 Mark S. Ferrara’s principle scholarly interests…

  • Barack Obama and the Rhetoric of Hope McFarland 2013 204 pages softcover (6 x 9) Print ISBN: 978-0-7864-6793-8 Ebook ISBN: 978-1-4766-0339-1 Mark S. Ferrara, Assistant Professor of English State University of New York, Oneonta The historical and literary antecedents of the President’s campaign rhetoric can be traced to the utopian traditions of the Western world.…

  • Mayor de Blasio says his ‘exemplary’ son Dante follows the law, but fears police brutality: ‘Black Lives Matter as an idea is so important’ The New York Daily News 2016-07-15 Jennifer Fermino, City Hall Bureau Chief Mayor de Blasio said he finds it “intolerable” when protesters lodge “vile” insults at cops, but also defended the…

  • In First for Sitting President, Obama Publishes a Scholarly Article Fortune 2016-07-11 Jeff John Roberts Call him scholar-in-chief An author named “Barack Obama, JD” published an article on Monday in a scholarly journal. No prizes for guessing the topic: It’s an assessment of the Affordable Care Act as well as policy recommendations for the next…

  • United States Health Care Reform: Progress to Date and Next Steps The Journal of the American Medical Association Published online 2016-07-11 DOI: 10.1001/jama.2016.9797 Barack Obama, JD President of the United States, Washington, DC Importance The Affordable Care Act is the most important health care legislation enacted in the United States since the creation of Medicare…

  • CNN pundit goes off on racist whites who think they ‘allowed’ Obama to be president Raw Story 2016-07-10 David Edwards Former Congressional Black Caucus Executive Director Angela Rye took issue on Sunday with white Americans who think they “allowed” Barack Obama to become president. During a panel discussion about race in America, CNN host Fareed…

  • The Black Presidency: Barack Obama and the Politics of Race in America The Aspen Institute 2016-07-02 As Michael Eric Dyson notes in the introduction to his 2016 book, “[President] Obama provoked great hope and fear about what a black presidency might mean to our democracy. White and black folk, and brown and beige ones, too…

  • Obama’s Delicate Balance on Issue of Race and Policing The New York Times 2017-07-08 Mark Landler, White House Correspondent Michael D. Shear, White House Correspondent WARSAW — As Air Force One headed for Europe on Thursday afternoon, President Obama holed up in the plane’s office editing a Facebook post meant to express his anguish at…

  • #BlackLivesMatter The Cairo Review of Global Affairs Spring 2015 Reverend Charles Williams II, Senior Pastor King Solomon Baptist Church, Detroit, Michigan Demonstrator protesting the police killing of teenager Michael Brown, Ferguson, Aug. 18, 2014. Charlie Riedel/Associated Press. Conservative backlash against Barack Obama and continuing police brutality against blacks indicates the country’s legacy of slavery has…

  • The Best “Worst President”: What the Right Gets Wrong About Barack Obama Dey Street Books (an imprint of HarperCollins) 2016-06-28 336 pages Trimsize: 5.75 in (w) x 8.25 in (h) x 1.274 in (d) Hardcover ISBN: 9780062443052 E-book ISBN: 9780062443090 Mark Hannah Illustrated by Bob Staake Political analyst and Democratic campaign veteran Mark Hannah and…