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  • How Trump Happened

    How Trump Happened Slate 2016-03-13 Jamelle Bouie, Chief Political Correspondent It’s not just anger over jobs and immigration. White voters hope Trump will restore the racial hierarchy upended by Barack Obama. “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win,” goes the line attributed to Mahatma Gandhi. Typically,…

  • White People Can Be President, Too

    White People Can Be President, Too The Daily Show with Trevor Noah 2016-03-08 After interviewing kids who have grown up under President Obama, Jordan Klepper explains that even white people can hold the nation’s highest office. (5:10).

  • The Curious Presidency of Barack Obama

    The Curious Presidency of Barack Obama Political Insight Volume 7, Number 1 (April 2016) pages 8-11 DOI: 10.1177/2041905816637452 James D. Boys, Associate Professor of International Political Studies Richmond University, London, United Kingdom After two terms in the White House, Barack Obama’s Presidency has entered its final year. James D. Boys assesses his record in office…

  • Why I Created #ObamaAndKids

    Why I Created #ObamaAndKids Medium 2016-02-21 Michael Skolnik (Pete Souza/White House) THURSDAY, February 18, 2016. The White House. Washington, DC. President Barack Obama was about to enter the room, when I noticed a young boy standing next to me, dressed in a jacket and tie, looking to get to the front of the crowd. This…

  • The Professors vs. The President: Has Obama Done Enough for African-Americans?

    The Professors vs. The President: Has Obama Done Enough for African-Americans? NBC News 2016-02-28 Perry Bacon Jr., Senior Political Reporter Michael Eric Dyson and Eddie Glaude Jr., two well-respected black intellectuals and professors, make the same argument in books they have released over the last month: President Obama hasn’t done enough on policy to help…

  • Trevor Noah Blasts Ben Carson for Claiming President Obama Was ‘Raised White’

    Trevor Noah Blasts Ben Carson for Claiming President Obama Was ‘Raised White’ The Daily Beast 2016-02-25 Matt Wilstein, Entertainment Writer ‘The Daily Show’ host hits back at the low-in-the-polls neurosurgeon for claiming Obama can’t relate to the ‘experience of black Americans.’ Believe it or not, Ben Carson is still running for president. And this week,…

  • Did Obama Inspire A Big Debate On Identity? You Weighed In

    Did Obama Inspire A Big Debate On Identity? You Weighed In Code Switch: Frontiers of Race, Culture and Ethnicity National Public Radio 2016-02-23 Leah Donnella Laurie Avocado/Flickr Creative Commons Last week, Code Switch raised the curtain on “The Obama Effect,” our quest to understand what the nation’s first black president has to do with the…

  • America Is Obsessed With Identity. Thanks, Obama?

    America Is Obsessed With Identity. Thanks, Obama? Code Switch: Frontiers of Race, Culture and Ethnicity National Public Radio 2016-02-17 Alicia Montgomery Annette Elizabeth Allen for NPR When Barack Obama won the presidency in 2008, there was a lot of talk about “The Obama Effect”: how the nation’s first black president signaled a new era of…

  • Michigan in Color: Authenticity

    In an article for the National Review late last year, senior editor Jonah Goldberg discussed the (now former) popularity of Ben Carson amongst the GOP. He said “ … most analysis of Carson’s popularity from pundits focuses on his likable personality and his sincere Christian faith. But it’s intriguingly rare to hear people talk about…

  • Visions of Obama in America’s Ghettos

    Visions of Obama in America’s Ghettos The Nation 2016-02-12 Camilo José Vergara “Obama es el Presidente, Obama es para todos.” Painting by Chuy Vasquez. Luis Meat Market, 42nd Place at South Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, 2013. (Camilo Vergara) From churches to gas stations. Documenting the murals that decorate the walls of barbershops, restaurants, butcher shops,…