The Obama Era
First drafts of a history
Obama Failed to Mitigate America's Foreclosure Crisis
The country’s first black president contributed to a significant disintegration of wealth for people of color.
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Carlos Barria / Reuters The Problem With Obama's Faith in White America
The president’s optimism about race blinded him to the pervasiveness and stubborn persistence of racism.
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Ian Allen My President Was Black
A history of the first African American White House—and of what came next
