Black Politics in the Age of Obama

A panel event held in Chicago at the University of Chicago on May 6, 2013. Audio Recording Your browser does not support the audio element Transcripted in Platypus Review #57 Panelists Michael Dawson Cedric Johnson Description The reelection of Obama presented a problem for the American left. Lost was the hopeful rhetoric of transforming society for the better, and as it became clear that Obama’s administration had returned to “politics-as-usual,” the left began to cynically appraise the purported gains made in his first term. [Read More]