America is finally waking up to its inequality problem
by Owen Jones from on (#10K3B)
Under Obama, the economic recovery has bypassed almost all Americans. They won't stay silent for ever - and Bernie Sanders could be their inspiration
To critique Barack Obama's presidency is to be guilty of these cardinal sins: blasphemy, ingratitude and a lack of realism. What was once the nation of Jim Crow produced the first African-American president, the most liberal commander-in-chief since Richard Nixon (as Obama himself once put it). Funny, charming, with a coolness that eludes practically every other politician, he is the ultimate ambassador for US power. Could the United States possibly elect someone more progressive?
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