electoral politics versus democracy

Barack Obama’s policies boosted the fortunes of the American oligarchs— through stock prices and real estate holdings, as surely as Mr. ... Obama, it is a recitation of history. And there were / are workable alternatives to service to oligarchs. . ..

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civil rights act passed 55 years ago, with delaware senator casting

Fifty years later, the nation's first black president, Barack Obama, reflected on the bill's impact in an anniversary event.   . Obama said he had 'lived out the promise of LBJ's efforts ... That's why I'm standing here today, because of those efforts, because of that legacy.'  . ..

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The science diplomacy again gained popularity during the administration of Barack Obama. In 2009, President Obama called for partnership during his “A New Beginning” speech in Cairo, Egypt. ..

why the labor movement has failed—and how to fix it

President Barack Obama’s agenda was derailed by the 2010 midterm elections, which sidelined the union’s hoped-for labor law reform (the Employee Free Choice Act), propelled to power antiunion Republican governors such as Wisconsin’s Scott Walker, and tightened the grip of austerity politics on..

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