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The 44th president examined on the eve of the 2016 election. Cunningham and her guests assess Obama's presidency in real time — the Affordable Care Act, the killing of bin Laden, and the significance of the first Black president in a nation built on slavery.
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Obama's election proved that the arc of American history bends — but it doesn't bend automatically
The election of a Black president in a nation founded on slavery represented genuine moral progress. The backlash that followed demonstrated that progress is neither permanent nor inevitable.Was this useful?