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Barack Obama

“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice”: A short history

John Fea   |  September 26, 2023

Over at Black Perspectives, historian Nico Slate reflects on the history of this famous phrase with a short analysis that spans from Theodore Parker to Martin Luther King Jr. to Barack Obama and beyond. Here is a taste of his...

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Ron DeSantis wrote a book about the founding fathers

John Fea   |  February 23, 2023

The full title is Dreams From Our Founding Fathers: First Principles in the Age of Obama. Historian David Waldstreicher read it. Here is a taste of his piece at The Atlantic: History works for Ron Desantis as an argument. It would...

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Is it better to be a vampire or a werewolf?

John Fea   |  December 6, 2022

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Episode 45: Election Day 2004

John Fea   |  August 22, 2022

The Christian Right gets George W. Bush another term. Episode 45: “Election Day: 2004” dropped today. Subscribers to Current at the Longshore level and above have access to new episodes of this narrative history podcast. Here is a teaser: If you like what you...

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Episode 35: “Mr. Keyes Goes to Illinois”

John Fea   |  February 17, 2022

Barack Obama gets a challenger in the 2004 Illinois Senate race Episode 35: “Mr. Keyes Goes to Illinois” dropped last night. Subscribers to Current at the Longshore level and above have access to new episodes of this narrative history podcast. Here is a teaser:...

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Obama enters the current debate over voting rights

John Fea   |  January 12, 2022

Here is Obama at USA Today: When I spoke at John Lewis’ memorial service two years ago, I emphasized a truth John knew better than just about anyone. Our democracy isn’t a given. It isn’t self-executing. We, as citizens, have to nurture and...

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Colin Powell: “What if Obama WAS a Muslim?”

John Fea   |  October 18, 2021

RIP Obituary. This October 2008 is a nice window into Powell’s politics:...

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President Joe Biden responds to the DACA decision

John Fea   |  July 17, 2021

Yesterday a federal judge in Texas ruled that the Deferred Action for Child Arrivals program, or DACA, is illegal. DACA is Barack Obama’s 2012 program that protects the so-called “Dreamers,” undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as...

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What Obama and Biden thought about Trump’s election

John Fea   |  May 21, 2021

Over at The Atlantic, Caroline Mimbs Nyce interviews Edward-Isaac Dovere, author of the upcoming book Battle for the Soul: Inside the Democrats’ Campaigns to Defeat Trump. Here is a taste: Initially, President Obama seemed pretty restrained when commenting on the 45th...

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Obama on UFOs and aliens “When it comes to aliens, there are some things I just can’t tell you on air”

John Fea   |  May 19, 2021

This is hilarious:...

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Obamacare sign-ups surge

John Fea   |  May 7, 2021

Here is Margot Sanger-Katz and Sarah Kliff at The New York Times: Nearly one million Americans have signed up for Affordable Care Act coverage during the first 10 weeks of a special open enrollment period the Biden administration began in...

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Episode 3: “The Audacity to Hope”

John Fea   |  May 4, 2021

Barack Obama’s pastor is known for three sermons. In this episode, we put them in historical context. Episode 3: “The Audacity to Hope” (our fourth episode) dropped last night. Subscribers to Current at the Longshore level and above receive this brand new narrative...

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Chicago’s DuSable Museum is getting Kamala Harris and Barack Obama hate mail

John Fea   |  April 28, 2021

Here is Patrick Elwood at WGN-TV: The president and CEO of the DuSable Museum of African American History went public Tuesday with news of a series of threatening letters that began after the Capitol insurrection and shortly before the Biden/Harris administration took...

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National politicians respond to the Chauvin verdict. Do you see a pattern here?

John Fea   |  April 20, 2021

In case you still don’t know, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of the murder of George Floyd. Here is how Twitter is responding: As of 8:43pm on Tuesday evening, April 20, 2021 the following national politicians...

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The second episode of “A History of Evangelicals and Politics” podcast is here!

John Fea   |  April 20, 2021

Episode 1: “The Religious Making of a President” (our second episode) dropped last night. Subscribers to Current at the Longshore level and above receive this brand new narrative history podcast. In this episode I talk about the differences between my conversion experience...

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What happens when you watch “The West Wing” during the Biden era?

John Fea   |  April 10, 2021

Damon Linker explains in his column at The Week: The West Wing is what you get if you take the outlook of the most committed Democrats during the two terms of Bill Clinton’s presidency, add an overlay of rhetorical grandiosity derived...

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Sarah Obama, RIP

John Fea   |  March 30, 2021

If you are like me and fell in love with “Granny” reading Barack Obama’s Dreams from My Father, this is sad news. Here is CBS: Sarah Obama, the matriarch of former President Obama’s Kenyan family has died, relatives and officials...

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Do Democrats have an immigration policy?

John Fea   |  March 22, 2021

It doesn’t look like it. Here is a taste of David Leonhardt’s piece at The New York Times: . . . In recent years, however, a growing number of immigration advocates and progressive Democrats have become dissatisfied with this combination....

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