That Hopey, Changey Stuff

Obama’s presidency promised a new era in America, but the failure of his landmark legislation, the Affordable Care Act, set the stage for today’s disillusionment.

Illustration by Brandon Celi.

For a guy whose presidential legacy lies in tatters, Barack Obama seems surprisingly nonplussed. Between expanding his deal with Netflix and batting away rumors of a Hollywood affair, Obama found time to make a splash in the headlines this January, when at Jimmy Carter’s funeral the world watched him chuckling and chatting amiably with president-elect […]

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