#1702: Better Off…?
Anna Holmes, Fazeelat Aslam, and Tanner Colby talk about the assertion that President Obama made in his farewell address that we’re better off in terms of race than we have been in the past 10, 20, 30 years.

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Obama's Legacy Considered: Are We Better Off?

President Obama?s Full Farewell Speech | The New York Times - YouTube

Read the full transcript of President Obama's farewell speech | LA Times

Are We Better Off' Explores Gains and Losses Under Obama | Afro

Are Americans Better Off Under Barack Obama? | WSJ

Barack Obama presidency: What black America won't miss | CNNPolitics.com

Remarks by the President at Howard University Commencement Ceremony | whitehouse.gov

Pew Report on Race Pokes Holes in Obama's Howard University Speech on Race | CityLab

On Views of Race and Inequality, Blacks and Whites Are Worlds Apart | Pew Research Center

Obama's Big Immigration Win Protected Dreamers. Now They're Threatened Again. | The Huffington Post

Sanctuary City Movement Highlights Barack Obama's Complicated Immigration Legacy | The Huffington Post

Why Has President Obama Deported More Immigrants Than Any President in US History? | The Nation

With Obama's immigration legacy, Trump inherits 'home free magnet' | TheHill

¡Obámanos! President Barack Obama's Legacy, Through a Latino Lens | NBC News

Jorge Ramos: Obama?s Latino Legacy | Fusion

War on terror? The US dropped 3 bombs every hour in 2016, and these nations bore the brunt | International Business Times

America dropped 26,171 bombs in 2016. What a bloody end to Obama's reign | The Guardian

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