Bernie Sanders has the momentum, and I think that that's something that we can't ignore.

This is a column collection, or as one colleague called it, "history in real time," recounting my perspective on the highs and lows of this presidency from an African-American perspective. More than simply a column collection, the book has a substantial introduction that frames the [Barack] Obama presidency, explores the way Obama was treated by the political establishment and also how this first black president treated "his" people. In the epilogue, I use numbers to tell the story of African-American gains and losses during this presidency.

Indeed, as soon as he took office, Senator Mitch McConnell announced that his top priority was to deny President [Barack] Obama a second term.

I serve on the Institute of the Black World's National Commission on African-American Reparations, and we have asked the President [Barack Obama] to, by executive order, establish a commission to study reparations. He can do this without Congressional approval. While I am not optimistic, I do hope that President Obama considers this in these waning months of his Presidency.

When public policy is directed toward urban spaces, it is directed toward people who sit at the margins.

[Barack Obama] intended, I think, to say that he took Trayvon's [ Martin] death somewhat personally.

The published record will show that many in Chicago have mixed feedback on the President's [Barack Obama] role as organizer.