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.

Lots of African-American people really so adore Barack Obama that they're unwilling to even be mildly critical of him.

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

One of the challenges, I think, is that Americans are not sufficiently vested in foreign policy.

The voter problems and voter suppression, in some ways they're the same thing, but in some ways they're not, because the suppression is evil.

Young African - millennials really love Barack Obama.

Bernie Sanders just seems to not have the personality to engage with people at the grassroots level.