Barack Obama and the Future of American Politics
Paul Streetis an independent journalist, policy adviser, and historian. Formerly he was Vice President for Research and Planning at the Chicago Urban League. Among his recent books areBarack Obama and the Future of American Politics(Paradigm, 2008),Racial Oppression in the Global Metropolis: A Living Black Chicago History(Rowman & Littlefield, 2007), andSegregated Schools: Educational Apartheid in Post-Civil Rights America(Routledge, 2005). His many articles have appeared in theChicago Tribune;In These Times; Dissent; Z Magazine; Black Commentator; Monthly Review, Journal of American Ethnic History; Journal of Social History, and other publications.