Republicans

January 22, 2015

President Obama’s “Legacy of Absences”

By Robert Van Egghen With the 2015 State of the Union address showing a rejuvenated and confident Barack Obama, a panel of experts met at the Frontline Club on Wednesday 21 January to debate his legacy, the partisan nature of USĀ politics and whether racial divides have been healed by the nation’sĀ first black president.


Wednesday 21 January 2015, 7:00 PM

A Divided Country, A President’s Legacy

After a devastating defeat in the midterm elections, which saw the Democrats lose control of the Senate, what can we expect from President Barack Obama as he enters his final two years in office? With events in Ferguson, Missouri highlighting the deep racial divides that still exist in the US, we will be asking what the legacy will be of the country’s first African-American president.