<![CDATA[ - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]> http://www.realclearpolitics.com/authors/rss/archive/29660.xml Author <![CDATA[Obama's Hidden War on Poverty]]> Thu, 21 Aug 2014 00:00:00 -0500 As the predominantly black, disproportionately poor community of Ferguson, Mo., erupted in protest after the shooting death of Michael Brown, critics excoriated President Obama for his failure to empathize. Michael Eric Dyson, for example, called the president’s statement about the case on Monday a “stunning epic failure.”

Mr. Obama’s defenders point to his second-term commitment to issues that touch the lives of poor communities of color, especially his...]]>