President Barack Obama (2025)
On the ten-year anniversary, President Barack Obama reflects on June 26, 2015, as a significant day that highlighted America’s divisions and progress, marked by his eulogy for Rev. Clementa Pinckney after a tragic shooting and the Supreme Court’s ruling legalizing same-sex marriage. He describes it as a moment of both mourning and hope, emphasizing the collective effort of ordinary people in making positive change.
Between June 25-26, 2015, America experienced the soaring highs and the terrible lows of a country still on the journey to becoming a “more perfect union.” President Barack Obama was tasked with helping the nation navigate all of it. The Supreme Court’s decision to uphold a critical part of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) and legalize same-sex marriage marked major progressive victories for the country. At the same time, President Obama was headed to Charleston, SC where, just days earlier, a young white male had walked into a Black church and massacred nine people during a Bible study. In this interview with the 44th President of the United States of America, he reflects on that time, and the magic of democracy when people come together to fight for a better tomorrow.
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