Barack Obama and the paradox behind his African American support base
Gary Younge
Gary Younge: The ascent of the first black president has coincided with a steep descent in the economic fortunes of black Americans. But that hasn't impeded their optimism about Obama
Working class voters: why America's poor are willing to vote Republican
Liberals question why poor voters who use public assistance still vote for Republicans who want to cut those very services. The real story, Gary Younge finds, is much more complicated
The struggle for Obama's voters: 'I just wish he could have been better'
Gary Younge reports from Ohio on the peculiar qualities of Democratic deflation as Obama's supporters struggle with internal conflict even as they plan to vote for his re-election
'Obamacare means my child has health insurance' – video
Video: Four years after first volunteering to help the Obama campaign, Chelsea Shinneman tells Gary Younge how her newborn baby has been helped by Obama's affordable care act
Obama's black vote: 'They look at me like I was a traitor' - video
Gary Younge talks to Virginia state representative Onzlee Ware, who finds it difficult to criticise Obama's first term in office without alienating African American voters
