Foreword Leonard Pitts Acknowledgments Introduction Obama and the Promise of Change Luigi Esposito and Laura L. Finley Chapter 1 Progressivism and Economics: The Case of President Obama Steven L. Arxer, Matthew Babcock, and Walter Borges Chapter 2 Educating the "Education President" Jung Min Choi, Tashina J. Vavuris, and Mariko Ono Chapter 3 Negotiating Health: The Challenges of Progressive Healthcare Reform in the United States Lisa Konczal Chapter 4 Obama, Progressivism, Harm Reduction, and Drug Policy: From War to Health and Rights Fernando M. Perez Chapter 5 "In the Land of the Blind": Evaluating Obama's Environmental Record Kent D. Shifferd Chapter 6 Rating the 44th President on Immigration Randall Amster and Margaret Groarke Chapter 7 Obama at War Nicolas J. S. Davies Chapter 8 Race and the Obama Presidency Victor Romano and Melanie Sberna Hinojosa Chapter 9 The First Female President? Assessing Obama's First-Term Work on Women's Issues Laura L.

Finley Chapter 10 Waiting for Change: Obama and the LGBT Community P. Tom Semm and Christina Sanchez-Weston Chapter 11 Being Progressive on National Security: The Rolling Back of Bush Administration Policies and Keeping America Safe Christian A. I. Schlaerth, Aaron Puhrmann, Katelyn Rozenbroek, and Hilary H. Cook Conclusion: Obama and the Future of Progressivism in the United States Laura L. Finley and Luigi Esposito About the Editors and Contributors Index.