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...Barack Obama's White House...
...this sense of social responsibility: his candidacy capitalized on this evolving mind-set, and he has done more than anyone else to advance it. "I think our campaign was an expression of people wanting to be engaged and involved in different ways," Obama said in an interview in the White House this month. "They wanted to be part of something larger than themselves...
...first large Southern city to elect a black mayor in 1973, Atlanta has had African-American leadership ever since. However, this year, a white city council member is leading in polls over three black challengers, causing some to fret that her election could lead to a setback for a "black agenda" of racial and social justice...
...post-racial" politics, the current Atlanta mayor's race is resisting attempts to paint it in crude black-and-white. For one, the cliche of black political organizers facing off against white corporate elites doesn't fit. The black candidates include a former real estate corporate vice president, a state senator, and a corporate-law attorney who was a Rhodes Scholar. The white candidate, re-elected city-wide four years ago, is a longtime community activist and the candidate most likely to be photographed with a bullhorn in her hand. This all comes at a time when Atlanta is struggling...
...four candidates have loudly rejected a call for black Atlantans - who make up 57% of the city's population - to rally around a single black candidate in order to defeat Mary Norwood, the white city council member. "Mary's not focused on [the race angle]," says Norwood campaign manager Roman Levit. "She's focused on two things: making the city safe, and bringing accountability to the city government." (From TIME's Archives: What makes a city great...