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Melissa Harris-Perry Why my disagreement with Cornel West about Obama's presidency generated so much excitement.

Gary Younge Obama's inauguration broke racial barriers, but today most black Americans are worse off than before.

NewsOne’s Bakari Kitwana interviews Vijay Prashad about the implications of the recent killing of Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Ladan. Kitwana and Prashad discuss the American public’s euphoria surrounding this news and what this death means for the war in Afghanistan, and the future of America’s enemies—from Al Qaeda to the Taliban. They also talk about the meaning of Bin Laden’s demise to the 2012 presidential race.