PBC News & Comment: Part 2, Obama’s Legacy is Fading, Even Before He Exits

On 15th anniversary of Guantanamo prison, 40 members of Progressive Caucus urge Obama to close it, blocking Trump’s plans….--reports indicate Chelsea Manning is on Obama’s “shortlist” for commutation
--CIA whistleblower john Kiriakou urges Obama to release the full report on CIA torture
--California progressives organized, and took control of state’s Democratic party leadership last weekend
--in op-ed, Prof. Cornel West speaks for many of us: “Pity the Sad Legacy of Barack Obama”