The Spill, The Scandal and the President: The inside story of how Obama failed to crack down on the corruption of the Bush years – and let the world’s most dangerous oil company get away with murder

“BP Atlantis”! President Obama in Port Fourchon, Louisiana, May 28, 2010.This article originally appeared in RS 1107 from June 24, 2010. (Rolling Stone Magazine) — On May 27th, more than a month into the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history, Barack Obama strode to the podium in the East Room of the White House. For [...] continue reading world news