An Unexpected Flash Point in the Battle Over Biden's Agenda
Why Democrats Are Fighting Over an Obscure D.C. Bureaucrat Ronald Brownstein © Bloomberg / Getty / The Atlantic Michael Barr, Joe Biden's likely nominee for comptroller of the currency Burnt buildings were still smoldering when Bill Clinton toured South Central Los Angeles, the historic center of the city’s Black community, in early May 1992. The presidential candidate had flown cross-country from the East Coast as the city was being consumed by waves of unrest following the acquittal of four police officers who had savagely beat Rodney King the year before. By this point...