Cornel West: Obama’s response to shootings was ‘weak’

When this city was chosen to host the Democratic Party's pre-convention platform meeting, it meant affordable hotels and plenty of available space. Then came the massacre at the nearby Pulse nightclub, and then came this week's shootings in Baton Rouge, Falcon Heights, Minn., and Dallas. The business of amending the party's manifesto was slowed, necessarily, by a moment of silence, speeches about the need to end gun violence and