Barack Obama called on Americans to defend their country’s beleaguered values and ideals, telling them it was “up to all of us to fix this.” Speaking to arts college students at Hamilton College in New York on Thursday, Obama said “the most important office in this democracy is the citizen.”

Former US president Obama tells arts college audience: ‘It’s up to all of us to fix this’

Barack Obama called on Americans to defend their country’s beleaguered values and ideals, telling them it was “up to all of us to fix this.” Speaking to arts college students at Hamilton College in New York on Thursday, Obama said “the most important office in this democracy is the citizen.”