Obama approval rating: Above 50 percent.

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Remember spring 2013? It was a time very different from ours, when a Fast & Furious movie and a Marvel comics superhero vehicle dominated the box office and Bruno Mars ruled the airwaves. It was also the last time Barack Obama’s CNN/ORC approval rating was above 50 percent until this week. CNN’s poll found that 55 percent of Americans approve of Obama’s handling of race relations, a number that’s up 5 points from May. Adds the network: “Overall, 74% of Americans say racial discrimination against African-Americans in the U.S. is a very or somewhat serious problem, up from 57% saying so five years ago.”