Barack Obama

In 2008 Barack Obama was elected as president and in 2012 he was elected for a second term. He was and still is the first black president to run this nation. Before he was even elected there were speculations about him not being a native born citizen. He was accused of being born in different countries because people were finding reasons to not trust him. In the article Malik Obama says Israel Shouldn’t Worry About Barack’s Muslim “Connection,” it states that Obama was born in Kenya and…

health care coverage can solve the current difficulties and problems, which are high medical costs, low preventive care and high infant mortality rates, etc., facing the U.S. health care system. Government to comply with the people's expectations. The Obama administration to implement the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, shortened to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) or nicknamed Obamacare is a kind of universal health care coverage. It brings some benefits to the American people. First…

Political moments can provide for the best, and the worst speeches throughout history. For example, many thought Barack Obama had nearly no chance to win presidential elections, but he turned it around with a single phrase. When Obama said that “Yes, We Can” his rhetorical device of pathos inspired a nation. But as an opposing example we see a single metaphor spoken by Donald Trump relating women and cows enraged a legion. Throughout history the world’s greatest and worst speakers have all used…

affect on people's lives. The Affordable Care Act is a health reform legislation.This act was passed by congress and later signed by President Barack Obama on March 23, 2010 to make the act a law.The goal of this act is to help Americans have affordable health insurance and lower the cost of health care spending. The Affordable Care Act also known as Obama Care was supposed to cause a positive impact, but it seems to be causing a negative impact on many people's lives. One aspect of the…

As a young black male growing up in the rough south of America, Richard Wright learned very early of his place in society. Wright grew up in a world of poverty, hunger and a lack of education. But that didn’t stop his hunger for knowledge and his desire to become an established author. Richard Wright published Black Boy to pinpoint the struggles of Black Americans during the early 1900s. Richard Wright was born after the civil war, and before the civil rights movement. If he were to write a…

President Obama’s 2008 Inauguration Speech The inauguration speech by President Barrack Obama was just as memorable as the fact that he was the first past of African-American heritage to hold the position of commander in chief of the US. The president’s use of rhetoric as well as his eloquence and background both ethnically and socially created a rich mix that further cemented the legendary status in the speech he made that night in 2008. Specifically, it addressed the new president’s…

president. What was most interesting was that Hillary Clinton faced a different type of criticism than her male counterparts while running for president. The dissimilar types of backlash Clinton received as opposed to her then opponent—President Barack Obama—and her male counterparts running for the Republican Party nomination were very interesting and often times very sexist. Though, since 2008 to now the discussion has definitely shifted to one…

Up until this day, my parents still make fun of me for how much I loved going to school as a kid. To be honest, I don’t take offense to it, only because I love the elementary school I went too still today. I love it so much that I spent the second half of my senior year of high school volunteering there as a first grade teacher’s aid. My elementary school was relatively small compared to others in the area. It was kindergarten through sixth grade. Every grade in the school had between 60-80…

point or agenda but because she is a woman. Indeed having a female president would be a turning point in history, yet, to have that as a reason to vote for Hillary is wrong. History would repeat itself as it did in the presidential election for Barack Obama in 2012…

covered completely, or even at all. Depending on the medication, the prescription may not be covered by a person’s insurance; some insurance companies will only cover the generic brand of some medications. Under the United State’s president, Barack Obama, if a person needs medical attention, but does not have health insurance, they cannot be denied care. No matter the circumstance, a person has the right to see a medical official with, or without medical care…