
Barack Obama
Barack Obama is a former American politician who served as the 44th President of the United States from 2009 to 2017. He is the first African American to have held office and the first to have been elected to two consecutive terms. He was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, on August 4, 1961, to a Kenyan father and an American mother.
Barack Obama attended Harvard Law School, where he graduated with honors in 1991. He then practiced law in Chicago and taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004. Obama was elected to the Illinois State Senate in 1996 and to the U.S. Senate in 2004. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for President of the United States in the 2008 election and won the election with over 52% of the popular vote.
As President, Obama was known for his progressive policies and his ability to bring people together to tackle difficult issues. He passed the Affordable Care Act, providing health care to millions of Americans and expanding access to preventative care. He also signed the Paris Climate Agreement, which committed the U.S. to reduce carbon emissions.
Obama's foreign policy focused on counter-terrorism, the use of drones, and the promotion of democracy and human rights. He was instrumental in the US-led campaign against ISIS in Iraq and Syria and in the US-led nuclear deal with Iran. He was also a strong advocate for LGBT rights, and his administration supported marriage equality.
Barack Obama left office with a high approval rating, seen by many as a successful two-term President. He is now a public speaker, author, and philanthropist. In 2019, Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to promote nuclear disarmament and world peace.
Barack Obama is also a strong supporter of education and has been vocal about the importance of education reform. He increased funding for Pell Grants and supported the expansion of college access and affordability. He also championed the expansion of Head Start, a program that helps children from low-income families prepare for school.
In addition to his work in politics and government, Obama is a bestselling author. His books include Dreams From My Father, The Audacity of Hope, and A Promised Land. He also founded the Obama Foundation, which works to inspire and empower citizens to create change in their own communities.
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Dreams from My Father
Barack Obama recommends
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The Sixth Extinction



A Different Way to Win



A Gentleman in Moscow



A Grain of Wheat



Educated



The Sixth Man



A House for Mr. Biswas



The Underground Railroad



Between the World and Me



Abraham Lincoln



Thinking, Fast and Slow



The Moment of Lift



All the Light We Cannot See



American Prison



American Spy



Americanah



An American Marriage



Anything Is Possible



Arthur Ashe



Asymmetry



Barbarian Days



Basketball



Becoming



Coach Wooden and Me



There There



Inland



Janesville



Evicted



Exhalation



Exit West



Dying



Factfulness



Finding My Voice



Five-Carat Soul



Florida



Frederick Douglass



Furious Hours



Futureface



Feel Free



Four Great Tragedies



Gilead



Girl, Woman, Other



Grant



H is for Hawk



Heartland



How Democracies Die



How to Do Nothing



How to Read the Air



Immigrant, Montana



In the Shadow of Statues



Into the Fire



Lab Girl



Life 3.0



Lost Children Archive



Life of Pi



Long Walk to Freedom



Lot



Maid



Men Without Women



Moby-Dick



Normal People



Parting the Waters



Pachinko



The Girl on the Train



Self Reliance



Sing, Unburied, Sing



Solitary



Say Nothing



Seveneves



Song of Solomon



The Broken Ladder



The Age of Surveillance Capitalism



The Anarchy



The Education of an Idealist



The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee



The Largesse of the Sea Maiden



The Lowland



The Orphan Master's Son



The Power



The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks



The Return



The New Geography of Jobs



The Nickel Boys



The Shallows



The Source of Self-Regard



The Shadow of Sirius



The Three-Body Problem



The Topeka School



The Warmth of Other Suns



The World as It Is



Tough Love



The Yellow House



Things Fall Apart



Trick Mirror



Trust Exercise



Truth Decay



Warlight



Washington



Washington Black



We Live in Water



Why Liberalism Failed


