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Terrorist, Superman, feminist, messiah: Barack Obama's life as a cover star

  He has appeared on more magazines than most supermodels. From Black Enterprise to Rolling Stone, the author of a new book traces the rise, fall – and legacy of the cover-star-in-chie

  In October 2004, Barack Obama, then an Illinois state legislator, appeared on the cover of Black Enterprise, a popular African-American business monthly. It was his first-ever cover, and he shocked the magazine’s editors by proclaiming his intention to run for the United States Senate. They wondered if the young statesman was setting his hopes too high. Nevertheless, they ran the cover story with the prophetic headline: The next big thing in politics.

  Cut to 2008, and Obama, having made it to the US Senate, now had his sights on the presidency. The experts said that America was not ready for an African-American leader; that white people wouldn’t vote for a non-white candidate or a man with a funny-sounding name, whose middle name is Hussein and who actually has Muslim relatives; and that even if they did, he would be assassinated before he saw out his first term.

  After they were proved wrong and Obama was elected in November 2008, people went out in droves to buy newspapers and magazines with him on their covers, as commemorative keepsakes. His face was everywhere, providing print publishers with a bump to flagging sales. In a few short years, Obama had risen from obscurity to become the most famous person in the world.

(Excerpt from the site: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/sep/07/t errorist-superman-feminist-messiah-barack-obamas-lifeas-a-cover-star. Reaserched in September 2018).

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Terrorist, Superman, feminist, messiah: Barack Obama's life as a cover star

  He has appeared on more magazines than most supermodels. From Black Enterprise to Rolling Stone, the author of a new book traces the rise, fall – and legacy of the cover-star-in-chie

  In October 2004, Barack Obama, then an Illinois state legislator, appeared on the cover of Black Enterprise, a popular African-American business monthly. It was his first-ever cover, and he shocked the magazine’s editors by proclaiming his intention to run for the United States Senate. They wondered if the young statesman was setting his hopes too high. Nevertheless, they ran the cover story with the prophetic headline: The next big thing in politics.

  Cut to 2008, and Obama, having made it to the US Senate, now had his sights on the presidency. The experts said that America was not ready for an African-American leader; that white people wouldn’t vote for a non-white candidate or a man with a funny-sounding name, whose middle name is Hussein and who actually has Muslim relatives; and that even if they did, he would be assassinated before he saw out his first term.

  After they were proved wrong and Obama was elected in November 2008, people went out in droves to buy newspapers and magazines with him on their covers, as commemorative keepsakes. His face was everywhere, providing print publishers with a bump to flagging sales. In a few short years, Obama had risen from obscurity to become the most famous person in the world.

(Excerpt from the site: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/sep/07/t errorist-superman-feminist-messiah-barack-obamas-lifeas-a-cover-star. Reaserched in September 2018).

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Terrorist, Superman, feminist, messiah: Barack Obama's life as a cover star

  He has appeared on more magazines than most supermodels. From Black Enterprise to Rolling Stone, the author of a new book traces the rise, fall – and legacy of the cover-star-in-chie

  In October 2004, Barack Obama, then an Illinois state legislator, appeared on the cover of Black Enterprise, a popular African-American business monthly. It was his first-ever cover, and he shocked the magazine’s editors by proclaiming his intention to run for the United States Senate. They wondered if the young statesman was setting his hopes too high. Nevertheless, they ran the cover story with the prophetic headline: The next big thing in politics.

  Cut to 2008, and Obama, having made it to the US Senate, now had his sights on the presidency. The experts said that America was not ready for an African-American leader; that white people wouldn’t vote for a non-white candidate or a man with a funny-sounding name, whose middle name is Hussein and who actually has Muslim relatives; and that even if they did, he would be assassinated before he saw out his first term.

  After they were proved wrong and Obama was elected in November 2008, people went out in droves to buy newspapers and magazines with him on their covers, as commemorative keepsakes. His face was everywhere, providing print publishers with a bump to flagging sales. In a few short years, Obama had risen from obscurity to become the most famous person in the world.

(Excerpt from the site: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/sep/07/t errorist-superman-feminist-messiah-barack-obamas-lifeas-a-cover-star. Reaserched in September 2018).

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School district says 'no-zero policy' was not the reason for fired Florida teacher

By GOLDENE BROWN - SEP 26, 2018 | 1:15 PM

  A Florida teacher claims she was “fired” after she refused to give students credit for work not turned in, but the school district says she was removed from the classroom for other reasons.

On her last day teaching at a Port St. Lucia Public School, Diane Tirado, 52, left a note to her students on a whiteboard. “Bye Kids. Mrs. Tirado loves you and wishes you the best in life! I have been fired for refusing to give you a 50 percent for not handing anything in. Mrs. Tirado,” she wrote.

  The eighth-grade teacher says the school has a “no-zero policy,” entailing that teachers are not allowed to give students anything less than a 50% on an assignment.

  Tirado says she was fired when she refused to follow the policy after several students failed to turn in an assignment, according to WPTV.

In a Facebook post on Tuesday, Tirado said, “The reason I took on this fight was because it was ridiculous. Teaching should not be this hard. Teachers teach content, children do the assignments to the best of their ability and teachers grade that work based on a grading scale that has been around a very long time.”

  A specific cause for Tirado’s termination was not included in the letter she received from the principal because she was on a probationary status, according to a statement.

(Article from the site: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-newsflorida-teacher-fired-no-zero-policy-20180926-story.html. Reaserched in September 2018.

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School district says 'no-zero policy' was not the reason for fired Florida teacher

By GOLDENE BROWN - SEP 26, 2018 | 1:15 PM

  A Florida teacher claims she was “fired” after she refused to give students credit for work not turned in, but the school district says she was removed from the classroom for other reasons.

On her last day teaching at a Port St. Lucia Public School, Diane Tirado, 52, left a note to her students on a whiteboard. “Bye Kids. Mrs. Tirado loves you and wishes you the best in life! I have been fired for refusing to give you a 50 percent for not handing anything in. Mrs. Tirado,” she wrote.

  The eighth-grade teacher says the school has a “no-zero policy,” entailing that teachers are not allowed to give students anything less than a 50% on an assignment.

  Tirado says she was fired when she refused to follow the policy after several students failed to turn in an assignment, according to WPTV.

In a Facebook post on Tuesday, Tirado said, “The reason I took on this fight was because it was ridiculous. Teaching should not be this hard. Teachers teach content, children do the assignments to the best of their ability and teachers grade that work based on a grading scale that has been around a very long time.”

  A specific cause for Tirado’s termination was not included in the letter she received from the principal because she was on a probationary status, according to a statement.

(Article from the site: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-newsflorida-teacher-fired-no-zero-policy-20180926-story.html. Reaserched in September 2018.

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School district says 'no-zero policy' was not the reason for fired Florida teacher

By GOLDENE BROWN - SEP 26, 2018 | 1:15 PM

  A Florida teacher claims she was “fired” after she refused to give students credit for work not turned in, but the school district says she was removed from the classroom for other reasons.

On her last day teaching at a Port St. Lucia Public School, Diane Tirado, 52, left a note to her students on a whiteboard. “Bye Kids. Mrs. Tirado loves you and wishes you the best in life! I have been fired for refusing to give you a 50 percent for not handing anything in. Mrs. Tirado,” she wrote.

  The eighth-grade teacher says the school has a “no-zero policy,” entailing that teachers are not allowed to give students anything less than a 50% on an assignment.

  Tirado says she was fired when she refused to follow the policy after several students failed to turn in an assignment, according to WPTV.

In a Facebook post on Tuesday, Tirado said, “The reason I took on this fight was because it was ridiculous. Teaching should not be this hard. Teachers teach content, children do the assignments to the best of their ability and teachers grade that work based on a grading scale that has been around a very long time.”

  A specific cause for Tirado’s termination was not included in the letter she received from the principal because she was on a probationary status, according to a statement.

(Article from the site: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-newsflorida-teacher-fired-no-zero-policy-20180926-story.html. Reaserched in September 2018.