Organizers and residents of South Shore, Woodlawn, Jackson Park and nearby neighborhoods said they would continue to push for rent control and other tenant protections.

By Emma Ibrahim In Washington, D.C., President Donald Trump is determined to leave his mark, leaving no stone unturned and few federal buildings without his name or portrait. But in […]

Ashley Philippsen, formerly of ImpactTulsa, and Jen Loren, senior director of Cherokee Film, are featured in the Obama Center’s Imagine Your Impact interactive art exhibit.

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Former First Lady Michelle Obama and two-time Grammy Award-winning artist Tems surprised a group of young women participating in a songwriting workshop at the Obama Presidential Center’s Media Suite on…

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Tems delivered a standout performance of “Me & U” at the Obama Presidential Center Grand Opening Ceremony in Chicago on 18 June, stepping onto a stage that also featured Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder, John Legend, and more. The Grammy-winning Nigerian singer performed in a striking crimson gown, marking one of the most talked-about moments of [...]

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The former president and first lady surprised South Side students at the Obama Presidential Center’s public library, marking a Juneteenth

This week, a growing "dignity gap" amidst more busts and botches - war, flu, pools, fans - suggests a faint, nascent shift in momentum back toward we the people. As DC sank into mire, New York came together "as one" - Mamdani: "We find a way" - with a jubilant party for its beloved Knicks, and Chicago marked a dazzling, joyful, Juneteenth launch of an Obama Center with free library, museum,…

Now that the historic building is officially open, here's an inside look at Chicago's newest landmark

Former President Barack Obama said the U.S. is worse off because of current President Trump’s war with Iran.

“We’ve now fought a war, spent billions and billions of dollars, you know, put enormous strain on our military,” Obama said in an interview with NBC’s Craig Melvin.

“A lot of people have died. And it feels like we’re back where we were before we started the war, except maybe a little bit…

I don’t know anyone who doesn’t love and adore Michelle Obama. She is smart, accomplished, funny, kind, caring, and stunningly beautiful, but her beauty is the least interesting thing about her.

Michelle’s husband summed it up in a video last week: "I have a super hot wife. She taught me that a lot of times, I think I’m right, but I’m wrong. So she continually corrects me, which I think has…

Chicago’s South Side stepped into the national spotlight Thursday as the Obama Presidential Center officially opened in Jackson Park, bringing together former presidents, world leaders, entertainers, and thousands of supporters…

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The sprawling new campus on Chicago's south side includes a rousing museum and commissions by Mark Bradford, Maya Lin, Richard Hunt, Martin Puryear and many more

From Jennifer Hudson to Common to Stevie Wonder, Chicago’s South Side was electric as history was made on Juneteenth eve.

“For Black Americans, I think the call to action is clear,” U.S. Rep. Gabe Amo (D-R.I.), a former Obama White

Common paid tribute to some Chicago icons while on stage with Stevie Wonder for the opening ceremony's grand finale.

WOODLAWN — More than a decade after its announcement, former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama joined thousands of …

In the lead up to the formal opening of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago, former US president Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama revealed their first dual portrait on June 15. The portrait was created by Nigerian-born artist Njideka Akunyili Crosby, who currently resides in Los Angeles. Titled The Obamas: Springing Forth, […]

Taxpayers could be left with a big tab if the Obama Presidential Center experiences financial trouble because its foundation has not yet established a promised $470 million safety net to guard against a public bailout.

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The branch has a Presidential Reading Room with 3,000 books personally chosen by the Obamas and a few from the former president's personal collection.

The Obama Presidential Center opens in two weeks, and there are openings and closings to navigate.

Good Morning! The Headlines FREUDIAN FEUD. The late artist Lucian Freud long maintained he never made the striking portrait titled Man in a Black Scarf, despite much speculation to the contrary. But now, scientific evidence has ruled otherwise, reports the Guardian. According to authentication experts, Freud was indeed the author of the painting of his friend John Jameson, made in 1939 while […]

The Obama Presidential Center's grand opening is less than one month away.

There will be a free watch party for the grand opening of the Obama Presidential Center next month.

As Chicago prepares for the opening of the Obama Presidential Center, some South Side organizations are already seeing its impact.

ABC7 takes you inside for a look at one of the highlights of former President Barack Obama's museum in Jackson Park.

The city launched an ambitious plan to keep residents from getting displaced as speculators swooped in, but some projects never happened, while others show modest results.

Former President Barack Obama reportedly pushed to make his presidential center far beyond his original vision, which made one of its architects "uneasy."

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The final eight works join 22 previously announced ones that will decorate the 19.3-acre campus in Chicago's South Side.

The centre’s art-filled campus will open in June, but visitors to Expo Chicago can get a preview of its art commissions in two special curated sections of the fair

The Obama Presidential Center has put out a call for unpaid volunteers for its Chicago location when it opens later this year, though it’s chief executive will be handsomely compensated with a $740,000 salary, according to news reports.

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