More than a decade after it was first announced, the Obama Presidential Center and Library officially opens to the public in Chicago's Jackson Park on June 19, 2026. The expansive 20-acre campus is ...

A new batch of library cards quietly landed at the Obama Presidential Center's library this week, I learned from faithful reader Ina "Breakfast Queen" Pinkney. Why it matters: Scores of library nerds, ...

Q: Does Barack Obama still owe contractors or subcontractors money for work done on his presidential library in Chicago? A: Some subcontractors have said they were not paid for their work. The Obama ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - JUNE 19: Former U.S. President Barack Obama greets the first group of visitors at the official opening of the ...

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A lot of ink (actual and virtual) has been spilled over the new Obama Presidential Center that opened on Juneteenth Day in ...

Amid the June 2026 opening of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago, rumors spread online that the former president's foundation "stiffed" Black and minority contractors who worked on the museum, ...

CHICAGO – On the same day that the U.S. Supreme Court legalized gay marriage, President Barack Obama traveled to Charleston, South Carolina, to deliver a eulogy for nine church members who were ...

After a star-studded, high profile opening ceremony, the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago is now open to the public Friday. The eight-story museum sits on a 19-acre campus that includes a new ...

Don't call it a library. The $1 billion Obama Presidential Center opened with huge fanfare last week in a park near the shore of Lake Michigan, but critics say what the public thinks is a library will ...

In the city of Chicago, which is about 90 minutes south of me, roughly 17 percent of the city's residents live in poverty. That's about 448,000 people, and of those, more than 160,000 were in 'deep ...