The sprawling 20-acre campus in Jackson Park, just blocks from the lake, includes buildings, gardens, playgrounds, and a ...

An Obama Foundation official pushed back on criticism of the Obama Presidential Center’s design in a CBS interview, saying ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The location of the Barack Obama Presidential Center will officially be announced Tuesday, the Obama Foundation confirmed. Earlier this month, sources said the library would go to the ...

The $830 million monolith – slated to open in Chicago next year – has drawn comparisons to the “Death Star” on social media, ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Bids for the future home of the Obama Presidential Library were due Monday. For now, there is no public money available to help attract the library to Chicago, as five competitors ...

The Obama Presidential Center in Chicago’s South Side, set to open in June 2026, has addressed criticism over its ...

Is it wrong to commandeer space intended for public enjoyment to bolster a political legacy? That’s a question US President Barack Obama will soon answer when he and First Lady Michelle Obama announce ...

Former President Obama was in the Windy City to check on the progress of the nearly finished Barack Obama Presidential Library. Former President Barack Obama made a holiday pop-up visit to a Chicago ...

Bronzeville, the historic African-American community on Chicago’s South Side, is where the stories of writers and musicians through the ages — including Richard Wright, Louis Armstrong, Lorraine ...

President Obama will not name the location for his future presidential library until after Chicago’s April 7 runoff mayoral election out of concern that an earlier announcement could politicize his ...

A group of Chicago elementary school students had an unexpected visitor Tuesday when former President Barack Obama walked in wearing a Santa hat and sat down to read to them. The Burke Elementary ...