Chicago community leaders and longtime residents say the Obama Presidential Center risks washing away the neighborhood’s ...

In addition to concerns that the Obama Presidential Center will lead to gentrification, the project has been called an eyesore, one resident says it “feels like a washing away of the ...

"44 The Musical" is a celebration of President Barack Obama's journey to the White House and his legacy, set to song and ...

Alderwoman Jeanette Taylor, who represents much of the majority-Black, working-class neighborhood that surrounds the Obama ...

He also was not selected. Nor is Obama the first famous Chicago resident to be called to jury duty. In 2004, Oprah Winfrey was on a Chicago jury that convicted a man of murder.

The award-winning satire traces “the rise and presidency of Barack Obama, as well as the eccentric political characters he met along the way.” ...

K yana Butler has mixed feelings about the Obama Presidential Center. The sprawling campus that will serve as a monument to the 44th President’s legacy is being built in her neighborhood on ...

Former President Barack Obama remembered Chicago Cubs legend Ryne Sandberg as a "class act" in a post on social media. Sandberg died Monday after a long cancer battle.

The former president lent his support to Gavin Newsom's retaliatory redistricting plan shortly before Texas Republicans passed a bill redrawing congressional lines.

Obama and the first lady leave the stage after the President's farewell address in Chicago on January 10, 2017. During his speech, Obama recounted a presidency that saw setbacks as well as successes.

In this Oct. 29, 2019, file photo, former President Barack Obama speaks to guests at the Obama Foundation Summit on the campus of the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago.

President Obama says Chicago's South Side is where his career began. Aerial view looking north from just west of S. University Avenue and the Midway Plaisance, with campus, Lake Michigan and the ...