Obama Center

Obama Foundation taps Tina Tchen for new role, a year after she resigned from Time’s Up following Gov. Andrew Cuomo scandal

July 6, 2022 at 10:55 p.m.

Nearly a year after Tina Tchen resigned amid controversy from heading a national charity aimed...

May 2, 2022 at 8:58 p.m.

Jackson Park is beloved by countless individuals and families from Hyde Park, Woodlawn, South Shore...

May 2, 2022 at 6:50 p.m.

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. As a volunteer and advocate with the American Foundation...

February 10, 2022 at 11:15 a.m.

It looks, as most construction sites do, especially in winter, a depressing mess, this plot...

November 15, 2021 at 1:56 a.m.

Alvyn Walker has lived in the South Shore neighborhood for around 40 years, since he...

October 22, 2021 at 2:10 p.m.

Just before a groundbreaking ceremony for the Obama Presidential Center on Sept. 28, an airplane...

September 30, 2021 at 5:01 p.m.

It's striking that the groundbreaking for the Obama Presidential Center this week and the 150th...

September 29, 2021 at 12:13 a.m.

As former President Barack Obama took the podium during his presidential center's long-delayed groundbreaking, he...

June 5, 2021 at 12:40 a.m.

As Chicago prepares for this year's slated groundbreaking of the Obama Presidential Center, the former...

April 23, 2021 at 8:02 p.m.

A community organizer and Woodlawn neighborhood fixture known over the years for protesting the feared...