Barack Obama’s unfinished $850 million presidential center in Chicago is sparking fierce criticism from residents ...

Summer reading just got more exciting. On Wednesday, former President Barack Obama shared his annual summer reading list, ...

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

Barack Obama has pressed pause on his annual summer playlist. The former president revealed Wednesday that he wouldn’t be releasing a list of his favorite tunes this summer, the first time he hasn’t ...

Barack Obama wants to build his presidential library in a park on the South Side of Chicago, the city where he met his wife and launched his career. Who could possibly object to that? Quite a few ...

Every summer, former president Barack Obama shares his reading list—and yes, they’re books he really read. Eric Schultz, a ...

Last week, former US president Barack Obama spoke in Chicago about his plans for the presidential library to be named after him. Set to open in 2021, the library will be one of 14 presidential ...

There are 13 presidential libraries and soon there will be a 14th, for President Obama. Places vying for the prize stretch from Hawaii to New York. Chicago is so eager it's pitched multiple proposals.

Julian Zelizer notes that former president Barack Obama will attend the groundbreaking for his library this week and it’s worth celebrating, despite controversy over its location. In an era of ...

WASHINGTON Where will President Barack Obama put his presidential library? Four years from the end of the Obama presidency, Chicago and Honolulu are ramping up major campaigns to build the center ...

-- President Obama has chosen the Windy City to be the home for his presidential library. The Barack Obama Foundation, the president's non-profit organization established in 2014 to oversee the ...

WASHINGTON -- The formal process to build a library housing President Barack Obama's presidential records and artifacts began Friday with the formation of a new foundation, launched by top ...