Obama Foundation’s first annual report shows spike in fundraising By Lolly Bowean May 23, 2019 at 3:12 a.m. The Obama Foundation raised nearly $233 million mostly from private donors last year and spent...
Work begins to relocate track in Jackson Park to make way for Obama center By Lolly Bowean May 23, 2019 at 3:12 a.m. The Chicago Park District has begun work to relocate a track and field in Jackson...
A small band of environmentalists takes fight against Obama Presidential Center to court By Lolly Bowean May 23, 2019 at 3:12 a.m. When Charlotte Adelman was a student at the University of Chicago, the nearby parks became...
Obama Foundation delays presidential center groundbreaking until next year By Lolly Bowean May 23, 2019 at 3:12 a.m. The Obama Foundation has pushed back the groundbreaking date for the Obama Presidential Center after...
Oprah Winfrey among 9 large-scale donors to give money to Obama Foundation By Lolly Bowean May 23, 2019 at 3:12 a.m. Oprah Winfrey is one of nine philanthropists to give more than $1 million toward construction...
The national African-American museum still stirs the soul — and drops hints of what to expect at the Obama Presidential Center By Blair Kamin May 11, 2019 at 6:24 a.m. The line to see the open casket that once held the tortured body of Emmett...
Hoping to ensure diverse workforce, Obama Foundation appoints firm, hires a new staffer By Lolly Bowean May 23, 2019 at 3:12 a.m. Months before they are set to break ground on the Obama Presidential Center, the Obama...
At UIC, Obama Foundation hosts local community conversation By Lolly Bowean May 23, 2019 at 3:12 a.m. In her early days of living in the Cabrini Green public housing complex, the residents...
The Obama center should pay its own way By baiduhai May 31, 2019 at 4:26 p.m. As the Obama Presidential Center wends its way through the political/regulatory process, one wonders about...
Obama Presidential Center gets green light from full City Council By Lolly Bowean May 23, 2019 at 3:12 a.m. Culminating a three-year campaign by the Obama Foundation, the Chicago City Council on Wednesday approved...