Applications were open Tuesday to work at the Obama Presidential Center, which is looking for 150 new full-time employees to be ready when it opens later this year.

The Center’s 19.3-acre campus in Jackson Park will include a museum devoted to Barack Obama’s presidency, a basketball court, a community garden, and a branch of the Chicago Public Library.

Former President Barack Obama is looking to fill more than 150 roles for his presidential center, opening soon on the South ...

Why do we have presidential libraries in the United States? That's a good question. On June 30, 1941, President Franklin Roosevelt presided over the dedication of his presidential library in Hyde Park ...

Obama Presidential Center opens June in Chicago with anti-racism commitment for all hires, contrasting President Donald Trump ...

Illinois Republicans blast Obama Presidential Library's 'anti-racism' hiring requirements as divisive, arguing the project ...

Michelle Schultze, The Register-Herald, Beckley, W.Va. Jul. 20—Barack Obama turned to the Kankakee, Illinois, librarians when he kicked off an effort to push back against book bans earlier this week ...

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 ...

Former President Barack Obama knows how to pick a winner. The former president is known for sharing his takes on everything from the NCAA March Madness bracket to his favorite books and music each ...

Recently, former President Barack Obama paid a visit to the Bessie Coleman Branch of the Chicago Public Library. Sitting before a group of elementary school students, he read How Bessie ...