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Ghian Foreman bought the former Anthony Overton Elementary School in Chicago. He's upbeat about prospects for the Obama Presidential Center and plans to redevelop the shuttered building.

As hurdles mount for Obama Presidential Center, worry and anxiety grow on South Side

May 23, 2019 at 3:12 a.m.

Paraisia Winston looks forward to having the Obama Presidential Center in Jackson Park, 4 miles from her South Shore home, to add a new historical treasure to her already culturally...

Customers visit Robust Coffee Lounge at 63rd Street and Woodlawn Avenue. The land across the street is part of several parcels of city-owned land. Planning officials described themselves as the facilitators of whatever the community vision becomes.

City controls key land for redevelopment near Obama Presidential Center

May 23, 2019 at 3:12 a.m.

Drive along the weed-filled lots that line 63rd Street in Woodlawn and it’s hard to picture a bustling stretch of stores, apartments and commercial activity. That, though, is just what...

Former President Barack Obama speaks at the Obama Foundation offices in Chicago on Aug. 28, 2018.

Obama Foundation nets 11 new donors in third quarter

May 23, 2019 at 3:12 a.m.

The foundation representing basketball player Stephen Curry and his wife, author and television personality Ayesha Curry, recently donated between $10,000 to $100,000 to the Obama Foundation, the updated contributors report...

Fifth Ward Ald. Leslie Hairston, second from right, speaks during a meeting Thursday, Oct. 11, regarding a use agreement outlining how the Obama Foundation can use Jackson Park and the Obama Presidential Center once it is built in Chicago.

Council panel approves agreement with Obama Foundation over use of Jackson Park

May 23, 2019 at 3:12 a.m.

A City Council committee took the first step Thursday toward approving legislation that outlines how the Obama Foundation can use Jackson Park and the Obama Presidential Center once it is...

Former first lady Michelle Obama, shown Sept. 28, 2018, in Coral Gables, Fla., said she is working through the Obama Foundation to highlight groups across the world that are working to get girls in school and get them educated.

With new initiative, Michelle Obama is on a mission to improve the education of girls worldwide

December 12, 2018 at 5:14 a.m.

Former first lady Michelle Obama has launched an international program that aims to support groups and community leaders who work to educate girls around the world, she announced on Thursday...

Homer Donehue, 82, was shot in the 8200 block of South Wentworth Avenue in the West Chatham neighborhood of Chicago in July 2018.

I walked out of a Chicago community policing meeting in frustration

May 11, 2019 at 5:01 a.m.

As a reporter, I’ve covered dozens of community meetings. I meet residents who are involved in their neighborhoods. I feel the pulse of a community. I learn what information public...

Former first lady Michelle Obama at a rally to encourage voter registration in Las Vegas on Sept. 23, 2018.

Chicago’s hottest ticket? It’s Michelle Obama’s book tour.

May 23, 2019 at 3:12 a.m.

First she preregistered on the website and then she got a text message with her secret code. On the morning that tickets for former first lady Michelle Obama’s book tour...

Former first lady Michelle Obama thanks poet Elizabeth Alexander with applause after their talk onstage at the Marriott Marquis Chicago during the second day of the Obama Foundation Summit on Nov. 1, 2017.

Obama Foundation spent nearly $12 million on programming, $5 million on architects

May 23, 2019 at 3:12 a.m.

The Obama Foundation spent nearly $12 million on programming last year, including its star-studded international summit that brought leaders, elected officials and world-renowned activists to a two-day conference in the...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Martin Nesbitt, left, chairman of the Obama Foundation, announce on May 12, 2015, that Chicago will be the home of Obama's presidential library and museum.

Group suing to stop Obama Presidential Center criticizes new agreement over use of Jackson Park

May 23, 2019 at 3:12 a.m.

Environmentalists suing the city of Chicago and the Chicago Park District to halt construction of the Obama Presidential Center in Jackson Park on Wednesday criticized a new agreement over use...

Obama Foundation responds to group’s lawsuit over use of Jackson Park

May 23, 2019 at 3:12 a.m.

For the first time, the top brass of the Obama Foundation has responded to a lawsuit that is threatening to kill the Obama Presidential Center project. In an appearance before...

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