Amid the June 2026 opening of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago, rumors spread online that the former president's foundation "stiffed" Black and minority contractors who worked on the museum, ...

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The threads connecting the Obama Presidential Center to Hyde Park and the South Side began with a hopeful want ad from a Chicago organizer and piqued interest from a recent college graduate searching ...

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CHICAGO, June 18 (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Barack Obama, celebrating a new museum and civic center dedicated to his eight years in the White House, called on Americans to resist the forces of ...

• Obama reflects on past and looks ahead: In remarks during the opening ceremony of his presidential center in Chicago, former President Barack Obama called on Americans to look to the future, saying: ...

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