“THIS WASN’T JUST A SPEECH—IT FELT LIKE A WARNING, A CHALLENGE, AND A HOPEFUL DEFENSE OF DEMOCRACY ALL AT ONCE.” Barack Obama took the stage in Chicago as thousands gathered for the opening of the Obama Presidential Center, and what followed quickly shifted the atmosphere from celebration to something far more powerful and reflective.

People aren’t looking for perpetual anger and division,’ Obama inspires hope at Presidential Center opening Barack Obama is the first Black president of the United States. Today’s grand opening ceremony for the Obama Presidential Center on Chicago’s South Side further cemented that history into America’s story. Flaws and all, which Obama wasn’t afraid to mention … Read more