Barack Obama’s Mom Didn’t Live to See Him as President. How the New Presidential Center Honors Her Legacy

The former president spoke about an area close to his heart that will be part of the new Obama Presidential Center in Chicago ...

Barack Obama’s goal for his library: ‘I want them to put my presidency in context’

Barack Obama is expressing his hopes for what his presidential library in Chicago will achieve for his legacy, in an ...
The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Two Charity Heads Among Leaders Advising Obama on Innovation

Two charity leaders have been appointed to a group of more than 30 people that has been asked to help the incoming Obama administration devise an “innovation agenda.” They are: Cheryl Dorsey, ...
WRAL

Obama joins Kimmel during charity late-night special

WASHINGTON (CNN) — Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel welcomed "currently unemployed" former President Barack Obama to his fund-raising special on Tuesday night. The late-night show's third annual (RED) ...
The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Obama Gives Charity $40,000 in ‘Questionable Funds’

Sen. Barack Obama plans to donate to charity $40,000 from past political contributions linked to a former fund raiser who now faces federal corruption charges, reports the Associated Press. Antoin ...
NBC New York

South Africa, Barack Obama Mark Nelson Mandela Centennial With Charity

South Africans along with former U.S. President Barack Obama were marking the centennial of anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela's birth on Wednesday with acts of charity in a country still struggling ...