The Obama Foundation released plans last week for the presidential center it plans to build in Chicago’s Jackson Park, but behind the scenes, a battle is taking place to keep the former Democratic president from building on that specific lot of land, and there’s still a chance that it gets delayed when it seeks federal […]
Obama Releases First Detailed Images of His Presidential Library…
The plans for the future Obama presidential library have just been released, and they are quite progressive, to say the least. The library is scheduled to be built in Chicago, Illinois and will be within a stone’s throw of the University of Chicago, Jackson Park and the South Shore Cultural Center. The design includes three […]
No Documents to Be Housed in Obama Library?…
More Than 100 University of Chicago Faculty to Move ‘Socially Regressive’ Library…
Likely Violates National Monument Rules…
Obama’s $500 Million Presidential Library Will Skirt Federal Standards to Save Money…
Officials with the Obama Foundation will circumvent onerous federal standards by creating an online archive for the forthcoming Barack Obama Presidential Center instead of a traditional paper archive. Utilizing a digitized presidential library also means not having to pay fees to the National Archives and Records Administration for management of the library, reports the Chicago […]
500th Person Shot to Death in Chicago This Year…
A man shot dead early Friday evening was the 500th person to be killed in city gun violence since the start of the year on a weekend that has left three others wounded in shootings across Chicago. The city reached 500 shooting homicides about a week later than it did last year, on Sept. 29, […]
Unanimous Vote Makes Denver America’s Newest Sanctuary City…
Illinois Becomes Sanctuary State…
Rauner signed the sanctuary state bill into law on Monday, making it illegal for law enforcement to arrest or detain illegal aliens solely based on their immigration status, the Chicago Tribune noted. The new law will essentially make it impossible for Illinois police to notify Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)…
Black Chicagoans Say Leave Washington Statue Alone (VIDEO)…
In the fallout of the Charlottesville, VA, rally over the removal of a Robert E. Lee monument, Bishop James Dukes, a pastor, is calling for the name of Chicago’s Washington Park to change and for the removal of the park’s monument to our nation’s first president, George Washington. Chicago community organizer Paul McKinley…