Former President Barack Obama’s influence in his presidential museum runs deep, from the Chicago location to the textured stone adorning its dramatic tower, art installations and a striped reading chairs that resemble ones in his own home.

Crews are putting the finishing touches on the Obama Presidential Center ahead of the official public opening in Chicago on Juneteenth.

Darren Walker, outgoing president of the Ford Foundation, is joining The Obama Foundation’s board of directors on November 1.

An Obama Foundation program that has trained hundreds of young leaders across Africa, the Asia-Pacific and Europe is being expanded to include the United States.

The co-founder and CEO of Airbnb, Brian Chesky, has donated $100 million to the Obama Foundation to fund scholarships for students pursuing careers in public service and includes multiple stipends for travel.

The NBA announced that former President Barack Obama has joined NBA Africa as a strategic partner.

More than 25 years after its original publication, President Barack Obama’s memoir “Dreams from My Father” will be released in a young adult edition.

(My Brother's Keeper Alliance and The Obama Foundation via AP)WASHINGTON Former President Barack Obama is taking on an increasingly public role as the nation confronts a confluence of historic crises that has exposed deep racial and socioeconomic inequalities in America and reshaped the November election. In doing so, Obama is signaling a willingness to sharply critique his successor, President Donald Trump, and fill what many Democrats see as a national leadership void. President Obama is not going to shy away from that dialogue simply because hes not in office anymore." Floyds death, however, has drawn a more visceral and personal reaction from the nations first black president. It cant be normal," Obama wrote.