Newly released oral history of the Obama years suggests Trump was a blind spot for the Democrat ...

Facing high unemployment and lukewarm public approval, President Barack Obama can take heart from history: At the same point in his presidency 28 years ago, Ronald Reagan was saddled with an approval ...

A new set of oral history interviews documents how Barack Obama and his advisers missed the shifting mood of the country that would ultimately replace him with a successor they considered a “con man,” ...

Columbia University on Feb. 17 announced that the Obama Presidency Oral History archive—compiled from hundreds of interviews with people reflecting on Obama’s historic presidency, as well as the lives ...

On the last day of Black History Month, Barack Obama's quote highlights the importance of civic engagement and personal responsibility.

February 9, 2008 - With nearly two-thirds of the vote, Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois won Nebraska’s first Democratic caucus in February, 2008. The win in Nebraska, along with wins in Louisiana and ...

As Black History Month wraps up, this week’s Monument Moment spotlights a more than 130-year-old cathedral in Chicago’s Roseland neighborhood near Pullman—once home to a young community organizer, ...

President Barack Obama signed a law to allow gay, lesbian, and bisexual Americans to serve openly in the military for the time in history. Originally designed to be a compromise allowing LGBTQ+ ...