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The Obama Presidential Center is breaking its silence after years of criticism over its unconventional design, with an Obama Foundation official now addressing public questions about the project.

EDITOR’S NOTE: The attached video is from June 2024 and shows former President Barack Obama thanking workers while marking a milestone in the construction of the Obama Presidential Center. CHICAGO — ...

The tradition of U.S. presidents having their own libraries is one that dates back generations. But out of the 16 presidents with their own facility, President Barack Obama is still without his own — ...

It would be easy for former President Barack Obama to get cynical. The signature achievement of his two terms in office is on the brink of oblivion, and many of the progressive wins of his era have ...

On the Tuesday, December 2, 2025 episode of The Excerpt podcast: Trump’s latest Education Department moves target some of the agency's most important programs. From Title I to special education to ...

The author’s comments on how Holocaust education shapes young people’s views of Israel prompt criticism from progressives, human rights advocates and pro-Palestinian activists. In the safe confines of ...

(JTA) — In the safe confines of a gathering of Jewish fundraising and communal professionals, Sarah Hurwitz’s remarks about antisemitism and Holocaust education earned polite applause. By the time ...

Per stipulations in the Trump administration’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), architecture will no longer be counted as a professional degree by the U.S. Department of Education (DOE). This ...

News about cuts in what constitutes a "professional degree" has spread like wildfire in the affected industries. “The concern is there's been a teacher shortage for a long time here in California,” ...

Days after U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon said the government shutdown proved how unnecessary the Department of Education is, the Trump administration announced plans to transition key ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration says its plan to dismantle the Education Department offers a fix for the nation's lagging academics — a solution that could free schools from the strictures ...